Bundjalung Dictionary

English: digging stick, yamstick, ironbark spear
Bundjalung: ganay, ganaybah (ganahy?)
Part of Speech: noun
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Category: artifact
Comment: Heavy spear of hardwood (Y:Watsn); name for Russell Island (Y:Hanln); 'yam stick, digging stick'; Kanaipa (probably 'place of ironbark spear'), a place name; possibly ganahy, ganahyba (Y:Hanln).
Gold Coast Tweed: Ydict kanay, kanaybah (kanahy?); Y:Sha:Culhm digging stick; Y:Allen gunnai yamstick; Y:Watsn kon'ai heavy spear of hardwood, gon'ai, konai; Ngr:Gresty kunnai yam stick; Y:Hanln kunnai yams tick, locnm. Kanaipa

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