ornate burrowing frog

Scientific Name
Limnodynastes ornatus
Category
Amphibian

Yibba, ngoyongoyo ka-kodjkeyo, kodjdjewarre kabirri-merlemyembun. Ku-kurlk ka-yo.
The Ornate Burrowing frog sleeps, it hibernates and they [?] rub their abdomens [to make them go to sleep].They sleep under the ground.

This frog has a nickname that reflects it's hibernation behaviour ngoyo-ngoyo which is derived from ka-yongoyo a reduplicated form of -yo 'to sleep'. An audio file of this name is given below in the Gundjeihmi field.

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Kunwinjku term
yibba
Listen
Kundjeyhmi term
ngoyo-ngoyo
Listen
Kuninjku term
yibba / ngoyo-ngoyo
Listen
Kune/Mayali term
yibba
Listen
Kundedjnjenghmi term
yibba / ngoyo-ngoyo
Listen

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