die
Language:
Australian:
b˜-ee
English JS Main:
die
English:
Nanbaree appeared quite unmoved at the event; and surveyed the corpse of his father without emotion, simply exclaiming, b˜-ee (dead). This surprised us; as the tenderness and anxiety of the old man about the boy had been very moving.
Category:
death and superstition
Sub-category:
death
Source:
Tench
Page:
147
Line:
36
Respelt:
buwi
Part of speech:
noun
Date:
1793
Meaning Clue:
‘b˜-ee’ båwi = ‘dead’: Tench [147:36] [BB]
Source Details:
Captain Watkin Tench: A Narrative of the expedition to Botany Bay (1789) and A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson 1788-1791 (1793): Republished at Sydney’s First Four Years (1961), Library of Australian History