Bundjalung Dictionary

English: dark, darkness, black
Bundjalung: duwan, duwan-duwan
Part of Speech: adjective
Related Words: duhndun  
With same English translation:  
Category: colour
Comment: reduplicated from duwan (Y:Allen); see also duhndun.
Gold Coast Tweed: Y:Allen doan black (as in darkness); doan-doan dark, black (as in darkness), Y:Watsn doandoan dark, black; doan- 'doan black; Y:Watsn d

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