Karri-borlbme Kun-wok

birlmu/namarnkorl

birlmu/namarnkorl

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English Translation
(Kun-balandaken)
barramundi
Pronunciation
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biɭmʊ
namaɳgoɭ

Morphology
(Karri-wokdjobdjobke)

Notes
(Njalenjale)

There are many names for different sizes and stages of growth of the barramundi. Young barramundi are called naminjdjibuk and in Kuninjku at least barramundi fingerlings are called ngerbungerbu:

Ngerbungerbu yiman namindjibuk, la na-yahwurd duninj.
Ngerbungerbu is the name for barramundi fingerlings, like namindjibuk but really the smallest ones.

A very large barramundi fish can be called either wardurrkku or mankumirli.

Usage
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Kundjeyhmi:
Karrabuli namarnkorl ba-rrolkang, bu Yirrarra ba-borrulubom.
Barramundi jumped up at Karrabuli, and at Yirrarra he shot straight into the water.

Kuninjku:
Burldjenno, kanjdji. Yi-bengkan namarnkorl kanjdji karri-ngukwe bad karri-mang anbu 'round one', burldjenno.
The fish's stomach. You know under the barramundi, (when) we throw away the guts but we take out that round-shaped thing called the burldjenno.

Namarnkorl na-yawkimuk la nakka namindjibuk na-djuhdjulng. Na-djuhdjulng nawu namindjibuk kah-ngeyyo.
'Namarnkorl' is a little bit bigger in size (of barramundi) and 'namindjibuk' are the very small fish. These small barramundi are called 'namindjibuk'.

Kunwinjku:
Nawu korroko birlmu birri-ngeybuni dabbarrabbolk. Birrih-ngeybuni kaluk wanjh ku-kare ngarri-ngeybun.
That's how the old people (ancestors) used to call barramundi. They called them that way (birlmu) and now today, we also call them the same way.

Date
(Balekeno)
25 Apr 2014