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gambu

noun

LanguageGamilaraay

Meaning
  1. A male marriage class or skin group. A gambu can marry only a matha; his sons will be gabi, and his daughters gabutha.
  2. A male marriage class or skin group
  3. A specific skin group for men. A gambu man can only marry a woman from the matha group.
Examples

Gambu dhawun.

The gambu man is on the land.

Part of speechnoun

Usage noteThis is a social classification used within traditional kinship systems.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 5 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.