bunya

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbʌnjə/ === Etymology 1 === From Yagara bunya bunya, Gabi bunyi, Wakawaka bunyi. ==== Alternative forms ==== bunna bunna (obsolete) bunya bunya, bunyah-bunyah ==== Noun ==== bunya (plural bunyas) The bunya pine, Araucaria bidwillii, native to Queensland. [from 19th c.] 1993, Philip McLaren, Sweet Water…Stolen Land, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 142: Her three favourite bunyah-bunyah nut trees were destroyed last year to make way for more grazing land for sheep and other animals whose cloven hooves destroyed the delicate topsoil and laid bare the earth. === Etymology 2 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Alternative forms ==== bunyah ==== Noun ==== bunya (plural bunyas) (dated, India) A banyan, a member of a specific Hindu caste. === Etymology 3 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Alternative forms ==== bougna bunia ==== Noun ==== bunya (plural bunyas) A traditional Kanak and Ni-Vanuatu dish Synonyms: (New Caledonia) bougna, (Vanuatu) bunia ===== Translations ===== === Anagrams === Yanbu == Phuthi == === Etymology === From bu- +‎ -nya. === Noun === búnya class 14 excrement, feces ==== Inflection ==== This noun needs an inflection-table template.