warrigal

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Dharug warrigal (“wild dingo”).

Noun

warrigal (plural warrigals)

  1. A wild dingo.[1]
  2. A wild horse.[2]

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Merriam-Webster online (retrieved 10 September 2015)
  2. ^ Merriam-Webster online (retrieved 10 September 2015)

Dharug

Noun

warrigal

  1. A wild, undomesticated dingo.
    Coordinate term: dingu

Descendants

  • → English: warrigal

Further reading

  • R. M. W. Dixon, Australian Aboriginal Words, Oxford University Press, 1990, →ISBN, pages 83 and 226.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.