Word origins

• dreamtimeThe time for dreaming.
• AlcheraSynonym of Dreamtime.
• alunquaA twining plant, Marsdenia australis, native to Australia.
• ampurtaA small, largely nocturnal, marsupial, Dasycercus hilleri, of central Australia.
• kurdaitcha manA kind of shaman among Aboriginal Australians whose task it was to avenge a death, and who was supposed to have worn slippers made from the feathers of emus.