Bundjalung Dictionary

English: taylor or tailer fish, poomboy fish
Bundjalung: bumbah, bumbay
Part of Speech: noun
Related Words:
With same English translation:  
Category: fish
Comment: burinbah (or barinbah) form from GC:Nerang:police, probably stop onset to /m/ heard.
Gold Coast Tweed: Y:Watsn pum'ba; Tw:Sc:Bray poonumbah poomboy fish; Ng:Gresty poodenbah tailorfish; GC:Nerang:Sc, GC:Nerang:police puddenbah taylor fish; Y:Hanln poombah, boombai

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