me fellow

English

Alternative forms

• me fella, mefella, me feller, me fellers

Etymology

See Australian Kriol mibala, Bislama mifala, Tok Pisin mipela, Torres Strait Creole mipla.

Pronoun

me fellow

1. (Australian Aboriginal) we, us
   • 1984, Australian Aboriginal Studies, no. 2

     That’s for me fellow Aboriginal people.

   • 1987, A. McGrath Born in the Cattle

     When we was a kid we couldn’t even talk properly, but the missus go tell me fellers ‘You gotta speak! Talk proper English you naughty girls—you’ll get a smack!’

   • 1989, R. M. Baker, Land is Life

     I been find all my boy long Borroloola ... me fella and Banjo find big mob girl too and boy.

   • 1993, G. Koch, Kaytetye Country

     This my wife here because mefella family, mefella bin gettin married.

See also

• me two fellow
• us fellow
• us mob
• we two fellow
• you fellow
• you two fellow