2007-10-12 08:43:24 · 14 answers · asked by josy 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
The word kangaroo derives from the Guugu Yimidhirr word gangurru, referring to a grey kangaroo.[6] The name was first recorded as "Kangooroo or Kanguru" on 4 August 1770, by Lieutenant (later Captain) James Cook on the banks of the Endeavour River at the site of modern Cooktown, when HM Bark Endeavour was beached for almost seven weeks to repair damage sustained on the Great Barrier Reef.[7]
2007-10-12 08:48:19 · answer #1 · answered by Jason 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
From Captain Kangaroo, Bob Keshun.
2007-10-13 01:05:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The word kangaroo derives from the Guugu Yimidhirr word gangurru, referring to a grey kangaroo. The name was first recorded as "Kangooroo or Kanguru" on 4 August 1770, by Lieutenant (later Captain) James Cook on the banks of the Endeavour River at the site of modern Cooktown, when HM Bark Endeavour was beached for almost seven weeks to repair damage sustained on the Great Barrier Reef.
A common legend about the kangaroo's English name is that it came from the Aboriginal words for "I don't understand you." According to this legend, Captain James Cook and naturalist Sir Joseph Banks were exploring Australia when they happened upon the animal. They asked a nearby local what the creatures were called. The local responded "Kangaroo", meaning "I don't understand you", which Cook took to be the name of the creature
Kangaroo soon became adopted into standard English where it has come to mean any member of the family of kangaroos and wallabies. Male kangaroos are called bucks, boomers, jacks, or old men; females are does, flyers, or jills, and the young ones are joeys. The collective noun for kangaroos is a mob, troop, or court. Kangaroos are sometimes colloquially referred to as roos.
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2007-10-12 08:50:19 · answer #3 · answered by Evilheat 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Ahhh. it truly is the tale of an section tribe declaring that the animal changed into 'kangaroo' which translated into 'i don't understand' regrettably this tale isn't actual. the tale has been muddled contained in the telling. It truly is going like this: The sailors requested a tribe what the aniaml changed into said as. They responded 'kangaroo' it quite is what they honestly said as it. Later, at the same time as they met yet another tribe, they were boasting that they new the call of it, and informed them it turned right into a kangaroo. To this, the tribe responded 'i don't understand' of their interior sight tongue. it truly is because each and each and every tribe their on the time spoke a special language.
2016-10-09 02:39:37 · answer #4 · answered by burgoyne 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From Joe Kangaroo. He discovered them and though he'd name them after himself.
2007-10-12 08:45:54 · answer #5 · answered by WooleyBooley again 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Captain Cook saw one and asked the natives "what is it" They said in aboriginal language... "what did you say" Aboriginal for that is" Kangaroo?"
2007-10-12 08:47:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
I used to date a broad nicknamed kangaroo . . . I called her that because she would get up on top and jump around during the sex.... funny girl . I kind'of miss her.
2007-10-12 08:46:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
It's an aboriginal word.
2007-10-12 08:45:44 · answer #8 · answered by Sandy Sandals 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
that is the native aboriginal name for the animal.
2007-10-12 08:45:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think it's very Australian in origin. And that's the habitat of those critters
2007-10-12 08:46:56 · answer #10 · answered by gldjns 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋