yoorroo

Gooniyandi

Etymology

Semantic extension from "web" to "telephone" was probably due to the "web" that telephone lines between various places appeared to form.

Noun

yoorroo

1. spiderweb, a spider's web
2. a telephone

See also

• -yoorroo / -joorroo (dual marker)

References

• The Languages of the Kimberley, Western Australia (2013, →ISBN, page 200