English: cover, hut, house or blanket
Bundjalung: ngambany
Part of Speech: noun
Related Words: ngumban   ngumbiny   ngumbi; Y:Watsn states: This word is the origin of the colloquialism (has generally been corrupted by white people to) 'humpy' or 'umpy'; covering (used for 'blanket')   ngamban suggested (Y:Hanln)  
With same English translation:  
Category: artifact
Comment: See also ngumban, ngumbiny, ngumbi; Y:Watsn states: This word is the origin of the colloquialism (has generally been corrupted by white people to) 'humpy' or 'umpy'; covering (used for 'blanket'), ngamban suggested (Y:Hanln).
Gold Coast Tweed: Y:Watsn ngum'bin , ngum'bin; Y:Hanln n'gumbun covering (blanket)


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