THE NOTEBOOKS OF WILLIAM DAWES ON
THE ABORIGINAL LANGUAGE OF SYDNEY
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Manuscripts Book A
Book A, Title Page
Book A, Page 1
Book A, Page 2
Book A, Page 3
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Manuscripts Book B
Book B, Title Page
Book B, Page 1
Book B, Page 2
Book B, Page 3
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Book B, Page 46
Manuscripts Book C
Book C, Title Page
Book C, Page 1
Book C, Page 2
Book C, Page 3
Book C, Page 4
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Book C, Pages 50–51
Book C, Pages 52–53
Book C, Pages 54–55
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Book C, Page 75
Mutíŋun
Ŋí̇rıba
or
Mútıŋ
Ŋirıbáŋun
We will carry a fish
gig (with us)
Muramadyémi
:
Thou didst let fall
:
Matıŋarabáŋun
nágaba
:
We shall sleep separate
:
Mı
ŋyínı
Poulden
?
What relation are you to
Poulden
Mīmadyímı
?
What’s the matter with you
Mānwȧrı
.
To find
(
lit
.
y
take abroad
)
Mānwȧrıdy
aoú
I found or did find
Mínyın
mìwȧna
?
Why
wont
you have it?
Mu̇lagátu̇ŋ
A body louse
Mı
mı
ga
.
Mīm
bowanára
mı
ga
What are you looking for
what
.
Berá
pars̀bu̇gí
I have lost a fish hook
Mı
mı
wȧranára
What are you looking for
.
Mānu̇ru
.
Mānúrı
To forget
.
Forgot
Mulālı
Sick
P
.
Bubílyıdyaou
hand
kerchyéra
I cover
’
d (myself)
with a handkerchief
D
.
Mínyın
?
Why?
P
.
Mulālıdwȧrın
Because I was sick
.
Nēpe
To blow the nose
:
Murí
:
Lent
.
Māttí
Soft
.
Easy for a child to
eat as soft bread, boil
’
d carrot
&
c.
Murīŋ
.
The stick which the
‸
children
throw at the
block which another trolls along the ground
Miamılegolȧŋ
Merana
To be first
.
Welláŋa
To follow or
be second.