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dhawiyn

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Wiradjuri

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dhawiyn

  1. an axe
    • 1892, James Günther, Grammar and Vocabulary of the Aboriginal dialect called Wirradhuri, in John Fraser (ed.), An Australian Language
      Dawin—a hatchet.
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    • 1904, R. H. Mathews, The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, vol. 34
      Tomahawk .. .. . dhauain.
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