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
He perforated some which could not be worn as ornaments, just as the Arunta do.
From The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore by Lang, Andrew
The final ceremony which brings the period of mourning to an end is curious and entirely different from the one observed by the Arunta on the same occasion.
From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia by Frazer, James George, Sir
The parallel between Semang and Arunta, therefore, helps us in two ways.
From Folklore as an Historical Science by Gomme, George Laurence
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