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

As he reached the end of the gunyah, a kind of roar burst from his swelling chest and, in that instant, the two dingoes flung themselves forward in flight, Finn after them.

From Finn The Wolfhound by Buxton, Robert Hugh

They were sitting in front of a loosely made bark gunyah, bare-footed, and with their shoes and well-worn stockings placed upon a scorching sheet of rock to dry.

From First in the Field A Story of New South Wales by Rahey, L.

He slept a little farther from the gunyah now, and relied almost entirely upon his own hunting for food.

From Finn The Wolfhound by Buxton, Robert Hugh

The Wolfhound was the first to wake in the very early morning of the day following that of his arrival at the boundary-rider's gunyah.

From Finn The Wolfhound by Buxton, Robert Hugh

P. J. Holdsworth, `Station, Hunting': "hunger clung Beneath the bough-piled gunyah."

From Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia by Morris, Edward Ellis