List of English words of Australian Aboriginal origin

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These words of Australian Aboriginal origin include some which are almost universal in the English-speaking world, such as kangaroo and boomerang. Many such words have also become loan words in other languages beyond English, while some are restricted to Australian English.

Indice 1 Flora and fauna 2 Environment 3 Aboriginal culture 4 Describing words 5 Place names 6 Names 7 Aboriginal-sounding words not of Aboriginal origin

[editar] Flora and fauna

barramundi bilby bindi bogong boobook brigalow brolga budgerigar bunyip coolibah cunjevoi currawong dingo galah gang-gang

geebung gidgee gilgie gymea jarrah kangaroo koala kookaburra kurrajong mallee marri mulga myall numbat pademelon potoroo

quandong quokka quoll taipan wallaby wallaroo waratah warrigal witchetty wobbegong wombat wonga wonga-wonga yabby

[editar] Environment

• billabong
• boondie A rock (Noongar, W.A.)
• gibber (a boulder)
• pindari (high ground)
• willy willy

[editar] Aboriginal culture

boomerang bunyip coolamon corroboree

gunyah humpy (a hut) lubra mia-mia

nulla-nulla waddy (a wooden club) woomera wurlie - a hut

[editar] Describing words

Koori cooee Murri - Aboriginal people from Queensland

Noongar - Aboriginal people from southern Western Australia yabber - to talk yakka - work yarndi - marijuana

[editar] Place names

Main article: List of Australian place names of Aboriginal origin

[editar] Names

• Kylie (Noongar word for "throwing stick")
• Narelle (possibly a back-formation of Sydney suburb Narellan)

[editar] Aboriginal-sounding words not of Aboriginal origin

bandicoot : (from Telugu) cockatoo : (from Malay) didgeridoo : (onomatopoeic) emu : (from Arabic, via Portuguese, for large bird)

goanna : (corruption of iguana) Nullarbor : (Latin for no trees)

Plantilla:Indigenous Australians