| English: frilled lizard |
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Bundjalung:
nyaram, ngaram
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| Part of Speech: noun |
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Related Words:
gubagan
gabugan
With same English translation: ngaram, nyaram |
| Category: reptile |
| Comment: Probably only nyaram, Y:Geyt:Culhm gives as 'bearded jew lizard', similar lizards, and note shift in meaning of nyaram in other dialects: frilled lizard (Wa), blue tongue (B), and Y:Hanln who says it is 'sleeping lizard' (blue tongue), also loosely used for 'Frilled and Jew Lizard'. See also gubagan, gabugan. |
| Gold Coast Tweed: Y:Allen ngarun. Y:Watsn ng |
