jumbuck

İngilizce - Türkçe

jumbuck teriminin İngilizce Türkçe sözlükte anlamı

(Argo) koyun

İngilizce - İngilizce

jumbuck teriminin İngilizce İngilizce sözlükte anlamı

A sheep

Along came a jumbuck to drink at the billabong, ... — Waltzing Matilda, Banjo Paterson.

{i} sheep (term used in Australia)

Heceleme

jum·buck

Etimoloji

() Sidney J. Baker, The Australian Language, second edition, 1966 notes two possible origins for the word. Firstly A. Meston of Brisbane in 1896 cites Aboriginal words jimba, jombock, dombock and dumbog all meaning white mist preceding a shower, which a flock of sheep resembles. Secondly Charles Harpur in a hand written footnote in his papers cites Aboriginal word junbuc (or jimbuc, his handwriting is unclear) which is a kind of kangaroo or wallaby, and states that the aborigines of the Hunter region call the sheep that for the hairiness of one and the wooliness of the other. Rolf Harris points to another Aboriginal word, jombok, meaning a sort of fluffy white cloud that sheep closely resemble.