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    2 months ago

    I guessed the same, but according to Wikipedia:

    The name wallaby comes from Dharug walabi or waliba.

    I’m not sure how modern anglicisation works but I assume what’s given there is considered the most accurate spelling of the indigenous word. So “wallaby” isn’t too far off.