yarraman

See also: yarraaman and yaraman

English

Etymology

Uncertain. Suspected to be from an Australian language of coastal New South Wales, but the term was used by white settlers as a pidgin for communicating with the indigenous people and was rapidly adopted into their languages (preceding actual arrival of horses in some cases), making an origin difficult to ascertain. Each may well have believed they were using the other's word! (Reference: R. M. W. Dixon, Australian Aboriginal Words, Oxford University Press, 1990, →ISBN.)

Noun

yarraman (plural yarramans or yarramen)

  1. (Australian Aboriginal) horse

Quotations

  • For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:yarraman.

Guugu Yimidhirr

Noun

yarraman

  1. horse

Synonyms

Kriol

Noun

yarraman

  1. horse

Synonyms

Wiradhuri

Noun

yarraman

  1. horse

Yanyuwa

Noun

yarraman

  1. horse
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