Bundjalung Dictionary

English: deaf
Bundjalung: wangalbang
Part of Speech: adjective
Related Words:
With same English translation:   binang guny   binangah-djam, binangahmang   binang-djam   ganngah-djam   gubigal   guwanggum   jibany   mugul   mugulwan-   wangalgir   wangal, wangam   wangam   wanggur   wubi   wuhbi  
Category: senses
Comment: Place Wongalpong, should be 'Wungalpung' deaf (Railway guide gives meaning as 'lyre bird', but the native name for this bird is 'Kulwin'. Probably there was some legend attached to 'deaf'; this has been lost to latter-day blacks) (Y:Hanln).
Gold Coast Tweed: Y:Hanln Wongalpong , wungalpung

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