| English: no, not |
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Bundjalung:
yugam, yugambe
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| Part of Speech: negative |
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Related Words:
With same English translation: yugam, yagam, jugam, yugam(beh) |
| Comment: Used as negative with verbs and nouns (Sharpe); yugam -djam emphatic negative (M:Liv). |
| Gold Coast Tweed: M:Liv yogu |
| Lower Richmond: Bj:Sha:Turnbl yugambe no , not; Bj:Holm:Fergn jugumba; Bj:TMcD:Morgn yogam , yogambeh no; Bj:Holm:Turnbl jugum , jugumi; Wi:Curr:Lism yukkum; Wi:Curr:Richmond ughun; Ny:Curr:Ballina yucumba no , yueombe nonygumble I don't know |
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Example:
bundjalung: Yugumbe ngangani. (from Bj:Hol) English: '(I) did not make it.' |
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Example:
bundjalung: Yugumbe ngay mibiny. (from Bj:Hol) English: 'I do not know.' |
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Example:
bundjalung: yugumbe nyahla (from Bj:Hol) English: 'blind' (literally not seeing) |
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Example:
bundjalung: Yugam nyula dabay. (from Bj:Hol) English: 'He is not a dog.' |
