gunyah

American  

[guhn-yuh] / ˈgʌn yə /

noun

Australian.

1. an Aboriginal hut or shelter.

2. any crude bush hut or shelter.

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gunyah British  

/ ˈɡʌnjə /

noun

1. a bush hut or shelter

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Etymology

Origin of gunyah

First recorded in 1790–1800, gunyah is from the Dharuk word gu-n'i

Example Sentences

And with this and some mallee-branches she made a gunyah over him, though he said it stifled him, and complained bitterly to the end.

From The Shadow of a Man by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)

She was less satisfied when she had caught the horse and still must hear the mangled man; for he railed at her, from the gunyah she had built him, to the very end.

From The Shadow of a Man by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)

The movements of these dingoes, once they reached within a couple of miles of Bill's gunyah, would have interested any student of the wild.

From Finn The Wolfhound by Buxton, Robert Hugh

With a desperate effort she drew back her fore-legs a little, raising herself almost into a sitting position against the side of the gunyah.

From Finn The Wolfhound by Buxton, Robert Hugh

But he dozed now, out there in the clear patch where the gunyah stood, free of all thoughts of men and cages.

From Finn The Wolfhound by Buxton, Robert Hugh