How to pronounce bunyip
American English pronunciation
BUN-yip
- IPA
- /ˈbʌnjɪp/
- Syllables
- BUN · yip (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What bunyip means
A monster of Australian legend said to live in swamps
In a sentence: Around the campfire, Grandpa told us a bunyip lurked in the dark water hole.
Where it comes from: It was borrowed from banyib, a word in Wathawurrung, a language of Aboriginal people in Australia.
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