Yowieとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• enPR: you'wi, IPA^(key): /ˈjaʊwi/
• 韻: -aʊi

名詞

yowie (複数形 yowies)

1. (豪州用法 Aboriginal mythology) A kind of primordial living entity created by Yhi and Bunjil from Baiame's body.
2. (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 Heiss & Minter (eds.), Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 101:

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

参考

• abominable snowman
• Bigfoot
• bunyip
• menk
• min min lights
• sasquatch
• yeti