Bundjalung-Yugambeh Dictionary

English: curlew, stone plover
Bundjalung: buyuhlgan, buruhlgan, buruwagan(?)
Part of Speech: noun
Related Words:
With same English translation:  
Category: bird
Comment: 'mountain'-feminine.
Gold Coast Tweed: Y:Sha:Culhm buyuhlgan; Y:Watsn buruagun, bu'ruag
Example:

Bundjalung : Ngayu nyahni yanbalehla ngandur(a)ni buyuhlgu. (from )

English: 'I saw somebody going up the hill.'

Example:

Bundjalung : Yanggiwani buyulnu. (from Y:Hol)

English: '(A kangaroo) came from the mountain.'

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