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单词 wiltja
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Definition of wiltja in English:

wiltja

nounˈwɪltʃə
Australian
  • A traditional Aboriginal shelter made of branches and grass.

    in the early afternoon the hot wind continued to blow hard, and everybody napped in their wiltjas
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Large numbers camped in wiltja constructions in the vicinity of the Mission.
    • There may be more than one group of wiltjas belonging to several branches of the one family.
    • My ash bower is a kind of folly, an Aboriginal wiltja that stands at the top of my long meadow in Suffolk.
    • He spent 18 months living in the Central Desert with an Aboriginal tribe, where he studied the architecture of the traditional wiltja.
    • "Over there at her wiltja. Come and meet her. They call her Old Ruby around here."

Origin

1950s: from Western Desert language wilja 'shelter, shade, or shadow'.

 
 
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