coolamon
coolamon noun: a vessel with curved sides, typically of wood or bark, used by Australian Aboriginals for holding water, collecting berries etc.
Noun
coolamon (plural coolamons)
- A vessel with curved sides, typically of wood or bark, used by Australian Aboriginals for holding water, collecting berries etc.
- Yinti was perishing for a drink of water. He fell down on the sand, and put his mouth to the coolamon.1992, Jimmy Pike, Yinti, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 140
- Wiradjuri people in New South Wales also built large dams, and then carried fish and yabbies in coolamons over large distances to stock the new waterholes.2018, Bruce Pascoe, Dark Emu, Scribe, published 2020, page 47
- Synonyms:
- pitchi
Proper noun capitalized: Coolamon
Coolamon
- A town in the Coolamon council area, southern New South Wales, Australia.
- A local government area in New South Wales, Australia; in full, Coolamon Shire.
Synonyms of coolamon
Forms of coolamon
| plural | coolamons |
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Origin of coolamon
From Gamilaraay guliman (and similar forms in neighbouring languages).
Questions about coolamon
- What does coolamon mean?
- Coolamon means a vessel with curved sides, typically of wood or bark, used by Australian Aboriginals for holding water, collecting berries etc.
- What part of speech is coolamon?
- Coolamon can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of coolamon?
- The plural of coolamon is coolamons.
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