mabi

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See also: mâbi and mábì

Wiradjuri

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mabi

  1. A kind of quoll.
    • 1892, James Günther, Grammar and Vocabulary of the Aboriginal dialect called Wirradhuri, in John Fraser (ed.), An Australian Language
      Mabi—a wild cat.
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    • 1904, R. H. Mathews, The Wiradyuri and other languages of New South Wales, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, vol. 34
      Native cat (black & white) mâbi.
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