mankimuk

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English Translation (Kun-balandaken)	big (thing of man- class)
Pronunciation (Bale ka-yime karri-ngeybun?)	MUNN-gee-mook If you know IPA: [mangimʊk]
Morphology (Karri-wokdjobdjobke)	man- 'vegetal noun class prefix' -kimuk 'big' Note this adjective can take any noun class prefix, e.g. na-kimuk, ngal-kimuk, kun-kimuk
Notes (Njalenjale)	Sometimes this adjective can have a variant form which has a possessive suffix -ken mankimuk-ken
Usage (Bale kabirri-yime?)	Manekke manbu mandjabu wak bom, marnbom. This conical fish trap was made by crow, he created it. Yawam kunyarl manekke manbu manmilerayek wanjh bom mani manbu mandjabu mankimukken. He went off to search for the strong vine which is used to make the traps. They are very large those conical fish traps.
Date (Balekeno)	15 Jul 2012

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