English: summer
Bundjalung: nyunggulgan, nyanggalgir, nyangga (?)
Part of Speech: time
Related Words:
With same English translation:   buban.gan   bulngahn, burguwahm (?)   nguhn.gu   nguhraldja   nyanggalgir   nyanggalgir, nyanggalgan   widjam  
Category: natural_environment
Comment: 'Sun' nyangga, yalgan; Y:Sha:Culhm shows /u/ in first syllable, but evidence elsewhere suggests /a/, but not conclusively or consistently; cf. nguhngahla.
Gold Coast Tweed: Y:Sha:Culhm nyunggulgan , nguhn.gahla , yalgan summer; Y:Allen nungalgiri; Y:Watsn ny


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