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moon

Language: 
Biyal Biyal
Australian: 
Yn-ee-da
English JS Main: 
moon
English: 
The Moon
Category: 
elements: firmament
Source: 
Tench
Page: 
231
Line: 
2.1
Respelt: 
yina-da
Part of speech: 
noun
Date: 
1793
Meaning Clue: 
"Yn-ee-da" yinada = "The Moon" moon : Tench [:231:2.1] [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

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