English: shark
Bundjalung: waryam, wardjam, wadjam
Part of Speech: noun
Related Words:
With same English translation:   jahgan   jalumbil   jargan   ngalumbe   nyirang   wadjam, waryam   wagay   wardjam   wardjam  
Category: fish
Comment: Also eel, monster, bunyip, sea monster, etc.
Gold Coast Tweed: Y:Sha:Culhm wadham; Y:Holm waryam eel or a monster (= mundangara QLong) , bunyip , a spirit , 'sea monster' gc , 'hippopotamus' pt; GC:Coomera:police warriom; Y:Hanln boiee , jargun , woorajum sharks


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