English: breathe, pull, tire
Bundjalung: buhyi, buhyi-an.ga-
Part of Speech: verb
Related Words: buhyi-  
With same English translation:  
Category: body_part
Comment: rest, breath or knocked up(?) (Yw); breath (Y:Hanln); possibly buhwi or buhyi. GC:Meston lists as 'lung'. See also buhyi-.
Gold Coast Tweed: Y:Sha:Culhm breathe, pull, tire; Y:Watsn b
Example:

Bundjalung : Yugambeh buhyanggahla, kulgun-malehla buhyijam. (from Y:Sha:Culh)

English: 'He talks and talks and never gets tired.'

Example:

Bundjalung : Buyiyehn ngaw. (from Y:Sha:Culh)

English: 'I got tired.'


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