gnamma

English

Etymology

Aboriginal Australian, an anglicization of a Nyunga language word from Western Australia describing a naturally-formed rock hole and its retained rain water.[1]

Noun

gnamma (plural gnammas)

  1. (Australia, geology) A hollow or hole that is eroded or indented in bare rock, in which water collects.
    Synonym: gnamma hole

References

  1. ^ Timms, B. V. (2013) “Geomorphology of pit gnammas in southwestern Australia”, in Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia‎[1], number 96, retrieved 9 January 2022, page 7
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