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boo-mer-rit · Australian Aboriginal source (unidentified)
noun · Australian Aboriginal source (unidentified)
Reading: Historical reading not established
Early recorded Aboriginal form glossed as a scimitar or curved weapon.. Early recorded Aboriginal form glossed as a scimitar or curved weapon.
No secure word-specific lexical date — Batch 05 inspected the retained lexical evidence for boo-mer-rit (Australian Aboriginal source (unidentified)) and did not find a stronger field-specific witness. A contextual period, object history or institutional date is not substituted for a lexical witness.
Lexical location remains unresolved — Batch 05 inspected the retained lexical evidence for boo-mer-rit (Australian Aboriginal source (unidentified)) and did not find a stronger field-specific witness. The available language evidence does not license a precise lexical birthplace or reference point.
An early c. 1790 form boo-mer-rit is recorded with a weapon gloss, but its language and relation to boomerang are uncertain. English > Etymology
English boomerang is dated to 1827 as the name of an Aboriginal Australian missile weapon. boomerang(n.)
Specialist lexicography leaves the exact Indigenous source language uncertain. boomerang, first two paragraphs
bumariny · Sydney-area language (uncertain)
noun · Sydney-area language (uncertain)
Reading: Historical reading not established
A proposed Aboriginal source form for boomerang.. A reported later source form; the Thurawal attribution is a proposal preserved in Evidence, not a settled language identification.
No secure word-specific lexical date — Batch 05 inspected the retained lexical evidence for bumariny (Sydney-area language (uncertain)) and did not find a stronger field-specific witness. A contextual period, object history or institutional date is not substituted for a lexical witness.
Lexical location remains unresolved — Batch 05 inspected the retained lexical evidence for bumariny (Sydney-area language (uncertain)) and did not find a stronger field-specific witness. The available language evidence does not license a precise lexical birthplace or reference point.
The entry reports a possible Thurawal source and notes that bumariny or bumarañ is not explicitly recorded in the Sydney language until 1903. English > Etymology
English boomerang is dated to 1827 as the name of an Aboriginal Australian missile weapon. boomerang(n.)
Specialist lexicography leaves the exact Indigenous source language uncertain. boomerang, first two paragraphs
boomerang · English
noun · English
Reading: BOO-muh-rang
A curved Aboriginal Australian missile or throwing weapon.. A curved Aboriginal Australian missile or throwing weapon.
1827 · English boomerang — The retained 1827 date is a reported witness, not an earliest-use claim; the relation of earlier spellings to this word remains disputed.
English reference region / Britain — Glottolog language reference point; not an origin, borrowing site or territorial boundary.
An early c. 1790 form boo-mer-rit is recorded with a weapon gloss, but its language and relation to boomerang are uncertain. English > Etymology
The entry reports a possible Thurawal source and notes that bumariny or bumarañ is not explicitly recorded in the Sydney language until 1903. English > Etymology
English boomerang is dated to 1827 as the name of an Aboriginal Australian missile weapon. boomerang(n.)
The English entry supplies regional boomerang readings. English > Pronunciation
A returning-attack noun metaphor is documented in an 1846 newspaper quotation reproduced by ANDC. boomerang, transferred/figurative paragraph and 1846 quotation
Specialist lexicography leaves the exact Indigenous source language uncertain. boomerang, first two paragraphs
Glottolog supplies the reference coordinates for English. LanguageTable row stan1293
boomerang · English
noun · English
Reading: BOO-muh-rang
An action or consequence that returns to its originator.. An action or consequence that returns to its originator.
1846 · returning-attack noun metaphor — Boston Daily Advertiser, 5 May, as quoted by ANDC; not an attestation of the verb or a claim to the first metaphor.
English reference region / Britain — Glottolog language reference point; not an origin, borrowing site or territorial boundary.
A returning-attack noun metaphor is documented in an 1846 newspaper quotation reproduced by ANDC. boomerang, transferred/figurative paragraph and 1846 quotation
The inspected entry supports the retained conventional reading for boomerang. Batch 05 reading inspection for boomerang
Glottolog supplies the reference coordinates for English. LanguageTable row stan1293
boo-mer-rit → boomerang: borrowing, alternative. The early Aboriginal form is preserved as a possible but unproven source witness. English > Etymologyboomerang(n.)