gunyah

American  

[guhn-yuh] / ˈgʌn yə /

noun

Australian.

1. an Aboriginal hut or shelter.

2. any crude bush hut or shelter.

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gunyah British  

/ ˈɡʌnjə /

noun

1. a bush hut or shelter

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Etymology

Origin of gunyah

First recorded in 1790–1800, gunyah is from the Dharuk word gu-n'i

Example Sentences

Bowen's answer was to hand his weapon over to Kilbride and to creep into the gunyah on his hands and knees.

From Stingaree by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)

Altogether, it was with a curiously disturbed and divided mind, in which bitterness and resentment were uppermost, that the Wolfhound gazed now at the man sitting in the firelight by Bill's gunyah.

From Finn The Wolfhound by Buxton, Robert Hugh

Then he wiped it carefully on his towel, and hung it up inside the gunyah.

From Finn The Wolfhound by Buxton, Robert Hugh

Finn carried this fat kill back to his den, and feasted right royally that night for the first time since he was expelled from the purlieus of the gunyah and the easy-going old life.

From Finn The Wolfhound by Buxton, Robert Hugh

Backing precipitately out of the gunyah, he turned round before rising upright—and remained upon his knees after all.

From Stingaree by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)