buunggayn

Wiradjuri

Alternative forms

• bûngang
• bungany
• buŋgɑŋ
• buunggang

Etymology

Compare Ngiyambaa puntay.

Noun

buunggayn

1. knee
   • 1846, Horatio Hale, “Ethnography and philology”, in Reports of the United States Exploring Expedition, under the command of Charles Wilkes, volume VI:

     buŋgɑŋ knee

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1892, James Günther, “Grammar and Vocabulary of the Aboriginal Dialect called the Wirradhuri”, in John Fraser, editor, An Australian Language:

     Bungany—the knee.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1904, R. H. Mathews, “The Wiradyuri and other languages of New South Wales”, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 34:

     Knee .... .... .... bûngang.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)