| English: Aboriginal woman, Goori woman, |
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Bundjalung:
jalgany
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| Part of Speech: noun |
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Related Words:
With same English translation: |
| Category: people |
| Comment: Y:Sha:Culhm also lists as girl, daugher; AT:Curr:Prior could be dugalgan or jalgany 'Aboriginal woman' or dagaygan 'white woman'; cf. also dubay; Y:Holm:Logn gives dubay also, the form from more southerly dialects. |
| Gold Coast Tweed: Y:Sha:Culhm jalgany; Y:Holm jalgan woman (Fogty), jalgany woman, girl (Curry, Fogty, JFogty); Y:Allen talgunn woman; Y:Watsn talg'un, dug'alg |
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Example:
bundjalung: Yugam ngay malagir jalganygir. (from Y:Sha:Culh) English: 'I don't like that woman.' |
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Example:
bundjalung: Kurahr mamali jalganydjin mumuh. (from Y:Sha:Culh) English: 'The (boy) is taller than the girl.' |
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Example:
bundjalung: jalgany-nguhr (from Y:Hanl) English: 'married man (literally 'woman-having')' |
