mosquito
Language:
Australian:
dyura
English JS Main:
mosquito
English:
Mosquito
Category:
fauna: insects and spiders
Source:
Mathews DG 1901
Page:
159.2
Line:
1
Respelt:
dyu-ra
Part of speech:
noun
Date:
1901
Meaning Clue:
dyu-ra = ‘A musquito’: [c:24:20]
dyurugun = ‘Sharp ‘: Mathews DWL + Kml 1903 [278.4:6] [DWL]
dyura dyiny = ‘Mosquito bite’: King MS [399:17];
dyura-dyang = ‘Bite of ditto [musquito]’: [c:24:21]
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.
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