breathe
Language:
Australian:
Bo-me
English JS Main:
breathe
English:
To breathe
Category:
bodily function
Sub-category:
invol
Source:
King in Hunter
Page:
407.1
Line:
11
Respelt:
bu-mi
Part of speech:
verb
Date:
1792
Meaning Clue:
cf buwa = to blow; buwi = to kiss
’bumi’ = ‘To breathe’: King in Hunter [407.1:11]
‘Bo-me’: bumi = ‘To breathe’: King in Hunter [407.1:11];
buwa = to blow
’buwa-lá’ = ’blow it’ [deduced]:Dawes [b:31:13.1]
’buwa-mi-ya’ = ’Blow with ye breath’: [c:30:17];
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‘bubilli’ = ‘blow (as in smoking a pipe)’: KAOL Ridley [KML] [33:11] [KML]
Source Details:
Originally published as An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island,with the Discoveries which have been made in New South Wales and in the Southern Ocean, since the Publication of Phillip's Voyage, compiled from the Official Papers including the Journals of Governors Phillip and King, and of Lieut. Ball; and the Voyages from the First Sailing of the Sirius in 1787, to the Return of that Ship's Company to England in 1792.
By John Hunter, Esqr., Post Captain in His Majesty's Navy.
Illustrated with Seventeen Maps, Charts, Views, & Other Embellishments
Drawn on the Spot by Captains Hunter & Bradley, Lieutenant Dawes, & Governor King. London.
Printed For John Stockdale, Piccadilly, January 1, 1793.
Comment:
-mi (breath): no strong activity implied " cf buwa! (blow)