Etymology

gunyah

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Today it means: A traditional Aboriginal dwelling made of bark and sticks. Full definition →

Dharug gunya
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The story

  1. Dharug · borrowed fromgunya“shelter”
  2. English todaygunyah

Borrowed from Dharug gunya (“shelter”), first recorded 1803.

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