two big women
Language:
Australian:
Bul-la Mur-ee Dee-in
English JS Main:
two big women
English:
ÒWhich of them is your old favourite, Bar-an-gar-oo, of whom you used to speak so often?Ó Ñ ÒOh,Ó said he, Òshe is become the wife of Colbee! but I have got Bul-la Mur-ee Dee-in [two large women] to compensate for her loss.Ó
Source:
Tench
Page:
177
Line:
17
Respelt:
bula mari dyin
Part of speech:
phrase 3
Date:
1793
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