bunji

English

Alternative forms

• bunjie

Etymology

From Warlpiri [Term?], and other related languages of the Northern Territory and northern Queensland.

Noun

bunji (plural bunjis)

1. (Australian Aboriginal) A mate; a kinsman.
   • 2018, Melissa Lucashenko, Too Much Lip, University of Queensland Press, published 2023, page 9:

     ‘Well, suit yourself bunji. I'm not sitting here getting cooked to death.’