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call

Language: 
NSW COAST
Australian: 
cˆ-ma
English JS Main: 
call
English: 
call, to
Category: 
voice and thought
Sub-category: 
voice
Source: 
Science of Man, 1909
Respelt: 
ga-ma
Part of speech: 
verb
Date: 
1909
Meaning Clue: 
‘Cˆ-ma’ gama = ‘To call’: King in Hunter [408.1:5] [BB]; gama-wu = ‘Shall I, or must I call’: Anon [c:14:2] [BB]; gama-yi-ngai = ‘I am talking’: Mathews: 8006/3/5- Nbk 5 [207:1] [Dwl];
Source Details: 
Science of Man Dec. 1909

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