English: progressive
Bundjalung: -lehla
Part of Speech: suffix
Related Words:
With same English translation:   -iyan  
Comment: Antipassive/progressive -li + present tense -hla; if long syllable preceding, takes form -lelah (Gd) or -lela (Wa).
Gold Coast Tweed: all
Lower Richmond: all
South West: all
Condamine Upper Clarence: all
Copmanhurst: all


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