| English: rotten, putrid, stinking, vile-smelling of meat |
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Bundjalung:
bugaw
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| Part of Speech: adjective |
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| Category: senses |
| Comment: foul smelling We; takes gender suffixes m -gali, f -galigan, arb bugahw; see also bugahw; stink; form bugha (Morgn) reduced from bugaw (attested from surrounding areas). |
| Gold Coast Tweed: Y:Sha:Culhm; Y:Allen pr bugau, p bugauen, pf bugauangan, f bugauangala; Y:Watsn b |
| Lower Richmond: Bj:TMcD:Morgn bugha stink |
| South West: Wa:Crowl; We:Gordn; Wu:Calley bugau, arborial bugau; |
| Condamine Upper Clarence: Gd:Geyt; |
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Example:
bundjalung: bugaw jabay (from G) English: 'carrion-eater.' |
