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beard

Language: 
Sydney
Australian: 
diwana
English JS Main: 
beard
English: 
Beard
Category: 
body parts and products
Sub-category: 
head
Source: 
SofM 19110101 [177.1: Suttor-Pt Jackson]
Page: 
177.1
Line: 
18
Respelt: 
diwa-na
Part of speech: 
noun
Date: 
1911
Source Details: 
SofM 1 January 1911, p.177 This is a copy of a previous list Vocabularies by J.B. SUTTOR, of Bathurst Consists of columns for: "Port Jackson 177.1 33 records "Macquarie R. 177.2 "Darling R. 177.3 "Lachlan R. 177.4 "Wollondilly R. 177.5 "Raffles Bay 177.6 "King Georges’s Sound 177.7 "Moreton Bay 177.8 --------------------- JS LIST LOCATION: Word Lists M-Z (under Suttor)
Comment: 
ERROR?: diwara = hair; Same as in Suttor, 30.4.1897 // King in Hunter has ‘Diwarra’ = ‘The hair’

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