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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BUNGWALL

From a native Australian language.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BUNGWALL

bungwall  [ˈbʌŋwɔl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BUNGWALL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bungwall is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BUNGWALL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of bungwall in the English dictionary

The definition of bungwall in the dictionary is an Australian fern, Blechnum indicum, having an edible rhizome.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BUNGWALL

bung
bung it on
bungaloid
bungalow
bunged up
bungee
bungee cord
bungee jump
bungee jumping
bungee rope
bungee-jump
bunger
bunghole
bungle
bungler
bunglesome
bungling
bunglingly
bungy
bungy jumping

WORDS THAT END LIKE BUNGWALL

brick wall
cavity wall
cell wall
Cornwall
drive to the wall
drywall
firewall
fly on the wall
go to the wall
go up the wall
hole in the wall
longwall
off-the-wall
paywall
sidewall
stonewall
wall
wall to wall
wall-to-wall
writing on the wall

Synonyms and antonyms of bungwall in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bungwall» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BUNGWALL

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The translations of bungwall from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bungwall» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

bungwall
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bungwall
570 millions of speakers

English

bungwall
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

bungwall
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

bungwall
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

bungwall
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bungwall
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

bungwall
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bungwall
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bungwall
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

bungwall
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

bungwall
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

bungwall
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bungwall
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

bungwall
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

bungwall
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बंगवाल्ले
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bungwall
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bungwall
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bungwall
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

bungwall
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bungwall
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

bungwall
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

bungwall
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

bungwall
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

bungwall
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bungwall

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BUNGWALL»

The term «bungwall» is barely ever used and occupies the 209.511 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BUNGWALL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «bungwall» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «bungwall» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bungwall

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BUNGWALL»

Discover the use of bungwall in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bungwall and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Cooloola Coast: Noosa to Fraser Island : the Aboriginal and ...
Tom Petrie described the procuring, treatment and serving of bungwall, in an account that is supported by other observers, including the castaway Richard Parsons, who lived on roasted roots when travelling north in 1823, and the Rev.
Elaine Rosemary Brown, 2000
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Medicinal Plants in Australia Volume 3: Plants, Potions and ...
The Bungwall Fern The Bungwall Fern is a semi-aquatic species that was another source of Aboriginal food. The first encounter with its use as a food was by three ex- convicts named Pamphlet, Finnegan and Parsons, who were stranded at ...
Cheryll Williams, 2012
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The Present State of Australia: A Description of the ...
The answer uniformly was, that she was gone to the bungwall- ground to patter ( eat) bungwall and to mourn ; that she would return one day, but not yet. It is not unusual for them soon to return to the place where any near and dear connexion  ...
Robert Dawson, 1831
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Lithic Analysis
Questions concerning the prehistoric record usually emanate from a perceived situation which, in this case, concerns the consumption of the rhizome of the fern Blechnum imlicum (bungwall) by Aborigines of southeastern Queensland.
George H. Odell, 2004
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The Mirror of literature, amusement, and instruction
When I inquired after the deceased's wife and son, a boy about eighteen months old, the answer was, that she was gone to the Bungwall Ground, to patter (eat) Bungwall, and to mourn ; that she would return one day, but not yet. It is not usual  ...
John Timbs, 1830
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction
When I inquired after the deceased's wife and son, a boy about eighteen months old, the answer was, that she was gone to the Bungwall Ground, to patter (eat) Bungwall, and to mourn; that she would return one day, but not yet. . It is not usual ...
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Memoirs of the Queensland Museum
Amongst these artefacts were implements he associated with the processing of starch-rich rhizomes of 'bungwall' fern (Blechnum in- dicum). Classing these artefacts bungwall choppers, Jackson described them as being 'quartzite or some  ...
Queensland Museum, Ronald Hamlyn-Harris, 1991
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The Westminster Review
When I inquired after the deceased's wife and son, a boy about eighteen months old, the answer was, that she was gone to the Bungwall Ground, to patter (eat) Bungwall, and to mourn, that she would return one day, but not yet.' It is not usual  ...
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Votes & Proceedings
Alieetown lo Tea Gardens Little River Road Crossing Mear's Flat, between Bungwall to Bulludelali Mitchell Island Roads ................................ .. Forster Road through Tailfor(l.... Korec Island Roads .............. .. Bulladelall down the Myall .
New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Council, 1803
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Review of The picture of Australia: exhibiting New Holland, ...
When I inquired after the deceased's wife and son, a boy about eighteen months old, the answer was, that she was gone to the Bungwall Ground, to patter (eat) Bungwall, and to mourn j that she would return one day, but not yet. It is not usual  ...
Robert Mudie, 1830

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BUNGWALL»

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Kabi Kabi people share legend in honour of Naidoc Week
Two Aboriginal women were camped at their hut and fire on Bribie Island, foraging for bungwall (tuber) and eugaries. They were hungry, keen ... «The Sunshine Coast Daily, Jul 15»
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Coastal dig reveals region's ancient history
He said one of the finds they had made was a bungwall fern pounder, which was used to process fishbone ferns which were found in a nearby ... «Bundaberg News Mail, Dec 12»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Bungwall [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/bungwall>. May 2024 ».
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