Nanbari
Language:
Australian:
Nān-bar-ee
English JS Main:
Nanbari
English:
Fish were produced, to tempt him to eat; but he turned away his head, with signs of loathing. Nan-bar-ee (the boy), on the contrary, no sooner saw them than he leaped from his cradle, and eagerly seizing them, began to cook them.
Category:
name of person
Source:
Tench
Page:
147
Line:
28
Respelt:
Nan-bari
Part of speech:
noun
Date:
1793
Meaning Clue:
‘mambara’ mambara = ‘Jeebung’: Mathews DG 1901 [159.2:16] [DG]
‘Mambara’ mambara = ‘Jibong’: French Catalogue, 1855 [xxx:115.2] [DWL]
‘Nââmbžrra’: nambara = ‘Jibong’: French Catalogue, 1855 [11:115] [SOUTH]
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