begone
Language:
Australian:
whurra
English JS Main:
begone
English:
After nearly an hourÕs conversation by signs and gestures, they repeated several times the word whurra, which signifies, begone, and walked away from us to the head of the Bay.
Category:
motion
Sub-category:
away
Source:
Tench
Page:
36
Line:
36
Respelt:
wara
Part of speech:
verb
Date:
1789
Meaning Clue:
‘whurra’: wara = ‘begone’: Tench [36:36] [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:
wa = MOVE; ra = away [?]; -a IMP! // wari: away NOT IMP!; wara! away IMP!