| English: child, children, baby |
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Bundjalung:
jahdjam, jahgam
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| Part of Speech: noun |
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Related Words:
With same English translation: jahdjam, jahgam |
| Category: people |
| Comment: Child, small child (GC); [djahdham] in Gd; pronounced [djahdjam], [djahgham]; very soft /j/ indicated word medially, possibly jahyam (GC:Sc:Sthpt); AT:Curr:LandsWh lists word for 'son'; M:Liv gives as 'boy'; Y:Hanlon form suggests second vowel /u/. Y:Hanlon says male or fem baby; if sex emphasised, jahdjam-jabu masc., jabuh-yahgari fem. |
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Gold Coast Tweed: Ydict jadham , jahgam , jahdhum; Y:Sha:Culhm jahjam child; Y:Holm:Curry; Y:Allen jajumm child; Y:Watsn dha'dh
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Example:
bundjalung: jahdjamah jinang (from M:Li) English: 'a boy's foot' |
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Example:
bundjalung: Ngayu nyahni gawarinyun jahdjami. (from M:Li) English: 'I saw children running away.' |
