Bundjalung Dictionary

English: the fighting waddy belonging to the God Javreen or Jabreen
Bundjalung: jabir-bilam
Part of Speech: noun
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Category: artifact
Comment: (See Legends), name of Little Burleigh (Y:Hanlon); name over the Bora ring on the highway at Burleigh (m); cf. jabir 'chopper' (Y:Sha:Culhm); b is optionally v in a few words, this given as example; cf. -bilahm 'has learnt to' (Gd), but only suffixed to verbs or nominalised verbs.
Gold Coast Tweed: Y:Hanlon locnm Jabbribillum or Javvribillum

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