| English: leave, abandon, stop, cease, let alone, let go, release, don't, leave (it) |
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Bundjalung:
wan-, wana-
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| Part of Speech: verb transitive |
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Related Words:
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| Comment: Leave off, stop doing, abandon; has all usual forms of a verb, possibly wuna- in Y:Hanln. Apparently regular in Smythe's examples (wana-), though not elsewhere; cf wara- 'go away and leave something behind' (Wa) (but probably one of the irregular forms of this verb). |
| Gold Coast Tweed: Y:Holm:Logn wana-, pf wanani; Y:Alln pr wunna, p wunnani, pf wunnalian, f wunaleila leave alone; pr wunnalei, p wunnalen, pf w unnalian, f wummaleila leave off; Y:Watsn wun' ail |
| South West: Cas:Smy wan-a , wanalen , wana: , wa:nini ; Wa:Crowl; Wa/Gd:Calley wana: gine: 'don't do that (leave do)'; |
| Condamine Upper Clarence: Gd:Geyt ; |
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Example:
bundjalung: Wanah! (from Al) English: 'Stop it, leave it!' |
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Example:
bundjalung: Gah nguy nyula wanani jumbuy. (from G) English: 'He left his swag there.' |
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Example:
bundjalung: Wanah nganyi bumah. (from G) English: 'Don't kill me!' |
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Example:
bundjalung: Wanah gineh. (from W) English: 'Don't do that.' |
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Example:
bundjalung: Mahnybe blaganibeh wanani. (from W) English: 'Only you two were left behind.' |
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Example:
bundjalung: Wanah yanbah! (from Y:Hanl) English: 'Don't go!' |
