English: a creeping snake
Bundjalung: nginduny, ngindunybah
Part of Speech: noun
Related Words: nindunyba 'place of soot' (Y:Holm   Y:Allen)   and nguhnyba 'black snake'  
With same English translation:  
Category: reptile
Comment: Possibly ninduhny etc., possibly -bah 'place of', Nindooimba a creeping snake. See also nindunyba 'place of soot' (Y:Holm, Y:Allen), and nguhnyba 'black snake'.
Gold Coast Tweed: Y:Hanln locnm. Nindooimba


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