Bundjalung Dictionary

English: stick, yam or digging stick
Bundjalung: wambar
Part of Speech: noun
Related Words:
With same English translation:  
Category: artifact
Comment: Ergative wambaru.
Lower Richmond: Bj:Sha:LWilsn; Bj:Holm:Fergn wambar;
South West: Wa:Crowl; Wa/Gd:Calley womb ? r ? ; Cas:Smy wambar ;
Condamine Upper Clarence: Ga:Sha:Turnbl wambar stick (?) (TL)
Example:

Bundjalung : Gala yangwehn wambaruga badjinibeh-nguy wihnyi. (from Wa: Crow)

English: 'He would have come with a stick and hit you with it.'

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