Karri-borlbme Kun-wok

manberrk

manberrk

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English Translation
(Kun-balandaken)
savanna forest
Pronunciation
(Bale ka-yime karri-ngeybun?)

Listen to the audio, that's the best way to get your pronunciation right. And make sure you pay attention to the tapped 'r' sound written 'rr' in Bininj Kunwok spelling system. http://words.bininjgunwok.org.au/words/manberrk

Morphology
(Karri-wokdjobdjobke)

man- is the vegetable class noun prefix and -berrk means 'open, accessible country'.

Notes
(Njalenjale)

The Kundjeyhmi equivalent is an-berrk, just drop the m off the prefix.

Usage
(Bale kabirri-yime?)

Na-manjwarre ka-bidbun man-berrk ka-djalni ka-rrangbarrme.
The crocodile will climb up out into the open and just sit there with its mouth open.

Njamed, Borlokko, Borlokko Djang there, kondakah man-berrk, kabbal, kumekke ka-rri.
Whatsit, keelback freshwater snake, a keelback dreaming there, on this side [i.e. the western side of the Liverpool River] in the open woodland country, that's where it is.

Koreh bukka man-berrk manekke ka-berrkyirriyo makka Birrirddak, konda ka-karri, ka-wukkarri nanu Birrirddak.
There in that open savanna area, where all the savanna forest is located, that’s Birrirddak, to the west.

Date
(Balekeno)
28 Feb 2017