kookaburra

Language: 
Dharug
Australian: 
kukundi
English JS Main: 
kookaburra
English: 
Laughing jackass
Category: 
fauna: birds
Source: 
Mathews DG 1901
Page: 
158.2
Line: 
39
Key Entry: 
e
Respelt: 
gugandi
Part of speech: 
noun
Date: 
1901
Meaning Clue: 
"kogunda" guganda = "laughing jackass": AL&T Rowley GeoR [DgR] [:259:34] [DgR] "kukundi" gugandi = "Laughing jackass": Mathews DG 1901 [:158.2:39] [DG] "goo-ginne-gan" guginagan = "kookaburra": Hunter Sketch Book [:12:] [BB]
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