"Alcheringa" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Etymology: Borrowed from Eastern Arrernte. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|aer|-}} Borrowed from Eastern Arrernte Head templates: {{en-proper noun|-}} Alcheringa (uncountable)
  1. Synonym of Dreamtime. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: Dreamtime [synonym, synonym-of], alcheringa
    Sense id: en-Alcheringa-en-name-rCsvXnwF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Alternative forms

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          "text": "Sometimes the spirit child which goes into a woman is associated with one of the sacred Churinga, numbers of which every Alcheringa individual carried about with him or her (for in those days the women were allowed to carry them just as the men were), and then, in this case, the child has no definite name, but of course it belongs to the same totem as did the individual who had carried the Churinga about in the Alcheringa; that is, if it were a kangaroo man or woman, so of course must the child be, and then the old men determine what shall be its secret or sacred name.",
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