nulla-nulla

[ nuhl-uh-nuhl-uh ]

noun

, Australian.

1. an Aboriginal club or cudgel for use in hunting and war.

nulla-nulla

/ ˌnʌləˈnʌlə /

noun

1. a wooden club used by native Australians

Word History and Origins

Origin of nulla-nulla¹

First recorded in 1830–40, nulla-nulla is from the Dharuk word ŋa-la-ŋa-la

Word History and Origins

Origin of nulla-nulla¹

from a native Australian language

Example Sentences

Hunting spears were slung from a rafter and Gulpilil kept a wooden Indigenous fighting club known as a nulla-nulla for self-protection.

From Washington Post

Nulla-nulla, nul′a-nul′a, n. an Australian's hard-wood club.

From Project Gutenberg

The nulla-nulla is another bludgeon which bears a distinctive character . . . merely a round piece of wood, three feet long and two and a half inches thick, brought to a blunt point at the end.

From Project Gutenberg

Carolan had left me at Craigie, and gone on to a public house at Nulla-Nulla, on the main Flinders road from Townsville.

From Project Gutenberg

After savagely shouting at Jack, Ned drew a deep breath and turned to meet the black, whose eyes glowed with race hatred as he raised one hand from the water, took the short melon-headed nulla-nulla club from his teeth, rose a little higher, and struck at his fellow-swimmer with all his might.

From Project Gutenberg