| English: massage (Gd), rub, paint
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Bundjalung:
bama-
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| Part of Speech: verb transitive
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Comment: Usually non-medicinal rubbing; buma- (Y:Hanln). Cf bambam and banma- 'cover'.
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Gold Coast Tweed: Y:Allen pr bummaleir, p bummalen, pf bummalian, f bummaleila; Y:Watsn bum
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South West: Wa:Crowl, We:Gordn bamalehla rubbing ;
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Condamine Upper Clarence: Gd:Geyt massage ;
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Example:
Bundjalung : Mahny dubay bamalehn banyargandu. (from W)
English: 'The women rubbed each other with fat.'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Bamahla guygumbu. (from W)
English: 'They are being rubbed with sand.'
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