English

Etymology
From Aboriginal yumbi, influenced by hump.

Pronunciation
IPA|/�h�mpi/

Noun
en-noun|humpies

1. Australian English A hut, especially for Aborigines.

#:*1988: There weren't that many blacks about, but a lot of humpies � at times it must have been a fairly big camp. � Tom Cole, Hell West and Crooked (Angus & Robertson 1995, p. 257)

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