yowie

Borrowed from Gamilaraay yuwi (“dream spirit”).

• enPR: you'wi, IPA^(key): /ˈjaʊwi/

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• Rhymes: -aʊi

yowie (plural yowies)

1. (Australia, cryptozoology) An ape-like monster or animal said to exist in parts of eastern Australia. [from 20th c.]
   • 1986, Bruce Pascoe, “The Slaughters of the Bulumwaal Butcher”, in Anita Heiss, Peter Minter, editors, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin, published 2008, page 101:

     The white population claimed that an escaped panther from a travelling circus was the culprit; others thought that a Yowie was responsible.

Borrowed from English yowie.

yowie f

1. (Australian Aboriginal mythology) yowie

yowie (plural yowies)

1. diminutive of yowe (“ewe”)