English: club, nulla-nulla, chopper, waddy, fighting stick
Bundjalung: jabir
Part of Speech: noun
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Category: artifact
Comment: In sound rather like English 'chopper', a club with a long point on long tapered handle (Y:Watsn); handle (Y:Hanlon); place Tabrajalba ngabiri-galba, place (of) nulla-nulla relics (petrified gigantic nullanulla found here) (Y:Allen); jabir bira ('the waddy throw'), the name of a place (Y:Holm:Fogty). Gn has gabir(i).
Gold Coast Tweed: Y:Sha:Culhm jabir chopper; Y:Holm jabir (variant jabar) club , nulla-nulla , waddy (Thompsn, QLong) jabam; Y:Allen jabiri nulla; Y:Watsn jab'eri , dha'biri club with a plain pointed head , nulla , club, etc.; AT:Curr:LandsWh jabberee throwing stick; Y:Hanlon jabberee a waddy, Y:Hanlon tchabbaree handle


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