Bundjalung Dictionary

English: hold on
Bundjalung: naminbah
Part of Speech: verb
Related Words:
With same English translation:  
Comment: cf. nama- 'to embrace, hold', with meaning 'to hold' in southern dialects; this is probably nama-n-ba-, and GC:Nerang:Sc and GC:Nerang:police have both made transcription errors; the form naminbah seems the more likely.
Gold Coast Tweed: GC:Nerang:Sc numinbah hola on (sic); GC:Nerang:police nuwinbah hold on

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