spike
Language:
Australian:
Callun
English JS Main:
spike
English:
(grass-tree stalk)
Category:
flora: trees
Sub-category:
parts and products
Source:
Hunter Sketch Book
Page:
69
Line:
2
Respelt:
galan
Part of speech:
noun
Date:
178890
Meaning Clue:
"Callun" galan = "(grass-tree stalk)" spike [grass tree]: Hunter Sketch Book [:69:2] [BB]
bira-galån = ‘The name of a fish’: Anon [c:10:10] [BB];
’gala-yin’ = ‘copulation’ Anon [c:23:11.4];
Source Details:
The Hunter Sketch Book: Birds and Flowers of New South Wales drawn on the Spot in 1788 & 90 By Captain John Hunter RN of the First Fleet. General Editor John Calaby. Canberra, National Library of Australia, 1989