English: where? in what place? some place
Bundjalung: yile, yili, yila
Part of Speech: interrogative locative
Related Words:
With same English translation:  
Category: location
Comment:
Gold Coast Tweed: Y:Sha:Culhm; Y:Holm yila; Y:Allen illi , illi neule where is he; Y:Watsn il' li ,
Condamine Upper Clarence: Gn:Mathew yila baigal where are the blacks?
Example:

Bundjalung : Yile mibiny, yili mibiny? (from M:Li)

English: 'Where are the blacks?'

Example:

Bundjalung : Yili nyule? (from Y:Alle)

English: 'Where is he?'

Example:

Bundjalung : Yila wahlu yanbalehla? (from Y:Holm:Jacki)

English: 'Where are you going?'

Example:

Bundjalung : Yila wahlu (gawahla)? (from Y:Holm:Fogt)

English: 'Where are you going?'


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