Chapter 53

Wabro,Waiky-Waiky.

Australian: dialects of the McLeay river.J. B.

Watty-Watty.

Australian: dialect of New England, N.S. Wales. (C. Hodgkinson.)

Weeahs.

American: tribes of Indian territory.SeeShasti.

West Saxon.

Main dialect ofAnglo-Saxon, spoken in Wessex, and the South generally, while a distinct dialect,North-Anglian(Northumbrian), was spoken in the North. See papers by Mr. J. M. Kemble in the “Proceedings of the Philological Society,” 1845-7.G. R.

Western-Port.

Australian: dialect of Port Philip. Vocaby. by Dr. Bunce.J. B.

Winidi.

A form ofWend.Germanname for the Slavonians.

Wirairoi.

Australian: dialect of the boundaries of Queensland and N.S. Wales, derived, says Mr. Ridley, from the affirmative “wirai.”J. B.

Wiralhere.

Australian: a dialect ofKamilaroi.


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