sleep

Language: 
Biyal Biyal
Australian: 
nangorar
English JS Main: 
sleep
English: 
Knives, hats, and various other articles were given to him and Colebe; and the latter, laughing, shewed them that he had got the iron from his leg by which he had been secured when at the settlement. He also seemed glad to see his former acquaintances, and made himself very merry at the manner of his friend BannelongÕs getting away from Sydney, by laying his head on his hand, shutting his eyes, and saying, "Governor nangorar" (asleep) and imitating the manner in which his companion had run off.
Category: 
bodily function
Sub-category: 
invol
Source: 
Phillip in Hunter
Page: 
307
Line: 
10
Respelt: 
nangara
Part of speech: 
verb
Date: 
1792
Meaning Clue: 
"nangorar" nanga-ra = "Knives, hats, and various other articles were given to him and Colebe; and the latter, laughing, shewed them that he had got the iron from his leg by which he had been secured when at the settlement. He also seemed glad to see his former acquaintances, and made himself very merry at the manner of his friend Bannelong’s getting away from Sydney, by laying his head on his hand, shutting his eyes, and saying, "Governor nangorar" (asleep) and imitating the manner in which his companion had run off." sleep : Phillip in Hunter [:307:10] [BB]
Source Details: 
The Journal of Governor Arthur Phillip from 3 June 1790 to 17 December 1791 (pp. 299-375) in AN HISTORICAL JOURNAL OF EVENTS AT SYDNEY AND AT SEA 1787-1792 by Captain John Hunter, Commander H.M.S. Sirius with further accounts by Governor Arthur Phillip, Lieutenant P. G. King, and Lieutenant H. L. Ball (originally published 1793), edited by John Bach, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer in History, University of Newcastle. Published by Angus and Robertson, 89 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, in Association with the Royal Australian Historical Society. This edition published in 1968. Copyright. National Library of Australia Registry Number AUS 67-2147 Printed in Australia by Halstead Press, Sydney. xxxv + 452 pages. ------------------ This edition was scanned, read by optical character recognition and formatted, and dates and subject headings added, by Jeremy Steele in April 2004, for his private use. There is a copy of Hunter’s Journal in the Rare Books Library, Fisher Library. It does not entirely match this 1968 edition. ---------------------- 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 Iohn 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.