| English: gun |
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Bundjalung:
mih-bula-dululbi
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| Part of Speech: noun |
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Related Words:
With same English translation: dululbi, dulubi, dulul |
| Category: artifact |
| Comment: Literally 'two-eye-banger' - the early muskets were double-barrelled, and 'their most vivid acquaintance of this firearm, in the early days, was with its barrel muzzles (round like two eyes) pointed at them, followed by a "bang"'. Also dulul(bi), dulubi. |
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Gold Coast Tweed: Y:Hanln mee-boolai-doolool-pee: mee eye , boolai two , doolool a loud noise or bang , and the terminal pee , cause or agency
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