yabbern.

Brit.

/ˈjabə/, U.S.

/ˈjæbər/, Australian English /ˈjæbə/

Etymology: ‘It is pronounced by the aborigines yabba, without a final r. Ya is an aboriginal stem, meaning to speak’ (Morris Austral Eng.).

Australian.

Speech, language, talk: applied to the speech of Australian Aboriginal people.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > languages of the world > Australian Aboriginal > [noun]

aboriginal1845

yabber1855

aborigine1879

1855 R. Carboni Eureka Stockade iv. 5 There was further a great waste of yabber-yabber about the diggers not being represented in the Legislative Council.

1874 M. K. Beveridge Lost Life iii. 37 I marked Much yabber that I did not know.

1885 R. C. Praed Austral. Life 28 Longing to fire a volley of Black's yabber across a London dinner-table.

Derivatives

ˈyabber v. (transitive and intransitive) to talk, esp. in an Aboriginal Australian language.

ΚΠ

1885 R. C. Praed Austral. Life 19 They yabbered unsuspiciously to each other.

1887 J. Farrell How he Died 126 He's yabbering some sort of stuff in his sleep.

1888 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms xxvii They could speak a little Spanish and French, and got on with them. But Jim and I could only stare and stand open-mouthed..while they'd yabber away quite comfortable.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	yabber
释义	yabbern. Brit. /ˈjabə/, U.S. /ˈjæbər/, Australian English /ˈjæbə/ Etymology: ‘It is pronounced by the aborigines yabba, without a final r. Ya is an aboriginal stem, meaning to speak’ (Morris Austral Eng.). Australian. Speech, language, talk: applied to the speech of Australian Aboriginal people. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Australian Aboriginal > [noun] aboriginal1845 yabber1855 aborigine1879 1855 R. Carboni Eureka Stockade iv. 5 There was further a great waste of yabber-yabber about the diggers not being represented in the Legislative Council. 1874 M. K. Beveridge Lost Life iii. 37 I marked Much yabber that I did not know. 1885 R. C. Praed Austral. Life 28 Longing to fire a volley of Black's yabber across a London dinner-table. Derivatives ˈyabber v. (transitive and intransitive) to talk, esp. in an Aboriginal Australian language. ΚΠ 1885 R. C. Praed Austral. Life 19 They yabbered unsuspiciously to each other. 1887 J. Farrell How he Died 126 He's yabbering some sort of stuff in his sleep. 1888 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms xxvii They could speak a little Spanish and French, and got on with them. But Jim and I could only stare and stand open-mouthed..while they'd yabber away quite comfortable. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1855
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