| English: look for, ask (for), search, hunt, find, ask question
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Bundjalung:
ngalawa-
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| Part of Speech: verb intransitive, transitive
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With same English translation:
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Category: food
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Comment: Hunt or search for something whether or not it is found, try to find out something, can be reduplicated ngala-ngalawa-, idiom gudjim ngalawa- 'to go hunting' (Wa), present form ngulawalehla attested (Y:Hanln); Y:Watsn also has gul'lagul'lawa (probably for ngala-ngalawa-, n omitted in error). Listed as 'ask' in context of sentence, probably 'hunt, search for' (M:Liv).
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Gold Coast Tweed: M:Liv ngullawonne (past); Tw:Curr:Bray nullawalala, narllee, narllee; Y:Hanln n'goola-wool-layla Y:Sha:Culhm; Y:Watsn ngul'lagul'lawii; M:Liv ngullawonne (past); Ng:Curr:TwPtD:Bray nullawalala 's getting ;
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Lower Richmond: Bj:Holm:Fergn ngalawa-, ngalawalila, ngalawalin ;
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South West: Wa:Crowl; Cas:Smy ngalaw-a , ngalawalen , ngalawani , ngalawali:njbu look for, ask (for) ;
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Condamine Upper Clarence: Gd:Geyt to search, hunt, ask ;
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Example:
Bundjalung : Ngaywahr jambanggehn ngalawalehn gurihbu wihnyi. (from W)
English: 'I tried to look for you a long time ago.'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Mahny ngalawalehla malah jawi. (from W)
English: 'They are looking up there.'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Gahnyulu nganyi ngalawani. (from W)
English: 'They were looking for me.'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Madjungun guluny ngalawah gehrbiyah mala muruhny. (from W)
English: 'Find a hole there to pour the ashes in.'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Galiyu nganyi gur ngala-ngalawani bayahny. (from W)
English: 'He asked me too much today.'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Gilah ngay ngalawalehny bin.gihng. (from W)
English: 'I will go turtle hunting there.'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Ngalawalehn nyule gabihnggu. / Ngalawalehn nyulayu gabihng. (from Ca)
English: 'He looked for water.'
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