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Language: 
Biyal Biyal
Australian: 
Dorral-a-winney
English: 
I love you
Category: 
human emotion, disposition
Source: 
SofM 18960912 [13.5: Fulton BB]
Page: 
13.5
Line: 
17
Respelt: 
dårral-a-win-niy
Part of speech: 
verb
Date: 
1801
Source Details: 
Science of Man:12 September 1896, pp. 12-13. The SofM (Australasian Anthropological Journal) list is headed: ‘Obtained by Rev. H. Fullow [sic] in 1801 A.D., from Aboriginals in Norfolk Island.’ The item consists of about 7 lists: --------------- "1. D.D.B. of Dubbo WIRA (32:148) "2. J.J.B. of Narrandera WIRA (34:146) "3. J.C.W. Dialect north of Darling "4. Another dialect of Kamilaroi Kamilaroi "5. Rev. H. Fullow [sic"for ’Fulton’] Sydney "6. J.C.C. Coombyngura tribe, Clarence to Bellingen Rivers "7. A.T.M., from the Brewarrana tribe Wailwan (29.5:146.5) ------------ Henry Fulton was a member of Governor Lachlan Macquarie's committee for the Native Institution at Parramatta. ---------------- Lois Carrington (1983/1992) found a Fulton MS presumably of this word list, which she dated to 1800. However, Fulton arrived Norfolk Island in 1801 (see ADB 1:421). Mentioned in Troy, J. 1992 The Sydney Language Notebook, p. 145, 8. [This looks like a corrupted or not well transcribed version of the Sydney language with perhaps mistakes in transcription from manuscript to print.] * Unable to find articles by Lois Carrington From K. Smith. ----------- See also the similar (original) list in the Norfolk Island Births, Deaths and marriages register. JS LIST LOCATION: Word List A-L ringbinder; also lime green SofM ringbinder
Comment: 
‘3. Dorral-a-winney glossed 'I love you' - cf. 'doana' - 'make love to' in another list. What if 'doana' should be transcribed 'doara'? I suspect 'dorra-la-winyi' (that is, that the stem of the verb is 'dorra-/ doara' = 'duura-' or 'dawara-' or 'daara-' {i.e. 'to love/ make love to/ desire' ) and that the '-la-' and the '-winney' recorded by Fulton are verb suffixes.’ [From: Sylvia Haworth <sylviahaworth@optusnet.com.au> Date: Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 11:23 PM Subject: Re: Fulton vocabulary etc. To: Keith Smith <keithvincentsmith@gmail.com>]

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