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splinter

Language: 
Dharug
Australian: 
dhuraga
English JS Main: 
splinter
English: 
A splinter
Category: 
elements: wood
Source: 
Mathews DG 1901
Page: 
158.2
Line: 
10
Respelt: 
Duraga
Part of speech: 
noun
Date: 
1901
Meaning Clue: 
"dhuraga" Duraga = "A splinter" splinter : Mathews DG 1901 [:158.2:10] [DG] ‘Door«-a-ga’ duraga = ‘a splinter in hand, foot &c’: Mathews: 8006/3/5- Nbk 5 [118:7] [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

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