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gurrnki

gurrnki noun: a ghost.

Noun

gurrnki (plural gurrnkis)

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

Forms of gurrnki

pluralgurrnkis
alternative formgungki

Questions about gurrnki

What does gurrnki mean?
Gurrnki means a ghost.
What part of speech is gurrnki?
Gurrnki is a noun.
What is the plural of gurrnki?
The plural of gurrnki is gurrnkis.

Words near gurrnki in the dictionary

  1. gurree
  2. gurrees
  3. gurrier
  4. gurriers
  5. gurries
  6. gurrnki
  7. gurrnkis
  8. Gurrola
  9. Gurrolas
  10. Gurrs
  11. Gurrundah

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