father
Language:
Australian:
Beanga
English JS Main:
father
English:
He sits at table with the governor, whom he calls "Beanga," or Father; and the governor calls him "Dooroow," or Son.
Category:
kin terms
Source:
King in Hunter
Page:
405
Line:
12.1
Respelt:
biyanga
Part of speech:
noun
Date:
1792
Meaning Clue:
"Beanga" biya-nga = "He sits at table with the governor, whom he calls "Beanga," or Father; and the governor calls him "Dooroow," or Son." father father-me [?]: King in Hunter [:405:12.1] [BB]
Source Details:
Originally published as An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island,with the Discoveries which have been made in New South Wales and in the Southern Ocean, since the Publication of Phillip's Voyage, compiled from the Official Papers including the Journals of Governors Phillip and King, and of Lieut. Ball; and the Voyages from the First Sailing of the Sirius in 1787, to the Return of that Ship's Company to England in 1792.
By John Hunter, Esqr., Post Captain in His Majesty's Navy.
Illustrated with Seventeen Maps, Charts, Views, & Other Embellishments
Drawn on the Spot by Captains Hunter & Bradley, Lieutenant Dawes, & Governor King. London.
Printed For John Stockdale, Piccadilly, January 1, 1793.