bandaarr

Gamilaraay

FWOTD – 6 April 2016

bandaarr

Alternative forms

• bundar, bŭndar, bundār
• bŭndārr

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bandaːr/

Noun

bandaarr

1. eastern grey kangaroo, Macropus giganteus.
   • 1856, William Ridley, On the Kamilaroi Tribe of Australians and Their Dialect, in Journal of the Ethnological Society of London, vol. 4

     Kangaroo . . bŭndārr.

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   • 1856, William Ridley, gurre kamilaroi, or Kamilaroi Sayings

     baiame gīr yārāman, būrumo, bundar, mūte, dūli, dīnoun, buralga, biloela, millimumul, gulamboli, kobado, mullion, guiya, nūrai, ŋundoba, burulu, muŋin, kānuŋo di gimobi.

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   • 1873, William Ridley, Australian Languages and Traditions, The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, vol. 2

     Kangaroo‡ | bundār

   • 1903, R. H. Mathews, Languages of the Kamilaroi and Other Aboriginal Tribes of New South Wales, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, vol. 33

     A kangaroo ... ... Bŭndar.

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   • idem

     Kangaroo .... .... bundar

2. (by extension) any kangaroo

See also

• bawurra