gunin bada

Dharug

Alternative forms

Etymology

From guni (“excrement”) +‎ -in (ablative suffix) +‎ bada (“to eat”), literally “[one who] eats from [human] excrement”.

Noun

gunin bada

  1. (vulgar) shit-eater (an insult)

References

  • Troy, Jakelin (2019) [1994], The Sydney Language‎[1], 2nd edition, Canberra, ACT: Aboriginal Studies Press, →ISBN, page 75
  • Jeremy Macdonald Steele (December 2005) The Aboriginal Language of Sydney (Master of Arts (Research) thesis)‎[2], Warawara Department of Indigenous Studies, Division of Society, Culture, Media and Philosophy, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Sydney: Macquarie University, page 255
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