churinga
Americannoun
noun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of churinga
First recorded in 1895–1900, churinga is from the Aranda word jwerreŋe
Example Sentences
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He made a sketch of this object, from p. 24memory: if found in Central Australia it would have been reckoned a churinga nanja.
From The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore by Lang, Andrew
This licence is absolutely confined to the limited region in which stone churinga nanja occur.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various
At daylight the man stands up alone and swings the churinga, causing it first to strike the ground as he whirls it round and round and makes it hum.
From Primitive Love and Love-Stories by Finck, Henry Theophilus
No human being wears any churinga “as an ornament!”
From The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore by Lang, Andrew
If ever they come to abandon stone implements, while retaining their magic or religion, they will keep on using their stone churinga nanja.
From The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore by Lang, Andrew
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