Karri-borlbme Kun-wok

duruk

duruk

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

dʊɹʊk
The r sound is as in English 'red' and not the tapped sound which in Bininj Gunwok is represented by 'rr'. Listen carefully to the audio.

Morphology
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Notes
(Njalenjale)

The word duruk is common to all Bininj Gunwok dialects. Some southern dialects or south-western dialects (Mayali, Kundedjnjenghmi) have a synonym nagarndegen which is now rarely used. The word duruk can be singular or plural, shown by context, but for a marked plural form you can reduplicate the word like this:

duruhduruk 'many dogs'

Usage
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Duruk na-bang. (all dialects)
An aggressive dog.

Duruk yaw. (W) Duruk yau. (Gdj)
A puppy.

Wardi yi-kayhmen duruk. (W) Wardi yi-kaihmen duruk. (Gdj)
Call out to the dogs.

Ngayihken duruk nakkan.
That's my dog.

Duruk bi-bayeng, ka-rradmok wanjh.
A dog bit her/him and he/she has a wound on the leg.

(kun-dad= leg; kun-mok= sore, wound; kun-dadmok 'leg wound', you can put a pronoun prefix ka- 'he/she non-past tense, on the noun to mean— 'he/she has a leg wound')

Date
(Balekeno)
28 Feb 2014