Submitted NameRevisions Save Gender Masculine Usage Indigenous Australian, Gumatj Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 4/16/2016 by cutenose Edited 4/16/2016 by cutenose Meaning & History Meaning "roots of the paperbark tree that still burn and throw off heat after a fire has died down". Famous bearer is Mandawuy Djarrtjuntjun Yunupingu, an Aboriginal Australian musician and educator.