Bundjalung Dictionary

English: gum
Bundjalung: ngiram, niyam
Part of Speech: noun
Related Words:
With same English translation:   balugam   barbam   bibay, bibeh   bibuy   budjarbil   buybuy   dan.ge(h)   dayrabay   diman, jiman   dundul, dunduhl   durur   ganehga   garambahng   gawargam   gumagala   gumbanygir   gumban.gir   gundir   gungam, gunggayir   gunggunggehr   jalgam   jambul   jambulgam   jihrgan   jihrgan.gir   jirigan   mahn.gur, man.gurgah   man.gar   man.gargin   man.gar, man.gah   man.gar(gah)   man.gur   mugambin   murehr   ngarul   ngawuny   wuhngma-   yahban   yugumbeh  
Category: food
Comment: Edible gum from wattle (Y:Allen, Y:Watsn); Tw:Curr:Bray form could be ngiyam (r-loss); ngawuny used for other types of gum. See also man.gar.
Gold Coast Tweed: Y:Allen ngirum; Y:Watsn ngi'rum; Tw:Curr:Bray neeum

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