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English Translation (Kun-balandaken) |
many (things of vegetable class) |
Pronunciation (Bale ka-yime karri-ngeybun?) |
man-weɳ
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Morphology (Karri-wokdjobdjobke) |
man- / an- 'noun class prefix vegetable class', -wern 'many' |
Notes (Njalenjale) |
You can also use other prefixes on the stem -wern, such as those that refer to people (pronominal prefixes). This is what linguists would call a predicate usage, like this: birri-wern (Kunwinjku)
You can also incorporate a noun into words like this to give:
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Usage (Bale kabirri-yime?) |
duruk na-wern 'many dogs'
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Date (Balekeno) |
19 Sep 2014 |