wurdyaw

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English Translation (Kun-balandaken)	child
Pronunciation (Bale ka-yime karri-ngeybun?)	wʊɖjaʊ Remember the rd is a retroflex sound and the final diphthong aw/au (combination of two vowels in a single syllable) rhymes with ʼhowʼ in English.
Morphology (Karri-wokdjobdjobke)	Related to the formative yaw/yau ʼyoung, offspringʼ
Notes (Njalenjale)	The plural is wurdurd (sometimes pronounced wurdwurd in Kunwinjku).
Usage (Bale kabirri-yime?)	Bu kabarri-baddjordmen wurdyaw nanjuk kabarri-burrbun? (Kdj) When a child eventually grows up, what will they know? Nani korddol nawu nani kaluk manjmiken. Bene-yikurrmeng ngal-badjan ngal-beywurd la kornkumo wurdyaw namekke bene-yikurrmeng. (W) Boobook owl was a grandfather. His daughter and her husband were the parents of a young infant which they placed down and left there for him (to look after).
Date (Balekeno)	30 Jul 2014

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