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 using this term, see Citations:yarraman.

Australian Kriol

Noun

yarraman

1. horse

   Synonyms: os, (Fitzroy Crossing) yawarda

Guugu Yimidhirr

Noun

yarraman

1. horse

Synonyms

• guguur (avoidance language)

Wiradjuri

Noun

yarraman

1. horse

Yagara

Noun

yarraman

1. horse

References

• State Library of Queensland, Indigenous Language Wordlists Brisbane Animal Words.

Yanyuwa

Noun

yarraman

1. horse