lubra
/ˈluːbɹə/
lubra noun: a female Aboriginal Australian.
Noun
lubra (plural lubras)
- A female Aboriginal Australian.
- At about 100 yards distant I saw a large fire and it immediaterly occurred to me that his wife was dead and that the fire was the funeral pile of his deceased wife. I asked him where his lubra was and he said lubra logerna unee (dead in the fire).1829, George Augustus Robinson, Friendly Mission, page 61
- Mr. Foelsche's reports show how, at Port Essington, the men will barter their lubras, and everything they possess, for square gin; and, in the south, restrictions have had to be placed upon the publicans to prevent them selling drink to the few natives that remain.1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 301
Examples of lubra in a sentence
- ‘A couple of Old Men wanted that young lubra and they’ve spurred on the bucks to chase Possum and cut his liver out.’1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 44:
- The lubras were standing up now, in a tight little circle, with their fighting sticks raised.2001, Robert Denis Whittle, One Skin For An Overlander, page 166:
- As I have mentioned before, Lubra Creek derived its name from a wanton slaughter of several lubras by an enraged band of squatters whose sheep had been stolen, slaughtered and eaten by the blacks.2003, Les Hughes, Henry Mundy: A Young Australian Pioneer, page 94:
Forms of lubra
| plural | lubras |
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Origin of lubra
Derived from the word for wife or woman in the Nuenonne language, an Indigenous language of southern Tasmania.
Questions about lubra
- What does lubra mean?
- Lubra means a female Aboriginal Australian.
- How do you use lubra in a sentence?
- ‘A couple of Old Men wanted that young lubra and they’ve spurred on the bucks to chase Possum and cut his liver out.’
- What part of speech is lubra?
- Lubra is a noun.
- How do you pronounce lubra?
- Lubra is pronounced /ˈluːbɹə/.
- What is the plural of lubra?
- The plural of lubra is lubras.
Words near lubra in the dictionary
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