| English: sit, stop, live at, sit down
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Bundjalung:
yahn-, yahna-, yahn.ga-
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| Part of Speech: verb intransitive
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With same English translation:
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Comment: Inflected form yahn.gali (M:Liv); yahnbay 'sitting down' (Y:Hanln); Y:Hanln: 'rest, repose, the place where one sits down'; also indicates friendship. Y:Holm notes yahnbi imper. (sometimes); yahnbigi 'want(s) to sit', yahyani 'sat'.
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Gold Coast Tweed: Y:Sha:Culhm live at , sit; Y:Holm:QLong yahna , yahnala; M:Liv yana sit , yang ate; Tw:Sc:Bray yanna; AT:Curr:Prior yangalla; AT:Curr:O'Conn yaanbe (cf 'walk' yanbe); GC:Nerang:Curr:Fowlr, Y:Hanln yahnah sit down (imp.) , sitting down yahnbai; yahngulla, yahngla rest, repose, yahnawahloo I stay here (you stop here)
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Example:
Bundjalung : Yahna wahlu. (from Y:Hanl)
English: 'You stop here.'
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Example:
Bundjalung : yahnala ngumbinya (nyumbinya sic.) (from Y:Holm:QLon)
English: 'sitting or staying at home'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Yahn.galah ngaw waymalehla. (from Y:Sha:Culh)
English: 'I'm sitting talking.'
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