English: lie down, sleep, camp, stay
Bundjalung: yuna-
Part of Speech: verb intransitive
Related Words: yina-; lie down   whether or not you go to sleep   be lying   camp   be (where something lies flat; yuna-ngurahm 'to sleep' is a common expression (Wa); yunahla 'sleeping   lying down'   yunah (imper) (We); inflected form yunali- (M:Liv)  
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Comment: See also yina-; lie down, whether or not you go to sleep, be lying, camp, be (where something lies flat; yuna-ngurahm 'to sleep' is a common expression (Wa); yunahla 'sleeping, lying down', yunah (imper) (We); inflected form yunali- (M:Liv).
Gold Coast Tweed: M:Liv yu
Lower Richmond: Bj:TMcD:Cowln yuna , yunala lie down to sleep; Bj:Holm:Turnbl juna- , juna , junala , junan , junalin
South West: Wa:Crowl; We:Gordn ; Cas:Smy jun-a ;
Example:

Bundjalung : Ngali yan.gahn dahbalamna bulahbudjubuny yunahny. (from W)

English: 'We used to go to Tabulam, and we would stay two nights.'

Example:

Bundjalung : Ngay gala yunahny gadji. (from W)

English: 'I will lie down here/I will sleep here.'

Example:

Bundjalung : Gala ngahnydja gilah bagarah bagah yunahla bahmbinydja. (from W)

English: 'That shield up there is on the hillside.'

Example:

Bundjalung : Balun yunahla gihla dugundah. (from Ca)

English: 'The river runs between the hills.'

Example:

Bundjalung : Yanah ngali yunah galahnyi guwangnyi. (from Ca)

English: 'Let's go and camp somewhere out of this rain.'

Example:

Bundjalung : Wuya yunah. (from Bj:Hol)

English: 'Lie down.'


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