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gurrnki

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A ghost.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: Australian Aboriginal

Examples

  • 1978, P. Hanigan & R. Lindsay, No Tracks on the River Budgie said ‘I don’t want no gungki getting at me.’
  • 1993, E. Crawford, Over my Tracks I tell you what, the first time we saw the nuns with their habits, we thought they were gurrnkis (ghosts).

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