English: burn, cook
Bundjalung: guyba-, guybali-
Part of Speech: verb transitive
Related Words:
With same English translation:  
Category: food
Comment: Past (imperfect?) guybalehn (Ng).
Gold Coast Tweed: Ng:Curr:Tweed:Bray burn, quebullen burn; Ng:Sc:Mur:Martn quebunnee to burn; Ng:Sc:TweedR:Bray murribullen to burn
Lower Richmond: Bj:Sha:Turnbl guyba cook, bum, kuybani past; Bj:TMcD ghuybalehn, ghuybani burnt; Bj:Holm:Fergn guiba-, guiba, guibani, guibalila Fergn,Turnbl;
Example:

Bundjalung : Guybah wudjang. (from Ng:Bra)

English: 'Burn the grass.'


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