| English: 'king' of a tribe |
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Bundjalung:
wayri ngulungargin
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| Part of Speech: noun phrase |
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| Category: people |
| Comment: Colonists call these men 'kings' (ngulung 'in front, in the lead'), each of these gets a brass plate with a suitable inscription, to wear on his breast, as an emblem of his rank. This practice showed a lack of understanding of traditional Aboriginal authority structures. |
| Gold Coast Tweed: M:Liv waire ngulunggurrugin |
