bandaarr

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bandaarr

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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

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