Bundjalung Dictionary

English: wind
Bundjalung: burginy
Part of Speech: noun
Related Words:
With same English translation:   bahnybi-   bihdjidj   budjiny   buhlmang   buhn-buny   buhn-bunybuhr   buhny   buhny-buhny   buhwi-gali   buluhlmang, bulwang, buhwulmang, buwulmang   burginy waring   buwiyan   buyan-buyehn   buy-buy   dugan.gay   gawari-, gohri-   jahna-   jahrbuny   midjigay   mundalgumah   ngahlir   ngandan   wungaw   yargeh  
Category: natural_environment
Comment: cf yargeh; wind; Turnbull sometimes has burgin (erg. burgindu).
Gold Coast Tweed: Ng:Curr:Bray buroogin wind; Y:Holm burginy (burgi) wind; AT:Prior borugin wind; GC:Nerang:Fowlr burrigin wind; Tw:Curr:Bray buroogin wind
Lower Richmond: Bj:TMcD:Cowl buragin; Bj:Holm:Fergn burginy, burgin, burgindu; Wi:Lism:Curr buirgoon; Wi:Curr:Richmd booragin; Ny:Curr:Ballina borrigan;
Condamine Upper Clarence: Gd:Geyt;
Example:

Bundjalung : gugurah burgiynyah (from Bj:Ferg)

English: 'in(side) the wind'

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