English: elder, powerful spirit being
Bundjalung: ngadjang-gali
Part of Speech: adjective
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Category: people
Comment: Principle culture hero, 'god' (Ga); literally 'grandfather-type', often correlated (by non-Christians) with 'God'.
Gold Coast Tweed: Y:Sha:Culhm ngajanggali grandfather type;
Condamine Upper Clarence: Gd:Geyt powerful spirit-being ; Gd:Calley ngadjunggali god ; Ga:Smy ngadanggali principal culture hero


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