The phrase "aboriginal word" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to words that originate from the indigenous languages of a particular region or culture.
Example: "The term 'kangaroo' is an aboriginal word that comes from the language of the Guugu Yimithirr people."
Alternatives: "indigenous term" or "native word".
Its name is from the Aboriginal word for "black cockatoo".
"Payback is an Aboriginal word for tribal punishment," he says.
It may be assumed that the word is not now in use as an aboriginal word.
The town was proclaimed in 1869, its name coming from an Aboriginal word for honeysuckle.
In the larger Austral English & O.E.D.: Kangaroo, n. (1) an aboriginal word.
That was an earlier version of Yallourn, an Aboriginal word meaning "brown fire".
(English convicts were once transported to Australia: why not mockups of their monuments?) The competing tribes were given names based on aboriginal words for kangaroo and fresh water crocodile: Kucha and Ogakor.
It was crossed in 1818 by the explorer John Oxley and named Arbuthnot Range; the present name comes from Aboriginal words for "broke" and "small mountains". The region's spectacular scenery has been protected by the creation of a national park (1953).
In 1854, two years after its founding, Ballarat (its name was derived from two Aboriginal words meaning "resting place") was the scene of an armed rebellion known as Eureka Stockade, in which about 25 miners, demanding political reform and the abolition of licenses, were shot down by the military; the incident is commemorated by a memorial and the Eureka Stockade Centre.
Many of Canberra's suburbs are named after former Prime Ministers, famous Australians, early settlers, or use Aboriginal words for their title.
Following the revolt, the name Saint Domingue was replaced by the aboriginal Indian word Haiti (meaning "mountainous land") and the Haitian flag created when the white band was ripped from the French tricolour.
