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English Translation (Kun-balandaken) |
wet season |
Pronunciation (Bale ka-yime karri-ngeybun?) |
Listen to the audio file, http://words.bininjgunwok.org.au/words/kudjewk
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Morphology (Karri-wokdjobdjobke) |
ku- is a 'locative prefix' that means 'in' and -djewk means 'rain'. |
Notes (Njalenjale) |
The word for rain is man-djewk (Kunwinjku etc) and an-djewk (Kundjeyhmi). Change the prefix from man- to ku- and you switch from 'rain' to 'wet season, time of rains'. |
Usage (Bale kabirri-yime?) |
Kudjewk ka-kobun bakarlbakarl.
Kudjewk, djal ka-djaldjakdung munguyh en ngalengman. Ka-borledke makkumbu barlmarradja, niyaniya.
Delek minj kabirri-karung kudjewk; en ngalyod ka-yo djang bu birri-karuyi wanjh kan-nguyi rowk.
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Date (Balekeno) |
01 Jan 2016 |