yarraman
English
Etymology
Uncertain. Suspected to be from an Australian language of coastal New South Wales, but the term was used by white settlers as a pidgin for communicating with the indigenous people and was rapidly adopted into their languages (preceding actual arrival of horses in some cases), making an origin difficult to ascertain. Each may well have believed they were using the other's word! (Reference: R. M. W. Dixon, Australian Aboriginal Words, Oxford University Press, 1990, →ISBN.)
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:yarraman.
Wiradjuri
Yagara
References
- State Library of Queensland, Indigenous Language Wordlists Brisbane Animal Words.
Yanyuwa
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