English: bailer shell, basin, pot, billycan, water container
Bundjalung: nyugam, nyugan
Part of Speech: noun
Related Words: nugan  
With same English translation:  
Category: artifact
Comment: Y:Watsn notes literally a sea-shell, Melo diadema, used on the coast for these purposes, i.e. to contain liquids, bailing, etc.; see also nugan.
Gold Coast Tweed: Y:Allen neugum; Y:Watsn nyu'gam basin , pot , billycan or bucket , nyugan pot , n


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