gnamma

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Aboriginal Australian, an anglicisation of a Nyoongar language word from Western Australia describing a naturally-formed rock hole and its retained rain water.[1]

Noun[edit]

gnamma (plural gnammas)

  1. (Australia) A rock hole, capable of holding water, formed by weathering.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Timms, B. V. (2013) “Geomorphology of pit gnammas in southwestern Australia”, in Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia‎[1], number 96, retrieved 9 January 2022, page 7
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