English: shoot, fire (a gun)
Bundjalung: banggilima-
Part of Speech: verb transitive
Related Words:
With same English translation:  
Comment: Probably banggi- + -li + -ma 'cause to crack, make itself crack'. We: Gordn: banggilimalehla.
South West: We:Gordn; Cas:Smy banggilim-a, banggimalenj, banggilimainj, banggilima:, banggilimani
Example:

Bundjalung : Ngali wudjeh banggilimalehny bayahny; ngadju banggilimahny wihnyi, wehlu nganyi banggilimah, (from Ca)

English: 'We shall shoot each other today.'


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