coolamon
English
Etymology
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From Gamilaraay guliman (and similar forms in neighbouring languages).
Noun
coolamon (plural coolamons)
- (Australia) A vessel with curved sides, typically of wood or bark, used by Australian Aboriginals for holding water, collecting berries etc. [from 19th c.]
- 1992, Jimmy Pike, Yinti, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 140:
- 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: