| English: Aboriginal man, person, face, know (Wi), Aboriginal(s) (M) |
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Bundjalung:
mibiny
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| Part of Speech: noun |
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Related Words:
mibiny
male
With same English translation: |
| Category: people |
| Comment: See also mibiny, primary meaning appears to be 'face' (Gd); 'Aboriginal man' in Yugambeh and Minyangbal, mibiny is 'Aboriginal man' in northern dialects, face in Wa, and 'person, face' in Gd; Y:Watsn form suggests mibany 'Aborigine, male, elder'; cf. baygal, also attested; jinaba given by AT:Curr:LandsWh probably 'they'; mibinygir 'some or many dark people' (Y:Holm:Logn), mibingirni (acc.), mibinygirna (gen.) (Y:Holm), GC:Nerang:police lists mibiny (mebbon) as 'drowned man', probably 'Ab |
| Gold Coast Tweed: Y:Sha:Culhm mibiny Aboriginal man; Y:Holm man (Curry , Logn) , dark man , black fellow , dark people (Logn); Y:Allen maibin aborigine; Y:Watsn m |
| Lower Richmond: Bj:Holm:Fergn mibi |
| South West: Wa:Crowl face; |
| Condamine Upper Clarence: Gd:Geyt face, person, know; |
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Example:
bundjalung: Jagun gali mibinyal. (from Y:Holm:Log) English: 'This land belongs to the dark people.' |
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Example:
bundjalung: mibinyba (from Y:Holm:Log) English: 'to the dark men' |
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Example:
bundjalung: Mibinydju giyehni jabungi galgayah jali. (from Y:Sha:Culh) English: 'The man told the boy to chop the tree.' |
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Example:
bundjalung: Mamale gamagay/bidjanggalang jalgany. (from Y:Sha:Culh) English: 'That woman is big/small.' |
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Example:
bundjalung: yabur mibiny (from M:S) English: 'a black man' |
