kunred

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English Translation (Kun-balandaken)	home, living area, camp
Pronunciation (Bale ka-yime karri-ngeybun?)	GOON-ret If you know IPA [ gʊnret ]
Morphology (Karri-wokdjobdjobke)	kun- general noun class prefix -red the noun stem
Notes (Njalenjale)	In Gundjeihmi spelling it would be spelt gunred (but identical pronunciation). This is one of the limited number of nouns that can be incorporated into a verb e.g. yi-redbengkan? 'do you know that (camping) place' The term red-dorrengh 'camping place-with' means to travel with all of one's possessions that one needs to camp overnight (e.g. swags, cooking gear): Reddorrengh birriwam? Did they go with all of their camping gear (pragmatically means 'did they go with the intention of camping overnight?')
Usage (Bale kabirri-yime?)	Mumeka kunred bedberre nawu birri-Kurulk. 'Mumeka is the home/country of the Kurulk clan people.'
Date (Balekeno)	01 Aug 2012

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