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hit

Language: 
Dharug
Australian: 
dutbara
English JS Main: 
hit
English: 
Strike
Category: 
human activity
Sub-category: 
violence
Source: 
Mathews DG 1901
Page: 
160.2
Line: 
3
Respelt: 
dudbara
Part of speech: 
verb
Date: 
1901
Meaning Clue: 
"Doot«ba" dudba = "to cover or plant anything" hide : Mathews 8006/3/5 -5 [108-Dharug] [:114:14] [DG] "dutbara" dudba-ra = "Strike" hit : Mathews DG 1901 [:160.2:3] [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
Comment: 
UNCLEAR WHETHER ’dutba’ IS ’hit’ OR ’hide’

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