aboriginal name for a tree;probably a variant of Yarrah (q.v.).
1838. T. L. Mitchell, `Three Expeditions,' vol. ii. p. 54:
«The `Yama,' a species of the eucalyptus inhabiting theimmediate banks, grew here, as on the Darling, to a giganticsize. . . . The `yama' is certainly a pleasing object, invarious respects; its shining bark and lofty height inform thetraveller at a distance of the presence of water; or at leastthe bed of a river or lake.»