| English: that yonder, that far away, there far away
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Bundjalung:
gili
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| Part of Speech: demonstrative
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Related Words:
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Comment: i.e. that distant (probably visible); gahny(u) predicate form (M:Liv); gili/gile given as 'here' or close' by Y:Sha:Culhm, Y:Watsn, but Y:Watsn also gives gali 'here'; gila/gili 'this' or 'here' (Y:Holm); gilagu 'here', gilangu 'from here' (Y:Holm). Tw:Curr:Bray shows accusative gilahni.
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Gold Coast Tweed: Ydict kili; Y:Sha:Culhm gili/gile this (close); Y:Holm gila, gilagu; Y:Allen gilli that yonder, there far away, nana gilli whose is that; kilei middle; Y:Watsn gil'li there, far away; M:Liv killy, kikilly (m/f); killa-na-gun (you, she yonder); kundy it there; killag
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Example:
Bundjalung : Yili jabalgan gilagubi gandalgubi? (from M:Li)
English: 'Where is the paddle of that (this) canoe?'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Ngahna gili? (from Y:Alle)
English: Whose is that?'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Ngahn gili? (from Y:Alle)
English: 'Who is there?
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Example:
Bundjalung : gilagu malagu (from Y:Holm:Log)
English: 'here and there'
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Example:
Bundjalung : gilangu (from Y:Holm:Log)
English: 'from here'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Gili wahlu ngumbiny wungah. (from Y:Sha:Culh)
English: 'That's your house over there.'
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