English: boy
Bundjalung: jabuh (Wi, M), jabuyil (M)
Part of Speech: noun
Related Words:
With same English translation:   balun, balungay   bumbah, bumbay   gibar   jabu   jabuh   jabul   jabunggihny   jabu, jabuh   jabu, jabuyil, jabudjil   janagan, jananggan   jananggan   margan   mudjum, muyum   mulam   yanangga  
Category: people
Comment: Pre-puberty (no whiskers) (Turnbl); jabuhyu erg.
Gold Coast Tweed: M:Liv c'ubbo , c'ubboyil older boy, pre puberty youth; c'ubbo; chubbo , -io erg , -nge acc , -nga gen , -gai dat , -bano abl; c'ubbogay for the boy; M:Sc:Brunswk chubtoo son; Ng:Sc:TweedR:Bray taboo; Ng:Sc:Mur:Martn tubbo; Ng:Sc:Cudgn chabo boy; Ng:Sc:Mur jaboo boy
Condamine Upper Clarence: Ga:Sha:Turnbl djabu: , djabu:yu (erg.) , djabu:ngi (acc);
Example:

Bundjalung : Gala baygalu wayehni jabuhngi galgaya gale jali. (from Ga:Turnb)

English: 'The man told the boy to chop the tree.'


This project is an initiative of: decorative

Supported through the Australian Government’s Indigenous Languages Support program and New Media program. Copyright © Muurrbay Aboriginal Language and Culture Cooperative

Image by Sharon Smith. For more information contact Muurrbay