English: make
Bundjalung: gindjibila-
Part of Speech: verb transitive
Related Words:
With same English translation:   -ba   balbangma-   bang-, bangga-   banyahrma warima-   banyarma warima-   bawga-   binangma-   binda-   bugalma-   dabahngba-   dagayma-   dandurma-   dawgir ba-   dilil ba-   -ga   galgirma-   gandji(li)-   gangga-   ganimaya-   ginda(h)-   gini-   ginyara-   gunihba-   gur-gur ba-   guwihgarma-   jahnama-   jalal ba-   jalany-gali   jalgah-   jaluma-   jangma-   janguyma-   jigini-   jubur ba-   -ma   mana-, mani-   mindjilima-   ngahrima-   nguhmbinyma-   ngumbinda-   ningba-   num bunda-   nyang-   nyanga-, nyangga-   nyel-nyehl ba-   wahraga-   warahyma-   waybarma-   wubihnyma-   wulbi-   yaga-   yanbihba-, yanbihnyma-   yanbihnyma-   yawahr-ngahrgin   yunama-   yunga-  
Comment: gindjibila- or gindjibi + -li- + -h imper.
Gold Coast Tweed: Ydict kinjibila-; Y:Watsn kin'dhibil'la; Y:Hanln kinjeebillah
Example:

Bundjalung : Gingli maymalam! (from Tw:Curr:Bra)

English: 'Don't speak!'

Example:

Bundjalung : Gingle(h) (from Tw:Curr:Bra)

English: '(Be) quiet!'


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