yoorroo
Gooniyandi
Etymology
Semantic extension from "web" to "telephone" was probably due to the "web" that telephone lines between various places appeared to form.
Noun
yoorroo
- spiderweb, a spider's web
- a telephone
See also
- -yoorroo / -joorroo (dual marker)
References
- The Languages of the Kimberley, Western Australia (2013, →ISBN, page 200