| English: plural for all trees |
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Bundjalung:
-hngbil, -hngbil, -bil
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| Part of Speech: suffix |
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Related Words:
With same English translation: -bil, -ngbil |
| Comment: Also plural for some topographical nouns, the longer allophone is more common, with the loss of the final consonant (if any) of the stem; there is no consonant loss with -bil. |
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Condamine Upper Clarence: Gd:Geyt
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Example:
bundjalung: buybuy --> buybuhngbil (from G) English: 'apple gum tree' - 'apple gum trees' |
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Example:
bundjalung: jarang --> jarahngbil (from G) English: 'thigh, bough' - 'boughs' |
