| English: be quiet, shut up
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Bundjalung:
ningwan-, ningwen-
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| Part of Speech: verb intransitive
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Comment: -wan- (Gd); ningwen- (Wa); Wa form invariably contracted to ningenah.
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South West: Wa:Crowl , We:Sha ,
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Condamine Upper Clarence: Gd:Geyt
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Example:
Bundjalung : Ningenah, Ning ning (from Wa, We:Sh)
English: 'Shut up, be quiet!'
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