nulla-nullan.

Brit.

/ˈnʌlənʌlə/, U.S.

/ˈnələˌnələ/, Australian English

/ˈnʌlənʌlə/

Forms: 1700s gnallungulla, 1700s 1900s– nulla nulla, 1800s Nulanula, 1800s nullah-nullah, 1800s– nolla-nolla, 1800s– nulla-nulla.

Origin: A borrowing from Dharuk. Etymon: Dharuk ngalangala.

Etymology: < Dharuk (Sydney region) ngalangala (1790 as Gnallangulla in W. Dawes Vocab. Lang. New S. Wales), from the resemblance of the head of the club to a mushroom, for which the word is the same (see quot. 1798).

Australian.

A wooden club, traditionally used by Australian Aboriginal people as a tool for hunting or a weapon for fighting.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > club or stick > [noun]

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1798 D. Collins Acct. Eng. Colony New S. Wales I. 585 They have one [club], the head of which is flat, with a sharp point in the centre. The flat part..does not look unlike what they term it, Gnal-lung-ul-la, the name given by them to a mushroom.

1808 Sydney Gaz. 6 Nov. A perhaps deadly stroke with a nulla-nulla.

1818 J. Holt Mem. (1838) II. 163 They..take a weapon called a Nulanula, which is a kind of battleaxe made of very hard wood.

1838 T. L. Mitchell Three Exped. I. 350 Striking him on the back of the head with a nulla-nulla.

1885 R. C. Praed Head Station 176 The elder men beat their nulla-nullas, and waved their spears.

1903 ‘T. Collins’ Such is Life 241 A sharp jerk, and the whipstick would snap, supplying a nulla-nulla which would make him an over-match for a dozen Folkestones in rotation.

1933 Bulletin 25 Jan. 21 Binghi's nulla nulla, a heavy fighting club with a knobby end, is often a work of art.

2002 Northern Territory News (Darwin) (Nexis) 12 Apr. 9 A young man who invaded a man's home and hit him on the head with a nulla-nulla was sentenced yesterday to three years' jail.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nulla-nulla
释义	nulla-nullan. Brit. /ˈnʌlənʌlə/, U.S. /ˈnələˌnələ/, Australian English /ˈnʌlənʌlə/ Forms: 1700s gnallungulla, 1700s 1900s– nulla nulla, 1800s Nulanula, 1800s nullah-nullah, 1800s– nolla-nolla, 1800s– nulla-nulla. Origin: A borrowing from Dharuk. Etymon: Dharuk ngalangala. Etymology: < Dharuk (Sydney region) ngalangala (1790 as Gnallangulla in W. Dawes Vocab. Lang. New S. Wales), from the resemblance of the head of the club to a mushroom, for which the word is the same (see quot. 1798). Australian. A wooden club, traditionally used by Australian Aboriginal people as a tool for hunting or a weapon for fighting. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > club or stick > [noun] sowelc893 treec893 cudgelc897 stinga900 bat?c1225 sticka1275 clubc1275 truncheon14.. bourdonc1325 bastona1400 warderera1400 plantc1400 kibble1411 playloomc1440 hurlbatc1450 ploykc1450 rung1491 libberlac1500 waster1533 batonc1550 macana1555 libbet1562 bastinado1574 crab-tree comb1593 tomahawkc1612 billeta1616 wiper1622 batoon1637 gibbeta1640 crab-bat1647 kibbo1688 Indian club1694 batterdasher1696 crab-stick1703 bloodwipea1705 bludgeon1730 kierie1731 oaken towel1739 crab1740 shillelagh1772 knobstick1783 pogamogganc1788 whirlbat1791 nulla-nulla1798 waddy1800 kevel1807 supple1815 mere1820 hurlet1825 knobkerrie1826 blackthorn1829 bastera1833 twig1842 leangle1845 alpeen1847 banger1849 billy1856 thwack-stave1857 clump1868 cosh1869 nulla1878 sap1899 waddy1899 blunt instrument1923 1798 D. Collins Acct. Eng. Colony New S. Wales I. 585 They have one [club], the head of which is flat, with a sharp point in the centre. The flat part..does not look unlike what they term it, Gnal-lung-ul-la, the name given by them to a mushroom. 1808 Sydney Gaz. 6 Nov. A perhaps deadly stroke with a nulla-nulla. 1818 J. Holt Mem. (1838) II. 163 They..take a weapon called a Nulanula, which is a kind of battleaxe made of very hard wood. 1838 T. L. Mitchell Three Exped. I. 350 Striking him on the back of the head with a nulla-nulla. 1885 R. C. Praed Head Station 176 The elder men beat their nulla-nullas, and waved their spears. 1903 ‘T. Collins’ Such is Life 241 A sharp jerk, and the whipstick would snap, supplying a nulla-nulla which would make him an over-match for a dozen Folkestones in rotation. 1933 Bulletin 25 Jan. 21 Binghi's nulla nulla, a heavy fighting club with a knobby end, is often a work of art. 2002 Northern Territory News (Darwin) (Nexis) 12 Apr. 9 A young man who invaded a man's home and hit him on the head with a nulla-nulla was sentenced yesterday to three years' jail. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1798
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