| English: long, tall
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Bundjalung:
gurahr
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| Part of Speech: adjective
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Related Words:
With same English translation:
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Comment: Also straight Wa, Wu; gurang 'very long', gurahn gurahn 'long and thin'; gender suffixes: m -gali, f -nahgan (and -galigan), arb -na, neut -gay, plur -gam Gd; same word given for 'snake' in We. (Cas) m gurahrgali, f gurahnagan, arb gurahna. Gurahn 'long boomerang' (probably long-arb (Sha) - cf. Hanlon's gurahn long (of plant/tree), name for Crab Island, near Currigee Y:Hanln; also 'wide' Y:Hanln, cf. bulbarim 'wide'.
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Gold Coast Tweed: Ydict kurahr; Y:Sha:Culhm gurahr; Y:Allen gurara long, tall; Y:Watsn gurar'a long, g
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South West: Wa:Crowl; We:Gordn long; Wu:Calley gur:ar long (of whiskers), gurar:gali tall (man); Cas:Smy, gura:r, gura:ngagan, gura:na
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Condamine Upper Clarence: Gd:Geyt; GdLSc:JThomas UClarence courara tall, courana long (clearly a gender form)
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Example:
Bundjalung : Galgah jali gurahna! (from M:Li)
English: 'Cut down that high tree!'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Ngaw yan.gehn gurahr gulgan. (from Y:Sha:Culh)
English: 'I went a long way.'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Guwang gurahrginy. (from Y:Sha:Culh)
English: 'The rain never stops.'
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Example:
Bundjalung : mibiny gurahr (from Y:Sha:Culh)
English: 'a tall man'
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