Karri-borlbme Kun-wok

kundulk

kundulk

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English Translation
(Kun-balandaken)
tree, wood, stick
Pronunciation
(Bale ka-yime karri-ngeybun?)

GOON-doolk
If you know IPA [ gĘŠndulk ]

Morphology
(Karri-wokdjobdjobke)

kun- is the general or neuter noun class prefix as you already know.
-dulk is the noun stem which is in the class of incorporable nouns (i.e. those nouns that can be incorporated into verbs).

Notes
(Njalenjale)

Some people also use the word kun-dulk to refer to a coffin (and the deceased therein). Some other people use the word kun-kod 'paperbark' for the same thing. The primary meaning however of kundulk is for trees, wood, sticks.

Usage
(Bale kabirri-yime?)

An-binik makka an-konomkuyeng kun-dulk kore kuwarddewardde.
'The Allosyncarpia ternata tree is a very tall tree from the rock country.'

(note this sentence is in the Kundedjnjenghmi and Kundjeyhmi dialects which use an- prefix instead of man- for the vegetal class. Either an- or man- in this sentence would be perfectly acceptable. Hyphens are used only to indicate noun class prefix breaks. The ku- on ku-warddewardde means 'at' or 'in' and is what linguists call a locative prefix, therefore 'in the rock country').

Nga-dulkbakke 'I'll break a stick'

Here the stem -dulk is incorporated into the verb -bakke to break. The pronoun prefix nga- is the first person singular 'I'.

Date
(Balekeno)
04 Aug 2012