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• a variation of Aranda.

Arunta

American  

[uh-ruhn-tuh] / əˈrʌn tə /

noun

• Aruntas,
  plural
• Arunta
  plural

1. Aranda.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Arunta
  plural
• Aruntas
  plural

Example Sentences

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Arunta Aruntas

The frigate Arunta passed through the South China Sea with an Australian navy supply ship two weeks ago.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2015

Until 1936, Albert Namatjira, a husky black member of the Arunta tribe in the remote bush country of central Australia, was a camel driver.

From Time Magazine Archive

But, as far as denoting kinship or regulating marriage is concerned, the totems, among the Arunta, have no legally important existence.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various

In almost every camp we saw large quantities of the tunicated tubes of this plant, which are generally called `Erriakura' or `Irriakura' by the Arunta natives.

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 Edward Ellis Morris

If this is so, it is clear that the parallel between Semang and Arunta totemism is considerably closer than at first appears.

From Folklore as an Historical Science by George Laurence Gomme

For a like reason perhaps the name of the dead must among the Aruntas not be uttered, nor the grave approached, by certain classes of kinsmen.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

Still, even allowing for this, it remains true that for a friendly ghost the proper place is the grave and not the homes of the living, and accordingly the Aruntas with cries of Wah!

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various