Bundjalung Dictionary

English: belly, stomach
Bundjalung: muhng
Part of Speech: noun
Related Words:
With same English translation:   julba   mihran, mehran   mirung  
Category: body_part
Comment: cf. mirung, (possibly an older form), mulin, gidjir, julba, also nuwang 'food', Y:Watsn has perhaps misconstrued muhng jalanyah 'crop of bird' (literally 'stomach in throat') as nuwang jalanyah 'food of throat'.
Gold Coast Tweed: Y:Sha:Culhm muhng belly, stomach; Y:Holm:Monsl muhng stomach; Y:Allen mohn belly, kijerra stomach; Y:Watsn m
Condamine Upper Clarence: Gd:Sc:JThomas UClarnce moong stomach

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