djenj

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English Translation (Kun-balandaken)	fish
Pronunciation (Bale ka-yime karri-ngeybun?)	IPA ɟɛɲ There is a palatal consonant at the start, vowel in the middle and a final palatal nasal. There are no final palatal nasals in English, so you will need to practice terminating a word with the ny sound. Finish by putting the blade of your tongue up against your palate, a bit like saying the English word 'onion' but stopping after the first syllable- uny...
Morphology (Karri-wokdjobdjobke)
Notes (Njalenjale)	Djenj in Bininj Gunwok includes all fish. The word is the same in every Bininj Gunwok dialect.
Usage (Bale kabirri-yime?)	Kunwinjku: Karri-re djenj. Gundjeihmi: Garri-re djenj. Let's go fishing. Kuninjku, Kunwinjku: Bedda bene-wam daluk boken bene-mekke bene-wam wanjh djenj beneh-yawam. Those two women, they both went off to look for fish.
Date (Balekeno)	18 Feb 2014

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