| English: tomahawk, stone axe, small axe, a rock, stone for tomahawk, stones |
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Bundjalung:
bandahn
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| Part of Speech: noun |
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| Category: artifact |
| Comment: Stone AT, Y:Hanln. Used for 'hail, ice' (Y:Hanln); possibly bandan; budiny or buriny in one list (Tw:Curr:Bray); also bandahl; cf gulman, bandjang, karang, manal. |
| Gold Coast Tweed: Y:Sha:Culhm bandahn axe, tomahawk; Y:Holm bandan stone axe, tomahawk; Y:Allen bundahn tomahawk; Y:Watsn b |
| Lower Richmond: Wi:Lism:Curr bundan tomahawk; |
| South West: Cas:Smy banda:n axe; |
| Copmanhurst: Cop:Hargrv bundah |
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Example:
bundjalung: Ngayu ginahny jinang bandahn.gu. (from ) English: 'I will make a handle for the tomahawk.' |
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Example:
bundjalung: Burah jinang bandahnda (from ) English: 'Pull the handle out of the tomahawk' |
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Example:
bundjalung: Galgahla ngayu wuginymahla bandahndu. (from Y:Sha:Culh) English: 'I chop quickly with the a.' |
