| English: again, now, still (Gd) |
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Bundjalung:
bu
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| Part of Speech: suffix |
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| Comment: General word suffix - can occur on different types of words, with meanings again, now, still (with verbs); merely, only (other word classes); reflexive (pronouns); 'at the time of .. still' (following a location suffix); along (some nouns, + vb. of motion); Wa: along, back, reflexive; various functions: on nouns 'along' or occasionally instrument, on pronouns marks object of a reflexive verb, with motion verbs 'back', with other verbs 'again'; Cas: again, back on self; Holmer says again, |
| Lower Richmond: Bj:Holm:Fergn,Turnbl bu, mabir bu, muna bu, etc.; |
| South West: Wa:Crowl; Cas:Smy -bu |
| Condamine Upper Clarence: Gd:Geyt; |
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Example:
bundjalung: Yan.giwahnybu bayahny. (from B) English: '(He) will come again today.' |
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Example:
bundjalung: Nyula yan.giwanibu. (from B) English: 'He came back.' |
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Example:
bundjalung: mabehrbu (from B) English: 'they all' |
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Example:
bundjalung: munahbu (from B) English: 'just there' |
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Example:
bundjalung: nyan.ganabu (from B) English: 'her own' |
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Example:
bundjalung: nyulangabu (from B) English: 'his own' |
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Example:
bundjalung: Wahlu nganyah banamgirbu. (from G) English: 'you are merely my younger brother' |
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Example:
bundjalung: Gale mugim dumunybu. (from G) English: 'This a is blunt again.' |
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Example:
bundjalung: ngalibah-djambebu (from G) English: 'before our time' |
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Example:
bundjalung: Nyulebu gawgani junguru. (from G) English: 'He cut himself with a knife.' |
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Example:
bundjalung: Balunbu yehni nyule. (from G) English: 'He went along the creek.' |
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Example:
bundjalung: Yarbilehnbu jahdjam. (from G) English: 'The child sang again.' |
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Example:
bundjalung: Male yiririhny miringbungan. (from G) English: 'That bird is still alive, poor thing.' |
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Example:
bundjalung: Yehni mala balunbu. (from W) English: 'He went along the river.' |
