see|yarraaman|yaraman
English
Etymology
Uncertain. Suspected to be from an Australian language of coastal New South Wales, but the term was used by white settlers as a pidgin for communicating with the indigenous people and was rapidly adopted into their languages (preceding actual arrival of horses in some cases), making an origin difficult to ascertain. Each may well have believed they were using the other's word! ((Reference: w:R. M. W. Dixon|R. M. W. Dixon, Australian Aboriginal Words'', Oxford University Press, 1990, ISBN 0-19-553099-3.)
Noun
en-noun|plyarramans|pl2yarramen
- context|Australian Aboriginal horse
Quotations
1842, Legends of Australia, March
:�Got it coat, yarraman, and musket just like it soger.� (Meaning that they were equipped with horses, fire-arms, &c., and drest like mounted police.
1856, W. W. Dobie, Recollections of Port Phillip
:In stalks a black-fellow, like an emissary of Satan, who ... tells him how that �two big-fellow bushrangers pull away along o� creek, and look out yarramen (horses) belonging to station, and no gammon.�
1892, Western Champion, Barcaldine 9 Feb
:The astonished �yarraman� gave one look round ... and started off across the plain like a toboggan slide on the down grade.
1923, J. Bowes, Jackaroos
:�Lot of pfellers go long here.� �How many yarramans?�
1976, C. D. Mills, Hobble Chains and Greenhide
:�Properly good yarraman this one,� seemed to be the undeniable verdict.
1994, R. & J. Huggins, Auntie Rita''
:You hardly heard of domestic violence in my time that�s true ... I think the old yarraman got more hits than we did. He never hit the dog because the dog was too fast for him.
Guugu Yimidhirr
Noun
yarraman
- horse
Synonyms
guguur (avoidance language)
Category:Guugu Yimidhirr nouns
Category:kky:Mammals
Kriol
Noun
yarraman
- horse
Synonyms
os
yawarda (Fitzroy Crossing)
Category:Kriol nouns
Wiradhuri
Noun
yarraman
- horse
Category:Wiradhuri nouns
Category:wrh:Mammals
Yanyuwa
Noun
yarraman
- horse
Category:Mammals
Category:Unknown etymology
Category:Yanyuwa nouns
Category:jao:Mammals
Category:rop:Mammals
la:yarraman
zh:yarraman
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