Karri-borlbme Kun-wok

daluk

daluk

Listen Yi-biddjuyme (Click play)

English Translation
(Kun-balandaken)
woman
Pronunciation
(Bale ka-yime karri-ngeybun?)

daluk where the 'u' is as in English 'put' and the 'a' as in father

Morphology
(Karri-wokdjobdjobke)

Notes
(Njalenjale)

The plural is formed by reduplication and replacement of the final 'k' with a glottal stop: daluhdaluk 'women'

Usage
(Bale kabirri-yime?)

Kunwinjku:
Bedda bene-wam daluk bokenh bene-mekke bene-wam djenj beneh-yawam.
Those two women went out looking for fish.

Gundjeihmi:
Bi-marnemimmaihmeng daluk.
He winked at the woman.

Date
(Balekeno)
12 Jan 2014