earth

Language: 
Dharug
Australian: 
dubbar
English JS Main: 
earth
English: 
The ground
Category: 
elements: earth
Source: 
Mathews DG 1901
Page: 
158
Line: 
38
Respelt: 
daba-r
Part of speech: 
noun
Date: 
1901
Meaning Clue: 
‘TAPHA’: daba = ‘This animal is the size of a rat, and has very much the appearance of the martin cat, but hardly so long in the body in proportion to its size.’: White’ Journal [96] ‘Dub«-bar’: daba = ‘the ground’: Mathews: 8006/3/5- Nbk 5 [110:8] [DG] ‘dubbar’: dabar = ‘The ground’: Mathews DG 1901 [158:38] [DG]
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: 
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