English: hide
Bundjalung: wurba-/gurba-
Part of Speech: verb
Related Words:
With same English translation:   burbali-   gurba-, wurba-   nguhrba-   wuhrba-   wurba-   wurbali-  
Comment: Also wulba(h)-, wulbali- 'hide oneself', and possibly also burba-, see burbali-. Some examples in Y:Sha have wulba- 'hide'.
Gold Coast Tweed: Y:Sha:Culhm gurba/wurba; Y:Watsn wurba
Example:

Bundjalung : Wahlu wulbani? (from Y:Sha:Culh)

English: 'Did you hide (it)'?


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