black

Language: 
Dharug
Australian: 
butu
English JS Main: 
black
English: 
Black
Category: 
colour
Source: 
Mathews DG 1901
Page: 
160
Line: 
1
Respelt: 
budu
Part of speech: 
noun adjective
Date: 
1901
Meaning Clue: 
’budu’ = ‘A torch made of reeds’: Collins I [507.2:19]; ’buduwanång’ = ’Magellanic Clouds’: [c:16:6]; ’budu-wá’ = ‘To warm one's hand by the fire’: [b:21:10]
Source Details: 
Mathews, R.H: ’Dharruk’ extract from ’The Thurrawal Language’: Read before the Roy. Soc. of N.S. Wales, Nov. 6, 1901, Vol. XXXV, pp. 155-160 Consists of 2 pages of grammar and a 3.3 page wordlist. ================ JS LIST LOCATION: Mathews SOUTH ringbinder
Comment: 
POSSIBLY POINTING AT THE BLACK SKY, BUT REALLY AT THE MAGELLANIC CLOUDS: cf ’budu’ = ’torch’ AND ’buduwanång’ = ’Magellanic Clouds’: [c:16:6]