| English: what?, something, how, Minyangbal dialect
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Bundjalung:
minyang
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| Part of Speech: interrogative
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Related Words:
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Category: language
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Comment: Self name for dialect at Byron Bay and on Brunswick River, those who say minyang (contrasting with those who say nyang), also minyangbu and cf nyang in more southerly dialects.
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Gold Coast Tweed: Y:Sha:Culhm what , who; Y:Holm minyang , nyang , minyanggu , minyagu , nyagu , nyagi; Y:Allen minyung what , how , minyung gulli what is this; Y:Watsn min'y
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Example:
Bundjalung : Minyang gali? (from Y:Allen, Y:Holm:Curr)
English: 'What is this?'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Nyang ga? (from Y:Holm:Log)
English: 'What is that?'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Nyahgu wahlu wardam? (from Y:Holm:Log)
English: 'What do you want it for?'
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