"tjurunga" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From Arrernte tywerrenge.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tjurungas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "tjurunga (plural tjurungas)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Australian English",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1987, Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines, Vintage, published 1998, page 43:",
          "text": "A tjuringa is usually an oval-ended plaque, carved from stone or mulga wood, and covered with patterns which represent the wanderings of its owner's Dreamtime Ancestor.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Victoria Finlay, Colour, Sceptre, page 58:",
          "text": "He was told that these three tjurunga were unique among the Loritja in thatthey were never painted with red ochre, but instead had to be refreshed with human blood at frequent intervals.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An object of religious significance among Aboriginal peoples of Central Australia."
      ],
      "id": "en-tjurunga-en-noun-9atafiOJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "religious",
          "religious"
        ],
        [
          "significance",
          "significance"
        ],
        [
          "Aboriginal",
          "Aboriginal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Australia) An object of religious significance among Aboriginal peoples of Central Australia."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "cyclon"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "churinga"
        },
        {
          "word": "tjuringa"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "czuringa"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "tjurunga"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tjurunga"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "From Arrernte tywerrenge.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tjurungas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "tjurunga (plural tjurungas)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "cyclon"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Australian English",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Translation table header lacks gloss"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1987, Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines, Vintage, published 1998, page 43:",
          "text": "A tjuringa is usually an oval-ended plaque, carved from stone or mulga wood, and covered with patterns which represent the wanderings of its owner's Dreamtime Ancestor.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Victoria Finlay, Colour, Sceptre, page 58:",
          "text": "He was told that these three tjurunga were unique among the Loritja in thatthey were never painted with red ochre, but instead had to be refreshed with human blood at frequent intervals.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An object of religious significance among Aboriginal peoples of Central Australia."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "religious",
          "religious"
        ],
        [
          "significance",
          "significance"
        ],
        [
          "Aboriginal",
          "Aboriginal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Australia) An object of religious significance among Aboriginal peoples of Central Australia."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "tjurunga"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "churinga"
    },
    {
      "word": "tjuringa"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "czuringa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tjurunga"
}