When you hear 'kangaroo' are you hearing English or Australian aboriginal?

'Kangaroo' is a word borrowed from Australian aboriginal 'gangurru'. The word entered the English language some time around 1770.

kangaroo [noun] [1770]

Any of various herbivorous leaping marsupial mammals (family Macropodidae) of Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islan...

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Etymology: Guugu Yimidhirr (Australian aboriginal language of northern Queensland) 'gaŋurru'

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