English: tread, tread on, trample (Smy)
Bundjalung: banga-
Part of Speech: verb intransitive
Related Words:
With same English translation:  
Comment: Go, go away, tread; but cf bangga-, same word?; step on, or bangga- also?; term. bangani; bangani mala 'stepped on it'.
Lower Richmond: Bj:Holm:Fergn banga-, bangani
South West: Cas:Smy bang-e, bange:; Cas:Smy bang-a, bangani;
Example:

Bundjalung : Ngayu bangani nyulangi. (from Ca)

English: 'I have trodden on him.'


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