| English: leave, abandon, stop, cease, let alone, let go, release, don't, leave (it)
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Bundjalung:
wan-, wana-
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| Part of Speech: verb transitive
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Related Words:
With same English translation:
wan-, wana-
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Comment: Leave off, stop doing, abandon; has all usual forms of a verb, possibly wuna- in Y:Hanln. Apparently regular in Smythe's examples (wana-), though not elsewhere; cf wara- 'go away and leave something behind' (Wa) (but probably one of the irregular forms of this verb).
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Gold Coast Tweed: Y:Holm:Logn wana-, pf wanani; Y:Alln pr wunna, p wunnani, pf wunnalian, f wunaleila leave alone; pr wunnalei, p wunnalen, pf w unnalian, f wummaleila leave off; Y:Watsn wun' ail
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South West: Cas:Smy wan-a , wanalen , wana: , wa:nini ; Wa:Crowl; Wa/Gd:Calley wana: gine: 'don't do that (leave do)';
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Condamine Upper Clarence: Gd:Geyt ;
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Example:
Bundjalung : Wanah! (from Al)
English: 'Stop it, leave it!'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Gah nguy nyula wanani jumbuy. (from G)
English: 'He left his swag there.'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Wanah nganyi bumah. (from G)
English: 'Don't kill me!'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Wanah gineh. (from W)
English: 'Don't do that.'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Mahnybe blaganibeh wanani. (from W)
English: 'Only you two were left behind.'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Wanah yanbah! (from Y:Hanl)
English: 'Don't go!'
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