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gunyah

[ guhn-yuh ]

noun

, Australian.
  1. an Aboriginal hut or shelter.
  2. any crude bush hut or shelter.


gunyah

/ ˈɡʌnjə /

noun

  1. a bush hut or shelter
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of gunyah1

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

Origin of gunyah1

C19: from a native Australian language
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Example Sentences

As we rode up we could see a gunyah made out of boughs, and a longish wing of dogleg fence, made light but well put together.

He went away to his gunyah then, and except doing one or two things for Starlight would not lift his hand for any one that day.

The only other sign of Stingaree was a hank of rope flung carelessly across the gunyah roof.

Bowen's answer was to hand his weapon over to Kilbride and to creep into the gunyah on his hands and knees.

Backing precipitately out of the gunyah, he turned round before rising upright—and remained upon his knees after all.

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