pierced nose and nose peg. The piecing is always done by a man's biwul, his mother in law. Biwulungku dabul bakan. "My mother in law pierced his nose"
place name - between upper Daintree River and Roaring Meg. The big rock here is a jarramali (thunder) and nose piecing story site.
Translations
pierced nose
Pronunciations
Commentary
Definition also records dabul as a place name between the upper Daintree River and Roaring Meg, a nose-piercing story site associated with jarramali (thunder).
Cultural note in prose: nose piercing is always performed by a man's biwul (mother-in-law). Example sentence: 'Biwulungku dabul bakan' — "My mother in law pierced his nose" (biwul + ergative -ngku).