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give

Language: 
Biyal Biyal
Australian: 
Wean
English JS Main: 
give
English: 
Give
Category: 
transfer: bring, take, give, fetch
Source: 
Paine, Daniel
Page: 
41.2
Line: 
2
Respelt: 
ngwiyan
Part of speech: 
verb
Date: 
1795
Meaning Clue: 
’ngwiyá’ = ’give’: [b:15:15.1]; ‘Weán’ [ng]wiyán = ‘To put’: Dawes [b:24:4.1] [BB] ‘Weána’ [ng]wiya-na’ = ‘To put’: Dawes [b:24:4.2] [BB] ’ngwiya-na’ = ‘To put’: [b:24:4.2]
Source Details: 
Daniel Paine, Daniel: The Journal of Daniel Paine 1794-1797, Together with Documents Illustrating the Beginning of Government Boat-Building and Timber-getting in New South Wales, 1795-1805: pp. 41-2. Word list informant Bennelong on Reliance, 1795. -------------------------------------- JS LIST LOCATION: BOOK: Personal copy on JS upper study bookshelves

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