English
gilgie
Gilgie comes from Nyunga jilgi.
- Nyungamodernjilgi
- Englishearliest quotation 1965gilgie
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Nyungamodernjilgi
- Englishearliest quotation 1965gilgie
Earliest quotation: 1965, Mudrooroo, Wild Cat Falling: “What say we catch gilgies? I've got a gidgee…”
Every English word from Nyunga jilgi
Today it means
noun Either of two small freshwater crayfish, Cherax quinquecarinatus and Cherax crassimanus, endemic to the south-west corner of Australia.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Nyunga jilgi / gilgie