Bundjalung Dictionary

English: to, towards
Bundjalung: -mir
Part of Speech: suffix
Related Words:
With same English translation:   -ba  
Comment: Motion to the vicinity of; contrasts with -bah motion to, motion towards; unlike -bah it may only occur with inanimate stems; cf also -mir pluraliser.
Gold Coast Tweed: Y:Sha:Culhm; Y:Holm
Condamine Upper Clarence: Gd:Geyt ;
Example:

Bundjalung : Nyule yehni jalimir. (from G)

English: 'He went to a spot near the tree.'

Example:

Bundjalung : Yanah ngali ngumbinymir. (from G)

English: 'Let us go over near the house.'

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