bungarra
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a Kartu language.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈbʌŋəɹə/, /ˈbʌŋˌæɹə/
Noun
[edit]bungarra (plural bungarras)
- (Australia) One of several species of large Australian monitor lizard, usually Varanus gouldii or Varanus panoptes.
- 1902, A Mingled Yarn, March 30, The Sun, p. 4:
- Our jam-tree, too, as Villiers knows, / Adds zest to boiled bungarra; / But p'r'aps he doesn't also know, / Though jam-trees in profusion grow, / We're also "Canning-Jarrah"
- 1923, A Thirsty Bungarra, April 5, The Mullewa Mail, p. 3:
- On nearing the spot they were surprised to see a 5ft., or more, bungarra with its head through the hand grip of the bag.
- 1986, Jack Davis, “No Sugar”, in Heiss & Minter, editor, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin, published 2008, page 61:
- This one bungarra, an' he lookin' for berry bush. But he know that fella eagle watchin' him and he know that fella is cunnin' fella.
- 1902, A Mingled Yarn, March 30, The Sun, p. 4: