Mia-mia

A mia-mia is a temporary shelter made of bark, branches, leaves and grass used by some Indigenous Australians.[1] The word is also used in Australian English to mean "a temporary shelter". There is ongoing debate on whether the word comes from the Wathawurrung language or the Noongar language. The term is also used in New Zealand, where it is usually spelt mai-mai and has the slightly different meaning of a shelter or hide used by a duck-hunter.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ Leitner, Gerhard; Malcolm, Ian G. (2007). The habitat of Australia's aboriginal languages : past, present and future. Mouton de Gruyter, Berlin. p. 204. ISBN 9783110190793.
  2. ↑ Tent, Jan; Geraghty, Paul (1 October 2020). "Miegunyah: From bark huts to grand houses and a Fiji cane farm". Australian Journal of Linguistics. 40 (4): 428–443. doi:10.1080/07268602.2020.1840334. hdl:1885/255093. ISSN 0726-8602.


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