light

Language: 
Dharug
Australian: 
killi
English JS Main: 
light
English: 
Light
Category: 
elements: light/dark
Source: 
Mathews DG 1901
Page: 
158
Line: 
42
Respelt: 
gili
Part of speech: 
noun
Date: 
1901
Meaning Clue: 
‘gil-le’: gili: ‘A spark’: Collins 1 [507.1:19] ‘Gilly’: gili = ‘The light given by a candle’: Anon [c:15:19] ------------------ gili = ‘Light’: Mathews: Darkinyung, 1903 [280.2:34] gilibin = ‘Dew’: Mathews: Darkinyung, 1903 [280.2:21] ‘killibinbin’: gilibinbin = ‘to shine, to be bright, to be glorious’ (shining): Tkld AWA Aust Voc [59:4] [AWA]
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