| English: tomahawk, stone axe, small axe, a rock, stone for tomahawk, stones
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Bundjalung:
bandahn
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| Part of Speech: noun
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Related Words:
With same English translation:
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Category: artifact
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Comment: Stone AT, Y:Hanln. Used for 'hail, ice' (Y:Hanln); possibly bandan; budiny or buriny in one list (Tw:Curr:Bray); also bandahl; cf gulman, bandjang, karang, manal.
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Gold Coast Tweed: Y:Sha:Culhm bandahn axe, tomahawk; Y:Holm bandan stone axe, tomahawk; Y:Allen bundahn tomahawk; Y:Watsn b
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Lower Richmond: Wi:Lism:Curr bundan tomahawk;
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South West: Cas:Smy banda:n axe;
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Copmanhurst: Cop:Hargrv bundah
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Example:
Bundjalung : Ngayu ginahny jinang bandahn.gu. (from )
English: 'I will make a handle for the tomahawk.'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Burah jinang bandahnda (from )
English: 'Pull the handle out of the tomahawk'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Galgahla ngayu wuginymahla bandahndu. (from Y:Sha:Culh)
English: 'I chop quickly with the a.'
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