mia mia

Etymology
Borrowed from or.

Noun

 * 1)  An aboriginal shelter made from bark, a gunya.
 * 2) * 1913, William Henry Fitchett, The New World of the South: Australia in the Making, 2006 Elibron Classics, |%22mia+mias%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Vh6vT9SBEMaQiQf-7bzeCA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22mia%20mia%22|%22mia%20mias%22&f=false page 391,
 * On the point of this “spear” they erected what looked like a mia-mia, a hut made of branches by the blacks ; across the road opposite to it the trunk of a tree was dragged, leaving a narrow track along which the escort must defile.

Usage notes

 * The word is more common in some parts of Australia.
 * The term "mia mia" is already a plural in the local language (where plurality is indicated by repeating the word).