ngawokdi

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English Translation (Kun-balandaken)	I am speaking
Pronunciation (Bale ka-yime karri-ngeybun?)	nguh wokdee IPA [ŋaˈwɔkdi]
Morphology (Karri-wokdjobdjobke)	nga- 'I' (first person singular pronoun prefix) -wokdi 'to speak, talk'
Notes (Njalenjale)	You can see that the verb -wokdi belongs to the group of verbs that have -di as a formative theme (remember -di by itself is the verb 'to stand'). And kun-wok (W) gun-wok (Gdj) is the noun 'speech, talk, language'.
Usage (Bale kabirri-yime?)	Ngadjare ngawokdi Kunwinjku (W) I want to speak Kunwinjku. Gaburrbun Gundjeihmi gawokdi. (Gdj) He knows how to speak Gundjeihmi. Ngayemanwali ngawokdi. It's my turn to speak.
Date (Balekeno)	22 Dec 2012

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