English: black paint, charcoal, embers, soot
Bundjalung: nguhny
Part of Speech: noun
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Category: natural_environment
Comment: cf. nguwin duwan 'remains of a fire', literally 'black embers', also nguwiny-nguwiny.
Gold Coast Tweed: Y:Watsn ng'uin; nuin; nguin'-nguin charcoal ;
South West: Cas:Smy ngu:nj black paint ;
Condamine Upper Clarence: Gd:Geyt soot


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