Borrowing from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru (“eastern grey kangaroo”).
Guugu Yimidhirr：gangurru /ɡaŋʊrʊ/
large grey or black kangaroo
再后补一个维基百科的： Light was shed on the point by the American anthropologist John Haviland, who studied the Guugu Yimithirr language intensively from 1971 onwards. He discovered that in fact a word like 'kangaroo' did exist in Guugu Yimithirr, namely gangurru. This denoted however a species, the large grey kangaroo, that was relatively rare in the coastal territory, while the other word reported by King was an approximation to their word for meat or edible animal(minha). Cook's report and reputation as a precise observer was vindicated.
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English：kangaroo
Borrowing from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru (“eastern grey kangaroo”).
Guugu Yimidhirr：gangurru /ɡaŋʊrʊ/
再后补一个维基百科的：
Light was shed on the point by the American anthropologist John Haviland, who studied the Guugu Yimithirr language intensively from 1971 onwards. He discovered that in fact a word like 'kangaroo' did exist in Guugu Yimithirr, namely gangurru. This denoted however a species, the large grey kangaroo, that was relatively rare in the coastal territory, while the other word reported by King was an approximation to their word for meat or edible animal(minha). Cook's report and reputation as a precise observer was vindicated.
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是时候献上这幅图了。只能说喜欢的梗又莫名少了一个，宝宝很不开心呢。无奈摊手╮(╯▽╰)╭
A common myth about the kangaroo's English name is that "kangaroo" was a Guugu Yimithirr phrase for "I don't understand you."
再来一发词源图：