| English: scrape, carve, trim, sharpen, clean (of fish)
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Bundjalung:
jarwa-
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| Part of Speech: verb transitive
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Category: food
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Comment: To scrape something to remove surface or change shape; carve, trim, sharpen, clean (of fish).
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South West: Wa:Crowl;
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Condamine Upper Clarence: Gd:Geyt to trim
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Example:
Bundjalung : Mala baygal nguyaymalehla jarwali-nyun mala bargan. (from W)
English: 'The man is speaking while carving the boomerang'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Ngadju mala ngayal jarwahla. (from W)
English: 'I'm scraping the ground.'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Nyang wehlu gumbinymani jarwani bargan? (from W)
English: 'Have you finished making the boomerang?'
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