English: particle
Bundjalung: bar
Part of Speech: connective particle
Related Words:
With same English translation:   -gur   -mba   -mu   -war   -way  
Comment: Holmer states that a syllable closing /n/ occasionally tends to become /r/ , and he assigns this to ban.
Lower Richmond: Bj:Holm:Fergn bar
Example:

Bundjalung : Ngihnbar mala? (from B)

English: 'Who is that?'

Example:

Bundjalung : Nyangbar mala? (from B)

English: 'What is that?'


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