Word Class: Ngarra
dugong (sea-cow), a large sea mammal hunted by the Nunggubuyu with canoes and harpoons
Notes: 30.l.1, 30.2.1, Text 42 passim, 62.2.6, 64.7.11, Text 111 passim. Terms for particular sex and growth-stage forms: ngadha[a, aragu, ngadhununggarbu, nga`aynji, majiyan, mamar, ngambudanga, majgurruj, wurrijga[a[a, gurrwiji. Some special body-part terms: murrgu[i, -mawaru-, nga][i, arrdha, ma`ijba. Cf. wuga`ij, =ngurrga-. Related irregularly in form to wuga`ij. Human terms for (uncircumcised) boy (nung-garagu-nyung)| and girl (nga`aynji-nyung) are based on the terms for the corresponding sex and growth-stage of dugongs.