Bundjalung Dictionary

English: root sucker
Bundjalung: jambinbin
Part of Speech: noun
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Category: plant
Comment: Root sucker of the pandanus tree, which was macerated and used as a chewing rope: 'This rope was immersed in a receptacle containing a mixture of honey, honeycomb, dead bees, grubs and dead or rotten wood, and when thoroughly saturated with this delightful nectar, was chewed and sucked. The chewed end was then directed into a second receptacle of the liquor, ready for chewing back again into number 1, and so on till repletion was attained. It was a contemplative occupation much favoured b
Gold Coast Tweed: Y:Hanlon locnm Jumpinpin

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