bunya en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈbʌnjə/
Etymology
From Yagara bunya bunya, Gabi bunyi, Wakawaka bunyi.
Meanings
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The bunya pine, Araucaria bidwillii, native to Queensland.
Bunya nuts, which come from a conifer in the genus Araucaria, are an example of a plant that fruited so heavily that large stores were set aside.
2018, Bruce Pascoe, Dark Emu, Scribe, published 2020, page 150:The palm takes the place of the eucalyptus to a certain extent, and the woods teem with the bunya-bunya, — a very desirable and ornamental tree, which belongs to the pine family.
1887, Maturin Murray Ballou, Under the Southern Cross:Her three favourite bunyah-bunyah nut trees were destroyed last year to make way for more grazing land for sheep and other animals whose cloven hooves destroyed the delicate topsoil and laid bare the earth.
1993, Philip McLaren, Sweet Water…Stolen Land, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 142
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bunyas | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| bunna bunna | alternative | lexicographic | |
| bunya bunya | alternative | lexicographic | |
| bunyah-bunyah | alternative | lexicographic |