English
kowari
Kowari comes from Dieri kawiri.
- Dierimodernkawiri
- Englishearliest quotation 2024kowari
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Dierimodernkawiri
- Englishearliest quotation 2024kowari
Earliest quotation: 2024, David Owen, David Pemberton: “The kowari (Dasyuroides byrnei) of central Australia, one of…”
Every English word from Dieri kawiri
Today it means
noun A small carnivorous rat-like marsupial, Dasyuroides byrnei, endemic to the dry grasslands and deserts of central Australia.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Dieri kawiri / kowari