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Galah

2 stages from Yuwaalaraay to English.

Today it means a pink and grey Australian cockatoo, or informally, a foolish person
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Stage 1 of 2
gilaa
Yuwaalaraay · 1800s
"a pink and grey cockatoo"
the name for the pink-and-grey cockatoo common across Australia
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Stage 2 of 2
galah
English · 1840s
"a pink and grey Australian cockatoo, or informally a fool"
adopted directly for the bird, later slang for a foolish person
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