bobo

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English Translation (Kun-balandaken)	goodbye
Pronunciation (Bale ka-yime karri-ngeybun?)	Australian English bor bor (and it's not as in 'Bobo the clown!' but rhymes with 'pawpaw'). IPA= bɔbɔ Go to this address for the audio (pronounced three times): http://words.bininjgunwok.org.au/words/word--52
Morphology (Karri-wokdjobdjobke)	one morpheme, bobo
Notes (Njalenjale)	This word will be known to anyone who lives in Western Arnhem Land and Kakadu National Park. The reason it is given here is to establish the spelling. In Bininj Gunwok spelling, the correct spelling is bobo, not "boh boh". Remember that a glottal stop (the sudden cutoff of air when vocalising) is written with the letter 'h' in all Bininj Gunwok dialects. There's no glottal stop in bobo.
Usage (Bale kabirri-yime?)	(W) Bobo, kaluk malaywi nan. (Gdj) Bobo, galuk malaiwi nan. Goodbye, I'll see you tomorrow. (W) Korroko 'bobo' nga-yimeng. (Gdj) Gorrogo 'bobo' a-yimeng. I already said 'goodbye'.
Date (Balekeno)	19 Mar 2013

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