Bundjalung Dictionary

English: frost, Pleiades, Seven Sisters
Bundjalung: jirun(y)
Part of Speech: noun
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Category: natural_environment
Comment: Probably jirun; the constellation Pleiades; Y:Watsn also lists jirin as 'a constellation, in particular the Pleiades, frost'; cf. also jubar, bargam, bumbi.
Gold Coast Tweed: Ydict jirun , jiruny; Y:Allen jirun; Y:Watsn dhir'un , dhi'rin

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