English: goanna
Bundjalung: yawgar
Part of Speech: noun
Related Words:
With same English translation:   bawyam   bugaliny(?)   buyugulan   dirawang   dirwang   girbihny   girwahng   giwa, jiwah   gudjin   jiruhng   jiwah, giwa   mugil   ngaluh   ngamahl   ngamahr   yawgar, yawgargin(y)  
Category: reptile
Comment: Form yawgar probably correct, from comparison with neighbouring dialects.
Gold Coast Tweed: Ng:Sc:Cudgn3/1903 yangarah iguana ar quana (n in yongarah prob. mistranscription); Ng:Sc:Mur yowgaora iguana


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