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fight

Language: 
Biyal Biyal
Australian: 
Pyalla
English JS Main: 
fight
English: 
To fight or beat
Category: 
human activity
Sub-category: 
violence
Source: 
King in Hunter
Page: 
410.1
Line: 
9.1
Respelt: 
bayala
Part of speech: 
verb
Date: 
1792
Meaning Clue: 
"Pyalla" baya-la = "To fight or beat" fight : King in Hunter [:410.1:9.1] [BB]
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: 
’Pyalla pya bow’ on one line in King MS 399.1:1, but almost certainly two versions of ’to beat’: byalla AND byabawu

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