Definition of Tundun

1. an Australian bullroarer [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tundun

tunded
tunding
tundings
tundish
tundishes
tundra
tundra soil
tundra swan
tundra swans
tundra vole
tundra voles
tundra wolf
tundra wolves
tundras
tunds
tundun (current term)
tunduns
tune
tune-up
tune in
tune in, turn on, drop out
tune out
tune up
tuneable
tuneably
tuned
tuned in
tuned out
tuneful
tunefully

Literary usage of Tundun

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Magic and Religion by Andrew Lang (1901)
"The Australian stone churinga are shaped like the wooden churinga, and these are shaped like the tundun, or ' bull- roarer.' Now the bull-roarer (which ..."

2. Folklore by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1898)
"because she plays a part in the mysteries. Two bull- roarers are used, a large one and a small one, bearing the respective names of tundun, "the man," and ..."

3. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1898)
"because she plays a part in the mysteries. Two bull- roarers are used, a large one and a small one, bearing the respective names of tundun, "the man," and ..."

4. The Study of Man by Alfred Cort Haddon (1898)
"In reality it means the exhibition of the tundun, and the revelation to them of the ancestral beliefs. The Kurnai have two bull-roarers, a larger one called ..."

5. The Weekly Reporter by David Sutherland, India High Court (Calcutta, India), Great Britain Privy Council. Judicial Committee (1892)
"Subsequently to this, the two surviving brothers, plaintiff and tundun Singh, separated and, on the occasion of separation, executed each to each certain ..."

6. The Gentleman's Magazine (1891)
"They are told that tundun himself comes down tc change the boys into men, and that he would slay any female who might witness his acts. ..."

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