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English Translation (Kun-balandaken) |
female antilopine kangaroo |
Pronunciation (Bale ka-yime karri-ngeybun?) |
gaɳdaɪʔ Listen for the retroflex nasal (written 'rn' in the orthography) and the final glottal stop— a sudden cut off sound. The audio (includes a longer text about names for this kangaroo):
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Morphology (Karri-wokdjobdjobke) |
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Notes (Njalenjale) |
You can also form the plural by reduplication karndakarndayh. A young female antilopine is called karndalbburru. Listen to the text in the accompanying audio. Terah Guymala talks about names for antilopine kangaroos. Here is the transcript and translation: Karndayh, antilopine wallaroo, daluk karndayh. Gundjeihmi kabirri-yime karndah. Ngad ngarri-yime karndayh karrkakarrkad. Bininj, kalaba, nawu bininj kalaba ngarri-ngeybun, karrkad yerrih. Karndayh, is the antilopine kangaroo, the female is karndayh. Gundjeihmi people call it garndah. We call it karndayh, we people from the plateau. The male is kalaba, that's the male antilopine kangaroo, that's what we plateau people call it [in Kundedjnjenghmi dialect]. |
Usage (Bale kabirri-yime?) |
Mak Wurdanke ngarri-nameng, nakka ngarri-bom ngarri-kudjihmeng kunj karndakidj la karndakarndayh.
Karndayh, morruyhmorruyh kabine-ngun bakarlbakarl.
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Date (Balekeno) |
08 Mar 2014 |