compass
Language:
Australian:
Naa-M˜ro
English JS Main:
compass
English:
Of our [226] compass they had taken early notice, and had talked much to each other about it: they comprehended its use; and called it "Naa-M˜ro," literally, ÒTo see the wayÓ; Ñ a more significant or expressive term cannot be found.
Category:
artefact: European
Source:
Tench
Page:
227
Line:
2
Respelt:
na-måru
Part of speech:
noun
Date:
1793
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