- a variation of Aranda.
Arunta
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Aruntas,
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Arunta
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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
It forms a staple article of diet amongst the Arunta and other tribes of Central Australia.
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
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
The two systems are not now fully welded in the Arunta group.
From Folklore as an Historical Science by Gomme, George Laurence
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
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
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