trunk
Language:
Australian:
Goolgadie
English JS Main:
trunk
English:
(grass-tree ÔtrunkÕ)
Category:
flora: trees
Sub-category:
parts and products
Source:
Hunter Sketch Book
Page:
69
Line:
3
Respelt:
gulgadi
Part of speech:
noun
Date:
178890
Source Details:
The Hunter Sketch Book: Birds and Flowers of New South Wales drawn on the Spot in 1788 & 90 By Captain John Hunter RN of the First Fleet. General Editor John Calaby. Canberra, National Library of Australia, 1989
Comment:
‘Goolgadie’ = ‘(grass-tree ’trunk’)’: Hunter [69:3] "EXAMPLE OF ’-die’ PRONOUNCED AS ’-dyi’? SEE ‘Goolgad-ye’: Collins 2: 120:39.1]