myall

noun · adjectiveA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

myalls

1.
(obsolete)(obsolete, Australian Aboriginal) A stranger; an ignorant person.
2.
(Australia)An Aboriginal person living according to tradition.
3.
(countable, uncountable)Any of various Australian acacias, especially the weeping myall, Acacia pendula, or the wood of such trees.
1859, John McDouall Stuart, journal entry, Third Expedition (In the vicinity of Lake Torrens, Explorations in Australia - The Journals of John McDouall Stuart, Echo Library, 2006, page 57, Friday, 30th December, Hanson Range. […] Changed our course to a very prominent hill (which I have named Mount Arthur) bearing 275 degrees, and after crossing two small myall creeks and a stony plain with salt bush and grass, at ten miles we struck a large myall and gum creek, coming from the north-west, with some very deep channels.

Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more myall

Superlative

most myall

1.
(Australia)According to Aboriginal tradition; traditionally indigenous.
2.
(Australia)Ignorant, stupid.

Nguồn gốc từ

mayal, miyal.