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trunk

Language: 
Biyal Biyal
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]

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