English: sun
Bundjalung: nyangga
Part of Speech: noun
Related Words:
With same English translation:   banggi-   baya-   bigi   bin-, bin.ga-, birwa-   galgiwa- (?)   gayi-   gayi-, gayeh-   gehgi-   geyga-   jalngany (?)   jarwany   jiru   julungga-   ngadjan   nyangga-bahn.gan   nyangga-gayan   nyanggay   nyangga, nyanggar   nyangguri (?)   yalgan   yalnan   yawun   yelgan, yalgan  
Category: natural_environment
Comment: 'Summer' nyanggalgir; Ng:Curr:TwPtD:Bray meaning also 'daytime'; Ng:Sc:Mur spelling suggests nyanggay.
Gold Coast Tweed: M:Liv nyungga; Ng:Sc:11/1899:Bray nungi (g hard) if they refer to the sun shining during the day; Ng:Curr:TwPtD:Bray nunga sun , daytime; Ng:Sc:Cudgn3/1903 nimga sun; Ng:Sc:Mur mungai sun; Ng:Sc:TweedR:Bray nungi; Ng:Sc:Mur:Martn nunger day


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