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Language: 
Biyal Biyal
Australian: 
warra warra
English JS Main: 
begone
English: 
The ships saluted at sunrise, noon, and sunset, which must have frightened the warra warras, for so we call the blacks, from their constant cry of Ôwarra warraÕ at everything they see that is new.
Category: 
motion
Sub-category: 
away
Source: 
Southwell: Journal (HRNSW)
Page: 
692
Line: 
17
Respelt: 
wa-ra wa-ra
Part of speech: 
verb
Date: 
17901
Meaning Clue: 
"warawara" wara wara = "far away" distant far away: AL&T Rowley GeoR [:261:34] [DG] "warra warra" wara wara = "The ships saluted at sunrise, noon, and sunset, which must have frightened the warra warras, for so we call the blacks, from their constant cry of ’warra warra’ at everything they see that is new." begone : Southwell: Journal (HRNSW) [:692:17] [BB]
Source Details: 
Daniel Southwell, Journal and Letters of Daniel Southwell, Historical Records of New South Wales, Vol. II, pp. 660-719
Comment: 
wa = MOVE; ra = away [?]; -a IMP! // wari: away NOT IMP!; wara! away IMP!

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