Standard Lemma guide
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The time of the creation of the world, by the ancestors out of their own essence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: Australian Aboriginal mythology
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name
Alternative form of Dreamtime.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, proscribed
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noun
The time for dreaming.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
A false calque of Eastern Arrernte Altyerrenge (“the Dreaming”), based on the incorrect assumption that the word is related to altyerre (“a dream”) or altyerre areme (“to dream”). "-time" is an addition unrooted in Aboriginal language.
Across languages
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
