English: tullawong, currawong:
Bundjalung: jarwang, jalwang
Part of Speech: noun
Related Words:
With same English translation:  
Category: bird
Comment: Black and white bird like a magpie; onomatopoeic (GC:Talleb:police); known as tullawong in Northern Rivers area (from the local word); note Smyth uses final /n/. Jalwang form carried into English as 'tullawong' in the Northern Rivers area and now in Macquarie Dictionary.
Gold Coast Tweed: Y:Sha:Culhm jalwang , GC:Sc:Talleb cherrawong black and white birds like a magpie GC:police:Talleb cherrawong
South West: Cas:Smy djarwan ;


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