English: frilled lizard
Bundjalung: nyaram, ngaram
Part of Speech: noun
Related Words: gubagan   gabugan  
With same English translation:   juluhn   ngaram, nyaram  
Category: reptile
Comment: Probably only nyaram, Y:Geyt:Culhm gives as 'bearded jew lizard', similar lizards, and note shift in meaning of nyaram in other dialects: frilled lizard (Wa), blue tongue (B), and Y:Hanln who says it is 'sleeping lizard' (blue tongue), also loosely used for 'Frilled and Jew Lizard'. See also gubagan, gabugan.
Gold Coast Tweed: Y:Allen ngarun. Y:Watsn ng


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