| English: bloodwood tree, red bloodwood tree, |
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Bundjalung:
bunaw
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| Part of Speech: noun |
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Related Words:
With same English translation: bunaw |
| Category: plant |
| Comment: Y:Sha:Culhm has bungaw, possibly Culham's mistake, as it is the only example with ng in all the dialects; Red Bloodwood ( Eucalyptus trachyphloia?) Gd; plural bunahngbil Wa. place near Southport - bloodwood tree; possibly bunaw + -wah/-bah Y:Hanln; cf burgin (from Tallebudgera list). |
| Gold Coast Tweed: Y:Sha:Culhm bungaw; Y:Allen bunau; Y:Watsn b |
| South West: Wa:Crowl; Wu:Calley bunouga (bunouwa) bloodwood; |
| Condamine Upper Clarence: Gd:Geyt; Gd:Sc:JThomas UClarnce bono bloodwood; Gn:Mathew bunau bloodwood; |
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