| English: grandmother, mother's mother, mother's sister, granddaughter, grandchild
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Bundjalung:
bahbany, bahbuny
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| Part of Speech: noun
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Related Words:
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Category: people
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Comment: Also female cousin of mother's mother or mother's father Gd; plural baybanygir; also bahbanydjargan, plural bahbanygirgan Wa; in southern dialects mother's mother; Y:Allen, Y:Watsn and M:Liv, as well as all other dialect lists except for Casino (Smythe) give as mother's mother, but Y:Sha:Culhm and Casino dialect give as father's mother; reciprocal term (M:Liv), i.e. daughter's child.
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Gold Coast Tweed: Y:Sha:Culhm bahbiny grandmother (father's side); Y:Holm:GCurry; Y:Allen barbun; Y:Watsn b
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South West: Wa:Crowl mother's mother, granddaughter; Wu:Calley babn MM and recip., marries a gaguhng/gawuhng ;
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Condamine Upper Clarence: Gd:Geyt; Gd:Sc:JThomas UClarnce barbin grandmother;
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