English: Mt Barney
Bundjalung: baga-bagah
Part of Speech: place name
Related Words:
With same English translation:   budjurguhmu   budjurngu   duwehning  
Category: location
Comment: bagah = 'shield'; Mt Barney is considered shield shaped. Another name budjurguhmu was recorded in Gd, and another source lists it as Boogah-Boogah 'go away', but the language is not necessarily Yugambeh.
Gold Coast Tweed: Y:Sha:Culhm baga bagah; Sunday Mail Color Magazine 10/10/71 Boogah-Boogah
Example:

Bundjalung : bagah (from Y:Wats)

English: 'shield made from cork tree'


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