| English: put in a bag
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Bundjalung:
behnggama-
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| Part of Speech: verb transitive
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Related Words:
With same English translation:
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Category: fish
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Comment:
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Lower Richmond: Bj:Holm:Fergn binggama-, binggama
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Example:
Bundjalung : Behnggamah mala. (from B)
English: 'Put it into the bag.'
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Example:
Bundjalung : baygalbeh (from W)
English: 'only one man'
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Example:
Bundjalung : yunahlabeh (from W)
English: 'only sleeping'
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Example:
Bundjalung : yunahnybe (from W)
English: 'will only sleep'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Yaburbeh dubay yehn.gala. (from W)
English: 'Only one woman is staying behind.'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Galgahbu muna bidjangbeh gunu waybar. (from W)
English: 'Keep on chopping, there's only a little bit of wood.'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Maliyu mala nyabay jugahnybe. (from W)
English: 'He will drink up all the water.'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Ngali yehn.ganybeh wahngwenbibeh guhlbe. (from W)
English: 'We will stay just to work gold.'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Guyir ngay mahnyi juruhmbilnyi, bahnybiny mala gumarbeh. (from W)
English: 'I'm frightened of leeches, but they only suck your blood.'
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