Bundjalung Dictionary

English: elbow
Bundjalung: guruhny
Part of Speech: noun
Related Words:
With same English translation:   gin.gam (ginggam?, gingam?)   gurin   walagan  
Comment: Also gingam (gin.gam?); also means any bend. As adjective, 'crooked, bent', etc., see guruhny. Final vowel in all these words could be /uh/, but Y:Hanln gooroom-gooroon (guruhny-guruhny) strongly suggests the vowel is /u/, not /i/.
Gold Coast Tweed: Ydict kuruhny; Y:Allen gurin; Y:Watsn gurin', kin'gum; Tw:Curr:Bray koorin elbow; Y:Hanln kingum elbow, any bend

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