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Tarn
Ball Game
Part of speech:
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- played with a ball made from possum skin: 'it was almost like football and one tribe used to play it against the other. But you had to be really clever to be able to play tarn' (S.D); see also Howitt 1904:770
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Categories:
Social

Example Phrases

English:
The single men will play 'football' tomorrow
Language:
Karriyapert-para nyetenyiny tarn perrpuk.

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