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PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
goom-bar : heavy, big (Grey 1839)
Gumbar : Big (Moore 1842: 123)
Gumbar : big, heavy. (Brady 1845: 22)
cum bar : large (Salvado 1851: 259)
goombar : very big (Chauncy 1878: 264)
kormon : Big (Barlee (Curr) 1886: 357)
goombar : Big (Goldsworthy (Curr) 1886: 341)
goombar : Big (Graham (Curr) 1886: 351)
goombar : Big (Hackett (Curr) 1886: 345)
koombow : Big (Hossell, Knight & Spencer (Curr) 1886: 389)
gumba : Big (Monger (Curr) 1886: 323)
gombat : Big (Whitfield (Curr) 1886: 327)
Gumbar : ten (two hands) (Wainbret, Helms 1896: 326)
Goombar : Big (Balbuk; Bates XII 2B, 15: 21)
Goombar : Big (Monnop, Ballarruk; Bates XII 2B, 24: 15)
goombar : heavy (Ngalbaitch; Bates XII 2B, 7a)
Goombar : Big (Joobaitch aka Ngoorweel; Bates XII 2B, 14: 23)
Goombar : Big (Kajaman; Bates XII 2B, 11: 20)
coumbarker : broad (Bussell 1930: 65)
kumpaṛ : very (used as intensifiers) (Douglas 1968: 100)
Koomba : Large (Davis 1969: 7)
coombar : big, great (Hassell 1975: 231)
koombar : big (Bennell 1978)
quumpaar : big, enough, large, plenty (Von Brandenstein 1988: 87)
kumbar : big (strong, etc. according to context) (Douglas 1991: 15)
koobarniny, koomba : big (Whitehurst 1992: 30)
kumbar : big (Dench 1994: 188)
koombar : big (Winmar 1996:3)
Koombar : big (Mippy (Rooney) 2002: 325)
Cooma : Together; closer (Possible names for new Post Offices – supplied by the Native Affairs Department (date unknown))