| English: fly | |
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Bundjalung:
wayah-
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| Part of Speech: verb intransitive | |
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Related Words:
With same English translation: junbar, janbar yunbar |
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| Comment: wayahli- listed in Wa; Calley form attests wayahliwahla (-wa suffix); wayalin terminative (probably wayalehn). | |
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Gold Coast Tweed: Y:Holm:Logn
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Lower Richmond: Bj:Holm:Fergn waja-, prog. wajala, rr term. wajalin, imm. wajalin past hab. wajalilur
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South West: Wa:Crowl;
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Condamine Upper Clarence: Gd:Geyt wayah-; Gd:Calley weia:lewala flying (hawk) ;
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Example:
bundjalung: Gahgun mala wayahlin gilah babar. (from W) English: 'The kookaburra flew up there.' |
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Example:
bundjalung: wayahlelah (from W) English: 'flying' |
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Example:
bundjalung: wayahlimal (from G) English: 'a thing which may be made to fly (eg boomerang)' |
