English: hit with a missile, throw at something (whether or not you actually hit it), shoot
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Bundjalung:
naba-
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Part of Speech: verb transitive
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Related Words:
With same English translation:
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Comment: nababa 'to pelt harder' (Wa); 'to kill, shoot, hit hard' (Gd).
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Gold Coast Tweed: Y:Sha:Culhm hit; Y:Allen pr nabun, p nabuni, pf nabunian, f nabala shoot (throw); Y:Watsn n
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South West: Wa:Crowl; Cas:Smy nab-a, nabani hit, strike;
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Condamine Upper Clarence: Gd:Geyt ;
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Example:
Bundjalung : Nabani ngadju mala gawari-nyun mani. (from W)
English: 'I shot the kangaroo while it was running.'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Mahny jahdjam naba-nabalehla. (from W)
English: 'The children are throwing things about.'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Ngadju mala dabahy nabani jaliyu. (from W)
English: 'I threw a stick at the dog.'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Yirali yang giwadjahn duluhlbiyu nabayah baygalni. (from W)
English: 'The whitemen came with guns to shoot the Aborigines.'
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