English boomerang is compared with Dharug bumarin, with substantial early spelling variation in colonial records.
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boomerang
an Aboriginal Australian throwing club; later, something that recoils on its originator
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedDharug · Dharug source candidate · throwing club candidatebumarin
missile or club; proposed source of boomerang
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An Aboriginal Australian name for a missile or club became the international English object name and later a recoil metaphor.
English record by 1824; early colonial borrowing in the Sydney region.
Merriam-Webster Editors · Australian National Dictionary Centre
proposed — Merriam-Webster assigns Dharug; ANU says the exact Aboriginal source language is still uncertain.
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Boomerang — Word HistoryWord History — Etymology; First Known Use
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Assigns Dharug bumarin and reports English use in 1824.
Meanings and origins of Australian words and idioms — boomerangBoomerang section — exact language still uncertain
challengesAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗States that the borrowing is Aboriginal Australian but the exact source language remains uncertain.
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