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
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Manuscripts Book C
Book C, Title Page
Book C, Page 1
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Book C, Page 3
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Book C, Pages 50–51
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Nouns
Dative
Daárĭn
to
Daára
Wȧrim
Why
Where have you been
Wȧrım
bu̇ŋí
:
Why did you do it
:
Widagolȧŋ
?
Is it for drinking
Wȧdı
3
wȧ
2
ŋalawȧdyú
1
I sit
1
on
2
a (block of) wood
3
Waru̇ŋa
1
pí̇aba
2
waru̇ŋa
1
domıne
3
buk
4
When
1
will
2
domine
3
(that is
M
r
. Johnson
)
read
2
in the
book
4
This question was by my desire repeated several
times by
Badyegaráŋ
& mostly without
waru̇ŋa
the second time.
Wu̇ra wu̇rá
Just now or some
little time back
M
r
. Dawes
1
pí̇ala
2
wúra wurá
3
C
.
Campbell
M
r
. Dawes
1
spoke
2
just
now
3
to
C
.
Campbell
Capt
.
Ball
wellamába
Param
‸
a
tín
ŋí̇rigal
Capt
.
n
Ball
will re
-
turn from
Parramatta
bye & bye (some little
time hence)
Ŋatú
1
ŋara
2
ŋí̇a
3
gī
4
Stop stop!
1
Hear
2
me
3
pray
4
Putuwá
Wíaga
To warm ones hand by the fire & then to
squeeze gently the fingers of another person
Putuwidyáŋa
wiaŋáta
putuwí̇
✓
My mother scorch
’
d
my fingers (that I
shou’d
not steal)
This I got very particularly from
Badyegaráŋ
.
19
th
. Sept
r
.
1791
See 3 page forward. *