| English: elbow |
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Bundjalung:
guruhny
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| Part of Speech: noun |
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Related Words:
With same English translation: gin.gam (ginggam?, gingam?) gurin |
| Comment: Also gingam (gin.gam?); also means any bend. As adjective, 'crooked, bent', etc., see guruhny. Final vowel in all these words could be /uh/, but Y:Hanln gooroom-gooroon (guruhny-guruhny) strongly suggests the vowel is /u/, not /i/. |
| Gold Coast Tweed: Ydict kuruhny; Y:Allen gurin; Y:Watsn gurin', kin'gum; Tw:Curr:Bray koorin elbow; Y:Hanln kingum elbow, any bend |