gnamma

English

Etymology

Aboriginal Australian, an anglicisation of a Nyoongar language word from Western Australia describing a naturally-formed rock hole and its retained rain water.[1]

Noun

gnamma (plural gnammas)

  1. (Australia) A rock hole, capable of holding water, formed by weathering.

References
  1. Timms, B. V. (2013) “Geomorphology of pit gnammas in southwestern Australia”, in Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia‎, number 96, retrieved 9 January 2022, page 7
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