greedy

Language: 
Dharug
Australian: 
jirra
English JS Main: 
greedy
English: 
Greedy
Category: 
human emotion, disposition
Source: 
Mathews DG 1901
Page: 
160
Line: 
21
Respelt: 
dyira
Part of speech: 
noun adjective
Date: 
1901
Meaning Clue: 
"jirra" dyira = "Greedy" greedy : Mathews DG 1901 [:160:21] [DG]
Source Details: 
Mathews, R.H: ’Dharruk’ extract from ’The Thurrawal Language’: Read before the Roy. Soc. of N.S. Wales, Nov. 6, 1901, Vol. XXXV, pp. 155-160 Consists of 2 pages of grammar and a 3.3 page wordlist. ================ JS LIST LOCATION: Mathews SOUTH ringbinder
Comment: 
‘greedy’ PERHAPS BECAUSE THE PERSON WAS ’very thin and lean’