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PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
be-an : dig, scrape, scratch (Grey 1839:135)
bian : Scratch, To, Up Earth (Moore 1842: 156)
Bi-an : dig (Symmons 1842: 9)
Bian : to dig. (Brady 1845: 16)
benbenan-in : itchy skin (Salvado 1851: 258)
Binjeega : Pinch, to (Baaburgurt (Bulyen/George Eliot); Bates XII 2B, 13: 31)
Beena : Scrape, to; scratch, to (Balbuk; Bates XII 2B, 15: 35)
Bēning : Point, to (Kajaman; Bates XII, 2B, 11: 30)
Been : Scrape, to; scratch, to; (Monnop, Ballarruk; Bates XII 2B, 24: 26)
been : scrape, to; scratch, to (Ngalbaitch; Bates XII 2B, 7a)
Beean, bee-en : Scratch, to (Ngilgee; Bates XII 2B, 12a: 35)
Beena : Pinch, to (Joobaitch aka Ngoorweel; Bates XII 2B, 14: 34)
bean : scratch (Bussell 1930: 60)
peninj : scratch, to scratch, to dig (Douglas 1968: 97)
piiän : to claw, dig, scratch (Von Brandenstein 1988: 54)
beniny : scratching, writing (Douglas 1991: 32)
benanginy : pinching it (Whitehurst 1992: 44)
bin, ben : to dig, scratch, scrape, cut (Dench 1994: 190)
Bi an : Dig (Richards 1994: 127)