| English: true, truly, real, actual, indeed
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Bundjalung:
nguy
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| Part of Speech: adjective
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Related Words:
-nguy etc
With same English translation:
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Comment: See also -nguy etc., can follow an interrogative as a reply to a question with sense 'I don't know'.
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South West: Cas:Smy ng
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Condamine Upper Clarence: Gd:Geyt
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Example:
Bundjalung : Nyanggur munah nguy bundahng? (from Ca)
English: 'Is that true?'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Ngadjuwar nguy nabani. (from Ca)
English: 'I really hit him / I hit him indeed.'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Nyule behn, ganggil nguy gibing-bunggehn. (from Ca)
English: 'He fell and his arm was damaged.'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Gahngani gihdjay nyan.gandu, bulbing-mani nguy. (from Ca)
English: 'She took a possum-skin and made a drum out of it.'
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