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English Translation (Kun-balandaken) |
1. stone, rock 2. money |
Pronunciation (Bale ka-yime karri-ngeybun?) |
GOON-wahrt-deh
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Morphology (Karri-wokdjobdjobke) |
noun class prefix is kun- / gun- and the stem is -wardde |
Notes (Njalenjale) |
This noun can also be incorporated into verbs.
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Usage (Bale kabirri-yime?) |
Kanwo kunwardde!
Burrkyak, kunwarddeyak ngaye.
(-yak is a suffix on nouns meaning 'not having') There are many landscape terms which include the noun stem -wardde as you would expect for people who live in the rocky escarpment country of the Arnhem Land Plateau. Kunwinjku spellings: kunwarddewardde 'escarpment, rock country' kawarddebakabakmeng 'rock rubble, scree rubble, fallen rock debris which has shattered' kuwarddeburldjdjarn 'in the plateau, middle of the rock country' manwarddebalabala 'ledge sandstone, flat rock' manwarddekorlh 'expansive flat rock platform, especially in river valleys and margins' |
Date (Balekeno) |
20 Aug 2012 |