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woof

Language: 
Biyal Biyal
Australian: 
Moroube
English JS Main: 
woof
English: 
Bark as a Dog
Category: 
fauna: activity
Sub-category: 
dog
Source: 
Paine, Daniel
Page: 
41.1
Line: 
6
Respelt: 
mårubi
Part of speech: 
verb
Date: 
1795
Meaning Clue: 
"Moroube" marubi = "Bark as a Dog" woof" dog: Paine, Daniel [:41.1:6] [BB] ‘Nur-be’ nurbi ‘to bark’: Anon [c:18:5] [BB] ‘mooroobey’ murubi = ‘Thunder’: Curr, E.M.: 3 [427.1:5] [NGWL]
Source Details: 
Daniel Paine, Daniel: The Journal of Daniel Paine 1794-1797, Together with Documents Illustrating the Beginning of Government Boat-Building and Timber-getting in New South Wales, 1795-1805: pp. 41-2. Word list informant Bennelong on Reliance, 1795. -------------------------------------- JS LIST LOCATION: BOOK: Personal copy on JS upper study bookshelves

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