woman
Language:
Australian:
Dee-in
English JS Main:
woman
English:
One day, the natives were observed to assemble in more than an ordinary number, at their house on the point, and to be full of bustle and agitation, repeatedly calling on the name of Baneelon, and that of Dee-in (a woman).
Category:
human classification
Sub-category:
female
Source:
Tench
Page:
200
Line:
31
Respelt:
dyin
Part of speech:
noun
Date:
1793
Meaning Clue:
"Dee-in" dyin = "One day, the natives were observed to assemble in more than an ordinary number, at their house on the point, and to be full of bustle and agitation, repeatedly calling on the name of Baneelon, and that of Dee-in (a woman)." woman : Tench [:200:31] [BB]
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