| English: but
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Bundjalung:
-wahr
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| Part of Speech: suffix
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Related Words:
With same English translation:
bahm gahng-
bandang
bandjilam, bandjalahm
dabahy
galgalang, galgurang
garbal
gulgurang, gulguran
gumu (?)
gunah
jalngay-ngahriyan, jalngay
ngaring julba-
nge
wudj-wudj
wudwud
wulu
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Comment: A sentence clitic: introduces a new clause with a change of topic, conjunction-like, and attached to the first word in a clause, contrasting such a clause with the preceding one; in other usage it occurs with something implied or stated earlier in the narrative, or by a previous speaker in a conversation Gd; sometimes only one sentence (or clause) is marked with -wahr, sometimes both Wa.
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South West: Wa:Crowl; Wa/Gd:Calley galwar this;
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Condamine Upper Clarence: Gd:Geyt
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Example:
Bundjalung : Nyulengah waybar gadji nyulaganah-war gahribeh. (from G)
English: 'His fire/camp is right here, but hers is way over there.'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Nyuleyu gidjahn nyulagani yagambeh-war ngadjahbagi. (from G)
English: 'He said to her, But don't you want me?'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Gaybe-wahr-e numgire yan.gahnbu. (from G)
English: 'They travelled yet another day.'
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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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