different between yowie vs bowie

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Gamilaraay yuwi (“dream spirit”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: you'wi, IPA^(key): /?ja?wi/
• Rhymes: -a?i

Noun

yowie (plural yowies)

1. (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.

See also

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

Scots

Noun

yowie (plural yowies)

1. Diminutive of yowe (“ewe”)

English

Noun

bowie (plural bowies)

1. A Bowie knife

Scots

Etymology

Obscure origin. Possibly derived from Old English bolla, Old Norse bolle; cf. English bowl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?ui?/

Noun

bowie (plural bowies)

1. (archaic) A shallow dish, bowl, or small tub.