| English: no, not, none |
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Bundjalung:
yagam, yagambeh
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| Part of Speech: interjection, adverb |
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| Comment: General sentence negator, frequently has emphatic suffix (yagambeh); yagambehwen- (irregular) to disappear Wa; also an introducer; can take -beh suffix (mild intensifier), or -bu 'yet'; yagam baray 'not very' Gd; possibly yugam in Wa:Tabulm:Hargrv. |
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South West: Wa:Crowl; Wa:Tabulm:Hargrv yo-cum
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Condamine Upper Clarence: Gd:Geyt ;
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Example:
bundjalung: Yagambeh ngadju ganngahla gumbaynggirnah nguyay (from W) English: 'I don't understand Gumbaynggir' |
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Example:
bundjalung: yagambu (from G) English: 'not yet' |
