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spirit in A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia

pots. It is considered deadly, and is much dreaded by the natives ; but although several dogs have died sud- denly from the bite of a snake, no white person has hitherto suffered more than a slight inconvenience from temporary pain and swelling of the limb affected. KXbbar, adj. — Bleak ; exposed.…

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2,095
Year
1,842
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Record ID
2095
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A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia; George Fletcher Moore
Published
1842
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Spirit-Person Narratives
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spirit
Archive period
Early Colonial
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Western Australia (WA): B
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WA
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pots. It is considered deadly, and is much dreaded by the natives ; but although several dogs have died sud- denly from the bite of a snake, no white person has hitherto suffered more than a slight inconvenience from temporary pain and swelling of the limb affected. KXbbar, adj. — Bleak ; exposed. Kaddar, subst, — Large black lizard. Kadjin, subst. — Soul ; spirit. The form which rises after death, and goes over the sea to the island of souls. KxDJO, subst. — A native hammer, broad and blunt at one end, and sharp-edged at the other ; formed of two pieces of whinstone, cemented on to a short thick stick, by means of the Tudibi, or.

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