B

boorong

NOONGAR

heavy rain

ENGLISH

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PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

borong : Big (Gifford (Curr) 1886: 363)
gab-borungin : Rain (Hackett (Curr) 1886: 345)
Gab’ borongin : Rain (heavy) (Balbuk; Bates XII 2B, 15: 17)
ngalak walaburt gumbara boringon : rain is just coming on us (big drops falling or coming) (Notum, Wirijan, Kaiar; Bates XII 2B, 8a)
Gab borongin : Rain (Kajaman; Bates XII 2B, 11: 16)
Gab goombar borongin : Rain (heavy) (Kajaman; Bates XII 2B, 11: 16)
borung : large (Bussell 1930: 63)
borunga, ngorman : very big (Bussell 1930: 70)
Bor-ong : River (very large) (Samuel Isaacs; Brockman 1949: 17)
boroong, kep : rain (Whitehurst 1992: 45)