dog
Language:
Australian:
Dingo
English JS Main:
dog
English:
The only domestic animal they have is the dog, which [[48]] in their language is called Dingo, and a good deal resembles the fox dog of England.
Category:
fauna: mammals
Sub-category:
dog
Source:
Tench
Page:
49
Line:
1
Respelt:
di-ngu
Part of speech:
noun
Date:
1789
Meaning Clue:
"Dingo" dingu = "... the dog, which [[48]] in their language is called Dingo..." dog : Tench [:49:1] [BB]
Source Details:
Captain Watkin Tench: A Narrative of the expedition to Botany Bay (1789) and A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson 1788-1791 (1793): Republished at Sydney’s First Four Years (1961), Library of Australian History