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belly

Language: 
Dharug
Australian: 
Bin`-dee
English JS Main: 
belly
English: 
The Belly
Category: 
body parts and products
Sub-category: 
torso
Source: 
Tench
Page: 
231
Line: 
5.2
Respelt: 
bindi
Part of speech: 
noun
Date: 
1793
Meaning Clue: 
"Bin`-dee" bindi = "The Belly" belly [AT HAWKESBURY]: Tench [:231:5.2] [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: 
THIS IS THE ‘Name at the Hawkesbury’

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