| English: fall, disappear, go away, drop |
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Bundjalung:
ban-, ban.ga-, bi- (Holm), ban-, bangga-, barwa-, banggi- (M:Liv)
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| Part of Speech: verb intransitive |
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| Comment: Irreg., past behn (Holmer), bin- in Wa; if imper. ends in /a/ (bungga) it means 'kick, stamp, leave a mark' as a footprint (Livingstone); bana-, ban.ga- irreg (Ng); Y:Alln ban.gehni past, ban.gehn past indef, ban.gehla pres/fut. |
| Gold Coast Tweed: M:Liv bungge; bunggeloro; bunggen; Ng:Curr:TwD:Bray bungen he's dead ; Y:Sha:Culhm fall ban.ga; Y:Holm:Logn bana, ban.ga fall beh- fall; Y:Allen v pr bunngen, p bunngeni, pf bunngian, f bunngeila drop (as burst); Y:Watsn b |
| Lower Richmond: Bj:Holm bana-, bana, banbi; banga-, prog. bangala; Bj:Holm:Fergn bi, bin; |
| Condamine Upper Clarence: Gd:Geyt ; |
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Example:
bundjalung: banbi balundah (from Bj:Hol) English: 'to fall into the river' |
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Example:
bundjalung: (Wanah) banah! (from Bj:Hol) English: '(Don't) fall!' |
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Example:
bundjalung: Guwang ban.gahla. (from Bj:Hol) English: 'Rain is falling.' |
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Example:
bundjalung: Mala jahdjam behn jalingu. (from Bj:Hol) English: 'That child fell from the tree. |
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Example:
bundjalung: Yindji banggiluru mibiny garahlbu wayrabu? (from ) English: 'Where have all the blacks been this long time?' |
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Example:
bundjalung: Nyangga banggehn. (from ) English: 'The sun has set.' |
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Example:
bundjalung: ban.gihn-mani (from G) English: 'dropped it' |
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Example:
bundjalung: Jali behn. (from G) English: 'The tree fell.' |
