| English: go, walk |
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Bundjalung:
yan-, yana-, yanba-, yan.ga-
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| Part of Speech: intransitive verb |
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Related Words:
With same English translation: yan-, yana-, yan.ga- |
| Comment: Irregular; yan.gahla prog. aspect; imperative yanbay; yanda recorded once by Holmer; bah/bih (yuonbay) and yanah; used with verb sequences e.g. 'go hunt'; used in compounds with e.g. dagay ('go to death, die'); but possibly confused with -ana/-an.ga (M:Liv); inflected forms yan.ga-, yanbali (M:Liv); yanbahla 'go' (M:Sc:Brunswk); yan.gah imper. (Ng:Curr:TwPtD:Bray). |
| Gold Coast Tweed: M:Liv yu |
| Lower Richmond: Bj:Sha:Turnbl yana (irreg), yanga:nj; Bj:TMcD:Cowln yena, yengala, yenbalehla go, going; Bj:Holm:Fergn, Turnbl jana-, jana, janbi, janbigi, janbi:gu; Bj:Holm:Fergn janba-, janbala, janbali, janbalila, janbalin, janda; janga-, jangala, jan.gilur, jan.gijan; Wi:Curr:Richmond yangarla; yenna ki walk on; Ny:Sha:DCook Ny:Curr:Ballina yenna walk; |
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Example:
bundjalung: Yila wuhye yanbalehla ngargu? (from Bj:Turnb) English: 'Where are you going to hunt?' |
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Example:
bundjalung: Yanbalehla dugurimba. (from Bj:Turnb) English: 'I'm going to Lismore.' |
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Example:
bundjalung: Ngay yan.gahny ngahrgu. (from Bj:Turnb) English: 'I'm going hunting.' |
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Example:
bundjalung: Yanah wuya. (from Bj:Hol) English: 'You go away.' |
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Example:
bundjalung: Ba yanah. (from Bj:Hol) English: 'Go then.' |
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Example:
bundjalung: Ngali yanah. (from Bj:Hol) English: 'Let us go.' |
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Example:
bundjalung: yanbi jabaygu (from Bj:Hol) English: 'to go for a feed' |
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Example:
bundjalung: Ngay yanbihgi. (from Bj:Hol) English: 'I must go.' |
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Example:
bundjalung: yanbihgu buralihgu (from Bj:Hol) English: 'to go to fish' |
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Example:
bundjalung: Yanbahla wuya. (from Bj:Ferg) English: 'You go away.' |
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Example:
bundjalung: Yanda wuya ngaya barin.gu. (from Bj:Ferg) English: 'You go and fetch me bread.' |
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Example:
bundjalung: Ngay yanbaleh (from Bj:Ferg) English: 'I will go now.' |
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Example:
bundjalung: Yanbalehla ngay wahnggu. (from Bj:Ferg) English: 'I am going to work.' |
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Example:
bundjalung: Yanbalehny ngay jabaygu. (from Bj:Ferg) English: 'I will go and have a feed.' |
