| English: white man, white woman
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Bundjalung:
dagarigay (m), dagarigaygan (f)
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| Part of Speech: noun
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Related Words:
With same English translation:
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Category: people
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Comment: Livingstone suggests from dagay 'dead'.
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Gold Coast Tweed: M:Liv duggerigai, duggerigaigun
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Example:
Bundjalung : Dagay-gay ngali ngahrin. (from Ca)
English: 'We danced for the Europeans.'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Jehny galahna dagaynyah bayahny ngali duwanahna. (from Ca)
English: 'The mouth of the corpse we buried today.'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Nyaligur gale buwiyan dagay? (from Ca)
English: 'When will this wind die (be dead)?'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Bumgahnybe nganyi dagay wangahgal. (from Ca)
English: 'He will kill me dead because of you.'
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