Bundjalung Dictionary

English: place where something is or happens
Bundjalung: -bihny
Part of Speech: suffix
Related Words:
With same English translation:  
Comment: Place characterised by the activity of a verb stem or the quality of a noun stem; Gd: place, affair, place of, used mainly with nominalised verbs and derived nouns.
South West: Wa:Crowl
Condamine Upper Clarence: Gd:Geyt
Example:

Bundjalung : ngahribihny (from G)

English: 'place where children are playing'

Example:

Bundjalung : wahngbiny (from G)

English: 'work-site'

Example:

Bundjalung : waguhybiny (from G)

English: 'place of vines'

Example:

Bundjalung : jalibihny (from G)

English: 'place with a lot of trees'

This project is an initiative of: decorative

Supported through the Australian Government’s Indigenous Languages Support program and New Media program. Copyright © Muurrbay Aboriginal Language and Culture Cooperative

Image by Sharon Smith. For more information contact Muurrbay