whilpra

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


See quotation, and comparethe Maori word Tupara (q.v.)

1880. Fison and Howitt, `Kamilaroi and Kumai,' p. 211:

«The term whilpra being a corruption of wheelbarrow, which theLake Torrens natives have acquired from the whites as the namefor a cart or waggon.»