Arunta
Americannoun
plural
Aruntas,plural
AruntaExample Sentences
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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
Among the Arunta the totems are only prominent in magical ceremonies, unknown in South-Eastern Australia.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various
They were not known to the Arunta males, for fatherhood was not recognised by them and motherhood was not definitely used in the social sense.
From Folklore as an Historical Science by Gomme, George Laurence
It will be necessary, therefore, to deal with the two principal signs of alleged Arunta progress, male descent and the exogamous classes.
From Folklore as an Historical Science by Gomme, George Laurence
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