| English: possum | |
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Bundjalung:
guyahny, guwihny
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| Part of Speech: noun | |
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Related Words:
With same English translation: gubi (?) gugahn guran guwany guyan, guwan nyuwang |
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| Category: animal |
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| Comment: Big forest possum kuwiyany (?); others guyan or guwan (Y:Hanln); Ngr:Gresty lists as grey possum; possibly word from which Kynnumboon 'place of possums' (on Tweed River) derives (Y:Hanln); cf. Will, guwin, etc. 'ringtail possum', and nyuwang. | |
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Gold Coast Tweed: Ydict kuyahny, kuwihny; Y:Sha:Culhm; Y:Holm:Fogty guyany possum, guwany (guany) possum Paulsn,Fogty; Y:Allen guran opossum; GC:Coomera:police cooan; Ngr:Gresty kwayan grey possum; GC:Nerang:police quaan; GC:Nerang:Curr:Fowlr gueyan; Tw:Curr:Bray quam; AT:Curr:Prior noun; AT:Curr:LandsWh quini; AT:Curr:O'Conn newung; Y:Hanln gweeahn big forest opossum, others kooyan or koowan; Y:Hanln Kynnumboon place of possums
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