manyahwurd

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English Translation (Kun-balandaken)	small (thing of man- class)
Pronunciation (Bale ka-yime karri-ngeybun?)	munn-yuh'-woort IPA [ manyaʔwuɖ ]
Morphology (Karri-wokdjobdjobke)	man- 'noun class prefix' -yahwurd 'small'
Notes (Njalenjale)	This is an adjective -yahwurd that can take any of the noun class prefixes: na-yahwurd ngal-yahwurd man-yahwurd kun-yahwurd
Usage (Bale kabirri-yime?)	Manme manyahwurd. A small amount of food. Bolkki yawurrinj kabirri-wurlhke Namimwarre nganabbarru njalehnjale yiman mani, Dilebang yiman mani Mirelk, makka man-yahwurd. Today the young men burn at Namimwarre for buffalo or whatever and such as this [place] Dilebang and such as Mirelk, but those are small [fire drives]. In the above example the prefix man- on man-yahwurd is there because the adjective is qualifying the noun man-wurrk 'bush fire/fire drive' (introduced in a previous part of the story).
Date (Balekeno)	11 Jul 2012

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