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father

Language: 
Biyal Biyal
Australian: 
Been-n-a
English JS Main: 
father
English: 
Father
Category: 
kin terms
Source: 
Tench
Page: 
160
Line: 
37
Respelt: 
bini-na
Part of speech: 
noun
Date: 
1793
Meaning Clue: 
"Been-n-a" binina = "Father" father : Tench [:160:37] [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

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