English: rock, stone
Bundjalung: daraw, darahw, dehyu
Part of Speech: noun
Related Words:
With same English translation:   bandahn   dehyu, dahyu   garu  
Category: natural_environment
Comment: Y:Watsn indicates second syllable long (darahw); cf. older form appears to be daraw, later pronunciation dehyu or daw; cf. Y:Allen, Y:Watsn hailstones, daruhban/darawban; cf. also bandahn.
Gold Coast Tweed: Y:Sha:Culhm dehyu; Y:Holm:Curry dayu stone, money, Y:Holm:Fogty dau stone; Y:Allen darrau stone, tarau-tarau gravel; Y:Watsn tarau


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