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duck

Language: 
Dharug
Australian: 
yurungai
English JS Main: 
duck
English: 
Black duck
Category: 
fauna: birds
Sub-category: 
water
Source: 
Mathews DG 1901
Page: 
159
Line: 
6
Key Entry: 
yurong
Respelt: 
yurangayi
Part of speech: 
noun
Date: 
1901
Meaning Clue: 
‘yurrongi:: yurangi = ‘Duck’: Oldfield, Rev. Roger [xxx:31.1 [BB] ‘yur—gû’ yurung = ‘dive’: Tkld AWA Aust Voc [64:22.1] [AWA] "yurungai" yurangayi = "Black duck" duck duck, black: Mathews DG 1901 [:159:6] [DG]
Source Details: 
Mathews, R.H: ’Dharruk’ extract from ’The Thurrawal Language’: Read before the Roy. Soc. of N.S. Wales, Nov. 6, 1901, Vol. XXXV, pp. 155-160 Consists of 2 pages of grammar and a 3.3 page wordlist. ================ JS LIST LOCATION: Mathews SOUTH ringbinder

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