English: redhead bird (Y:Alln), Eastern Swamp-hen
Bundjalung: wagay-wagay
Part of Speech: noun
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Category: bird
Comment: Possibly wagay-wagahy (following usually reduplication pattern shown in other sources); cf. wagai, probably same bird.
Gold Coast Tweed: Y:Alln wagai-wagai; NG:Gresty woggiewoggie


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