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

The pelt he placed on a log beside the gunyah, and the carcase he cut in half across the backbone.

From Finn The Wolfhound by Buxton, Robert Hugh

But he saw no trace of Jess or her man; and, for his part, he was glad to get back to the clear patch again, and to take his ease beside the gunyah.

From Finn The Wolfhound by Buxton, Robert Hugh

Overcome by what I had seen, I sought my gunyah, where I passed the night a prey to the most dismal forebodings.

From Adventures in Southern Seas A Tale of the Sixteenth Century by Forbes, George

Some young gins stood by a gunyah, and he saw one of the horsemen point to them, and turn and say something to his companions.

From Colonial Born A tale of the Queensland bush by Spence, Percy F. S. (Percy Frederick Seaton)

He don’t want no clothes nor no house, only a hut, as he makes out of a few bits o’ bark and calls a gunyah, perhaps only a mia-mia.”

From First in the Field A Story of New South Wales by Rahey, L.