English: abscess, sore, ulcer
Bundjalung: jigay
Part of Speech: noun
Related Words:
With same English translation:  
Category: body_part
Comment: As adj sore, painful.
Gold Coast Tweed: Y:Sha:Culhm; Y:Allen adj sore jigai sore or wound jiggai; Y:Watsn dhig'ai, wound dhi'gai; Y:Hanlon jiggai
Lower Richmond: Bj:TMcD:Morgn jigeh sore; Bj:Holm:Fergn djigai djambai 'sore hand' ;
South West: Wa:Crowl noun, adj; Cas:Smy djigei ;
Condamine Upper Clarence: Gd:Geyt noun;
Example:

Bundjalung : Mala gumar gawarehla malahya jigaydja. (from W)

English: 'The sore is bleeding.'

Example:

Bundjalung : Jigay wangah yagambehwen. (from W)

English: 'Your sores have disappeared.'

Example:

Bundjalung : Maliyu ngihmani jigay malahya ganggila. (from W)

English: 'He squeezed the sore on his arm.'


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