different between yowie vs owie

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

Etymology

From ow +? -ie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?wi?/

• Rhymes: -a?i

Interjection

owie

1. Synonym of ow

Noun

owie (plural owies)

1. (colloquial, Canada, US, childish) A painful but minor injury.
   • 1997, K. D. Kuch, The Babysitter's Handbook, Random House, p. 58,

     If it's an "owie" that has the child upset, check him from head to toe for injuries.

   • 2008, May 16, Bil Keane, The Family Circus (daily comic) in the Kokomo Tribune

     Daddy! Our car has an owie! [Billy, pointing to a small dent.]

Synonyms

• boo-boo

Translations