English: spear thrower
Bundjalung: wumar
Part of Speech: noun
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Category: artifact
Comment: 'Woomera', borrowed from English source (i.e. from another language); woomeras were not used in the forest areas of these clans (McBryde); Holmer also has wumar wumar 'woomera' (Y:Holm:Jackie); Cas:Smy has wamahr 'woomera'.
Gold Coast Tweed: Y:Sha:Culhm; Y:Holm:Curry wumara , Jackie wumar wumar ;
Lower Richmond: Bj:Holm:Turnbl wumar


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