List of English words of Australian Aboriginal origin Totally Explained

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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.

Flora and fauna

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

Environment

billabong

boondie A rock (Noongar, W.A.)

gibber (a boulder)

willy willy

Aboriginal culture

boomerang the flying thing

bunyip

coolamon

corroboree

gidgee (a speargun)

gunyah

humpy (a hut)

lubra

mia-mia

nulla-nulla

waddy (a wooden club)

woomera

wurlie - a hut

Describing words

Koori

cooee

Murri - Aboriginal people from Queensland

Noongar - Aboriginal people from southern Western Australia

yabber - to talk

yakka - work

yarndi - marijuana

Place names

Names

Kylie (Noongar word for "throwing stick")

Narelle (possibly a back-formation of Sydney suburb Narellan)

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) Further Information

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