bonj yakminj

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English Translation (Kun-balandaken)	it's all gone/finished
Pronunciation (Bale ka-yime karri-ngeybun?)	Listen to the audio file and make sure you pronounce the final 'nj' on both words, called a palatal nasal [ɲ]. http://words.bininjgunwok.org.au/words/bonj-yakminj
Morphology (Karri-wokdjobdjobke)	bonj 'end, that's it, finish' yakminj is the past perfective form of the verb yakmen 'to lessen, to be used up' especially when it comes to a quantity of something. The formative yak 'none of' appears in other words such as burrkyak or kayakki 'no, none' and the verb yakwon 'to finish, deplete something, consume all of'.
Notes (Njalenjale)
Usage (Bale kabirri-yime?)	Kunwardde kanwo! Bonj yakminj. Give me some money! It's all gone. Yikarrme kunkanj? Bonj yakminj. Do you have any meat? It's all gone/finished.
Date (Balekeno)	23 Dec 2016

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