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单词 mimi
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mimi

/ˈmiːmi /
noun (plural same or mimis) Australian
A spirit person depicted in rock and bark paintings of Western Arnhem Land: they say that the mimi can magically bring a rock wall down, paint on it, and then raise it again mimis were mischievous beings who lived in caves...
  • Contemporary Aboriginal knowledge includes a history for Arnhem Land paintings imputing the old ones to the mimi people.
  • The mimi must have pulled the roof down to reach the surface or flown up so they could paint on the high ceilings that no human can reach.
  • The mimi have gone as people now, but they are still there as spirits.

Origin

1940s: from Gunwinygu (an Aboriginal language) mimih.

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