B

biidi, biit

NOONGAR

path, energy

ENGLISH

z

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

Peet : Sinews (Nind 1831: 49)
Beedy : the veins. (R M Lyon, 23/03/1833 – Language of Derbal)
Pit : Nerves (Nerfs) (Dumont D’Urville 1834: 4)
bee-dee : vein, a path (Grey 1839:135)
Bidi. : Vein (Moore 1842: 167)
Bi-di : Veins (Symmons 1842: 3)
Bidi : vein. (Brady 1845: 16)
Mata, beeda : Path (track) (Baaburgurt (Bulyen/George Eliot); Bates XII 2B, 13: 31)
Beeda : Sinew (Balbuk; Bates XII 2B, 15: 6)
jenna beeda : Track (Monnop, Ballarruk; Bates XII 2B, 24: 12)
beet : root, of tree (Ngalbaitch; Bates XII 2B, 7a)
Gweerak, beeda, woorup : Sinews of kangaroo’s tail (Ngilgee; Bates XII 2B, 12a: 35)
Beeda : Vein (Joobaitch aka Ngoorweel; Bates XII 2B, 14: 7)
beida : sinues (Bussell 1930: 69)
miḷ, piṛit : sinew, tendon (Douglas 1968: 97)
Beert : sinew (Davis 1969: 3)
piert : line, path, sinew, tendon, track vein (Von Brandenstein 1988: 53)
birt, birit : sinew (Douglas 1991: 29)
bidi, djooroot, mart : path (Whitehurst 1992: 44)
biroa : sinew (N,SW) (Dench 1994: 177)