English: past tense (new analysis Sharpe)
Bundjalung: -dja
Part of Speech: suffix
Related Words:
With same English translation:  
Comment: listed as second hand information in Gd:Geyt, remote past in Wa:Crowl.
Lower Richmond: Wa:Crowl
Condamine Upper Clarence: Gd:Geyt
Example:

Bundjalung : Nyule mani nabadjahn. (from G)

English: 'He killed a wallaby (so I was told).'

Example:

Bundjalung : Nyulangam nyadjan jungun. (from G)

English: 'They saw a rain-cloud (so I was told).'


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