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four

Language: 
Dharug
Australian: 
wagulwurri
English JS Main: 
four
English: 
four (apparently a derivation from "one-three")
Category: 
number
Sub-category: 
NUMBER 4
Source: 
Mathews DG 1901
Page: 
157
Line: 
17.1
Key Entry: 
e
Respelt: 
wagulwari
Part of speech: 
noun
Date: 
1901
Meaning Clue: 
‘Wo-gul-oray’: wågul-wårai = ‘Another’: Anon [c:31:14] [BB] ‘wagulwurri’: wagul-wari = ‘four (apparently a derivation from "one-three")’: Mathews DG 1901 [157:17.1] [DG] ‘Wakoolwurra’: wagul-wara = ’one other’: Mathews 8006/3/7- No 7 [31:29.1] [DG/DARK?]
Source Details: 
Mathews, R.H: ’Dharruk’ extract from ’The Thurrawal Language’: Read before the Roy. Soc. of N.S. Wales, Nov. 6, 1901, Vol. XXXV, pp. 155-160 Consists of 2 pages of grammar and a 3.3 page wordlist. ================ JS LIST LOCATION: Mathews SOUTH ringbinder
Comment: 
TRANSLATION ERROR [?]: FOR ’more than one’ [JS]

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