ornament
Language:
Australian:
Ben-gˆd-ee
English JS Main:
ornament
English:
To prevent his escape, a handcuff with a rope attached to it, was fastened around his left wrist, which at first highly delighted him; he called it 'Ben-gˆd-ee' (or ornament), but his delight changed to rage and hatred when he discovered its use.
Category:
ceremonial
Sub-category:
ornament
Source:
Tench
Page:
141
Line:
21
Respelt:
binGa-di
Part of speech:
noun
Date:
1793
Meaning Clue:
banga-lin = ‘Anything that holds fast’: Lang: N.S.W. Vocabulary, c.1840 [8:227] [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
Comment:
TROY (1990:42) suggests ’bangle’ derivation