bad
Language:
Australian:
We-ree, We-ree
English JS Main:
bad
English:
He therefore cried out to the man, We-ree, We-ree, (bad; you are doing wrong) displaying at the same time, every token of amity and confidence.
Category:
abstract
Source:
Tench
Page:
180
Line:
2
Respelt:
wiri wiri
Part of speech:
noun adjective
Date:
1793
Meaning Clue:
"We-ree, We-ree" wiri = "...bad; you are doing wrong..." bad: Tench [180:2] [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