dyin

See also: dyin'

Dharug

Alternative forms

Noun

dyin

  1. woman
    • 1793, Watkin Tench, A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson:
      The letter ‘y’ frequently follows ‘d’ in the same syllable. Thus the word which signifies a woman is ‘dyin’; although the structure of our language requires us to spell it ‘deein’.
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  2. wife
    Synonyms: dyinmang, danungaru
    Wa dyin daringal? ― Where is his wife?

Derived terms

  • dyinalyung (“women”, collective)
  • dyinmang (“wife”)
  • dyinuragang (“old woman”)
  • waruwi dyin (“girl”)

Descendants

  • → English: gin

References

  • Troy, Jakelin (2019) [1994], The Sydney Language‎[1], 2nd edition, Canberra, ACT: Aboriginal Studies Press, →ISBN, pages 30, 32
  • Jeremy Macdonald Steele (December 2005) The Aboriginal Language of Sydney (Master of Arts (Research) thesis)‎[2], Warawara Department of Indigenous Studies, Division of Society, Culture, Media and Philosophy, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Sydney: Macquarie University, page 149
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