English: bush, big scrub, thick forest, rainforest (Wa), woods (We)
Bundjalung: gabal
Part of Speech: noun
Related Words:
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Category: natural_environment
Comment: gaban in Ng.
Gold Coast Tweed: M:Liv kubbՂ
Lower Richmond: Bj:Sha:Turnbl gabal big scrub, thick forest; Bj:Sc:Coraki kabbul cabbage tree (below bingdum scrub); Ny:Sc:Ballina3/1903 cobbal scrub ;
South West: Wa:Crowl; We:Gordn; Cas:Smy gabal ;
Condamine Upper Clarence: Gd:Geyt; Dr:Sc Yabbara cobbil 'outlaw's scrub'; Gd:Sc:JThomas UClarnce carble scrub;
Copmanhurst: Cop:Hargrv kobbal 'scrub' ;
Example:

Bundjalung : Ngihn.gur gile galgalehla gabala? (from Ca)

English: 'Who is that chopping in the bush?'

Example:

Bundjalung : Mirungmihni wadjeh gawariyah gabalgu. (from Ca)

English: 'Tell that woman to run into the bush.'


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