Language:
Australian:
Mat“lba
English:
What ear can object to the names of C˜lbee, (pronounced exactly as Colby is with us) Breewan, B˜ndel, Imerawanyee, Deed˜ra, W˜larawaree, or Bˆneelon, among the men; or to Wereewea, G˜oreedeeana, M“lba,* or Mat“lba, among the women.
Category:
name of person
Sub-category:
female
Source:
Tench
Page:
292
Line:
10.2
Respelt:
Madilba
Part of speech:
noun
Date:
1793
Meaning Clue:
"Mat“lba" Madi-l-ba = "What ear can object to the names of C˜lbee, (pronounced exactly as Colby is with us) Breewan, B˜ndel, Imerawanyee, Deed˜ra, W˜larawaree, or Bˆneelon, among the men; or to Wereewea, G˜oreedeeana, M“lba,* or Mat“lba, among the women." : Tench [:292:10.2] [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:
M“lba or Mˆtilba