na-kodjok / ngal-kodjok

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English Translation (Kun-balandaken)	skin name
Pronunciation (Bale ka-yime karri-ngeybun?)	'nagoɟok listen to the audio to get the correct pronunciation
Morphology (Karri-wokdjobdjobke)	na- and ngal- are the male and female prefixes and -kodjok is the skin name root. The female prefix is al- in Gundjeihmi
Notes (Njalenjale)	na-kodjok / ngal-kodjok is the Kunwinjku spelling. na-godjok and al-godjok is the Gundjeihmi spelling. It's the same pronunciation. The two dialects have different orthographies. In Kuninjku or Kune (Maningrida region) the equivalent skin name is wamud / wamuddjan. This is the same subsection in the eastern system.
Usage (Bale kabirri-yime?)	Na-kodjok dja ngal-wamud kabene-marren. (Kunwinjku) Nakodjok men marry ngal-wamud women. Al-godjok yim-rai, yi-yerrga. (Gundjeihmi) Al-godjok, come here and sit down.
Date (Balekeno)	03 Dec 2013

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