English
gunyah
Gunyah comes from Dharug gunya ‘shelter’.
- Dharugmoderngunya‘shelter’
- Englishearliest quotation 1861gunyah
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Dharugmoderngunya‘shelter’
- Englishearliest quotation 1861gunyah
Earliest quotation: 1861, Robert O'Hara Burke, William John Wills: “The following day we reached the main creek ;…”
first attested Borrowed from Dharug gunya (“shelter”), first recorded 1803 (as stated in the etymology)
Every English word from Dharug gunya
Today it means
noun A traditional Aboriginal dwelling made of bark and sticks.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Dharug gunya / gunyah