Karri-borlbme Kun-wok

darnkih

darnkih

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English Translation
(Kun-balandaken)
close (not far)
Pronunciation
(Bale ka-yime karri-ngeybun?)

DARN-gee Or if you know IPA [daɳgiʔ]. The 'rn' is retroflex.

Morphology
(Karri-wokdjobdjobke)

one single morpheme

Notes
(Njalenjale)

Sense include both spatial closeness as well as the adverbial sense of 'almost'.

There is some variation in pronunciation with the final glottal stop 'h' sometimes present, sometimes not.

Usage
(Bale kabirri-yime?)

These 3 examples are in Kunwinjku:

1. Kawarre bu kamre manwurrk darnki.
It's no good if the bushfire comes close.

2. Darnki ngamankayi.
I nearly fell down.

3. Darnkih mankabo ngarriyoy.
We camped near the river.

This example is in Kundjeyhmi:

4. Nameke bininj darnkih karrowen.
That man is close to death.

Date
(Balekeno)
26 Sep 2012