mosquito
Language:
Australian:
Djoura
English JS Main:
mosquito
English:
mosquetoe
Category:
fauna: insects and spiders
Source:
Bowman: Camden
Page:
22
Line:
138
Respelt:
dyu-ra
Part of speech:
noun
Date:
1835
Meaning Clue:
‘Chiang’: dyang = ‘Chew’: Anon [c:30:6.1];
’dyangu-la’ = ‘To chew’: King in Hunter [408.1:10.2];
dyurugun = ‘Sharp ‘: Mathews DWL + Kml 1903 [278.4:6] [DWL]
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‘Tewra’: dyu-ra = ‘A musquito’:Anon [c:24:20]
dyurugun = ‘Sharp ‘: Mathews DWL + Kml 1903 [278.4:6] [DWL]
‘Teura-dieny’: dyura dyiny = ‘Mosquito bite’: King MS [399:17];
‘Tewra dieng’: dyura-dyang = ‘Bite of ditto [musquito]’: [c:24:21]
‘Dien’: dyiny = ‘To bite’: Suttor, 31.5.1897 [123:54]
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duru-li-gu = ‘to pierce, prick, stab, sting, lance, spear.’: Tkld AWA Aust Voc [62:49.2] [AWA]
dhara-di = ‘Sting or break skin’: Mathews: 8006/3/7- Nbk 7 [5:36] [Dark];
dura = ‘kill’: Threlkeld, L.E.: Karree, c.1835 [140:26] [Kre]
dhura = ‘to pinch’: [b:5:2]
dhura-dyá-wai = ‘I have struck’: Southwell [149.1:29.2];
dura-lang = ‘To prick’: King in Hunter [408.2:12]
Source Details:
JAMES BOWMAN. Macarthur Papers, Miscellaneous Papers, A4286, CY reel 2358, pp.13-22, Mitchell Library, Sydney. c.1824-46
The first brief section of 18 words seems to be from the area around Surgeon James Bowman’s 12,000 acre property ’Ravensworth’ (Bulgara), between Singleton and Muswellbrook. ’Ashton’s Farm’ (Mong Mon gell) was close to Singleton. Bowman (1784-1846) married Elizabeth, second daughter of John and Elizabeth Macarthur of ’Camden Park’ (Benkennie).
[CY Reel 2358, frame 89]
The second, more extensive, section is presumably an Aboriginal vocabulary from the Camden area, compiled by a member of the Macarthur family, probably Bowman or perhaps William Macarthur.
Dr. James Kohen (personal comment 9 October 2001) believes the main list is the Darug language.
Transcribed by Keith V. Smith, October 2001
Comment:
SYDNEY mosquito = dyura (Anon); King in Hunter; Mathews:Dharruk