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throw

Language: 
Sydney
Australian: 
Curna
English JS Main: 
throw
English: 
To throw
Category: 
human activity
Sub-category: 
violence
Source: 
SofM 18970531 [123.4: Suttor-BB]
Page: 
123
Line: 
62.2
Respelt: 
gurna
Part of speech: 
verb
Date: 
1897.5
Meaning Clue: 
"Cu-ru-a" guru-wa = "To throw" throw : Anon (c) [c:19:1] [BB] "Curua" guru-wa = "To throw" throw : King MS [:401:15.2] [BB]
Source Details: 
Science of Man: 31 May 189, p. 123 Suttor, J.B.: Aust Anthrop J LINGUISTICS [4 languages] Columns for: "1. Mulligan River dialect, supplied by A. Fraser, Esq. (2) "2. Johnstone River dialect, supplied byHenry Matheson, Esq. (2) "3. Bellinger River dialect, supplied by W.R. Harper, Esq. "4. Port Jackson dialect, supplied by J.B. Suttor, Esq. (2) PROBABLE SOURCE: The entries seem predominantly to come from King. ------------------- JS LIST LOCATION: lime green SofM ringbinder
Comment: 
PRINTING ERROR: for ’curua’ see King MS 15.1; cf also c.19.1 ’Cu-ru-a’

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