Bundjalung Dictionary

English: frilled lizard
Bundjalung: ngaram, nyaram
Part of Speech: noun
Related Words:
With same English translation:   juluhn   nyaram, ngaram  
Category: reptile
Comment: Probably only nyaram, though Y:Allen, Y:Watsn usually do not write /ny/ as ng; Y:Geyt:Culhm gives as 'bearded jew lizard': similar lizards, and note shift in meaning of nyaram in other dialects - frilled lizard (Wa), blue tongue (B), and Y:Hanln who says it is 'sleeping lizard' (blue tongue), also loosely used for 'Frilled and Jew Lizard'.
Gold Coast Tweed: Y:Allen ngarun; Y:Watsn ngarum , nga'rum (Cl. kingii); GC:Nerang:police nurrum , GC:Nerang:Sc nurum frill lizard; Y:Hanln n'yerrum sleeping lizard (also loosely used for Frilled and Jew Lizard)

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