English: ground, dirt, mud (Wa), clay (Gd, Cop), floor (of house), earth, soil
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Bundjalung:
ngayal
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Part of Speech: noun
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Related Words:
With same English translation:
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Category: natural_environment
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Comment: Seems reduced to ngihl Gn, cf ngayil, barangayil, ngihl.
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South West: Cas:Smy ngaijel ground, earth, soil, floor (of house); Wa:Crowl ground , dirt , mud; We:Gordn ngayil clay
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Condamine Upper Clarence: Gd:Geyt ngayil clay; Gd:Geyt barangayil light orange colour; Gn:JMathew ngil ground
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Copmanhurst: Cop:Hargrv nieal clay
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Example:
Bundjalung : Munu ngayalngadju wan.gahyu jaliyu duwani. (from W)
English: 'I dug the ground with your stick there (in that area where you can see).'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Malaga ngayala yunamah balahyani nyula. (from W)
English: 'Put him in the ground, he's dead.'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Gala nguhmbiny jihgani ngayal-ngula. (from W)
English: 'The house shook and so did the ground.'
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