English
gilgai
Gilgai comes from Gamilaraay gilgaay ‘small water hole’.
- Gamilaraaymoderngilgaay‘small water hole’
- Englishearliest quotation 1988gilgai
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Gamilaraaymoderngilgaay‘small water hole’
- Englishearliest quotation 1988gilgai
Earliest quotation: 1988, Tom Cole, Hell West and Crooked: “Though it wasn′t a heavy storm it was enough…”
Every English word from Gamilaraay gilgaay
Today it means
noun A small concavity or depression between ridges, where rainwater gathers.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Gamilaraay gilgaay / gilgai