English: white man, white woman
Bundjalung: dagarigay (m), dagarigaygan (f)
Part of Speech: noun
Related Words:
With same English translation:  
Category: people
Comment: Livingstone suggests from dagay 'dead'.
Gold Coast Tweed: M:Liv duggerigai, duggerigaigun
Example:

Bundjalung : Dagay-gay ngali ngahrin. (from Ca)

English: 'We danced for the Europeans.'

Example:

Bundjalung : Jehny galahna dagaynyah bayahny ngali duwanahna. (from Ca)

English: 'The mouth of the corpse we buried today.'

Example:

Bundjalung : Nyaligur gale buwiyan dagay? (from Ca)

English: 'When will this wind die (be dead)?'

Example:

Bundjalung : Bumgahnybe nganyi dagay wangahgal. (from Ca)

English: 'He will kill me dead because of you.'


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