| English: swear at, swear, abuse, curse, use bad language, say wrongly
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Bundjalung:
yangma-
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| Part of Speech: verb
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Related Words:
With same English translation:
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Category: language
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Comment: yangmahla, cf yahng ba- and jang 'bad'.
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Gold Coast Tweed: Y:Holm:Fogty yangmala ;
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Lower Richmond: Bj:Sha:LWilsn yangma-; Bj:TMcD:Morgn yangma swear , yangmala swearing; Bj:Holm:Fergn jangma- , jangmalila
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South West: Wa:Crowl;
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Condamine Upper Clarence: Gd:Geyt ;
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Example:
Bundjalung : Yilah yehyani banidjargan, yangmani. I dunno yilah yehyani. (from W)
English: 'It's "yilah yehyani banidjargan"?? (where has his wife gone), it's wrong to say "I dunno yilah yehyani"'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Maliyu banidjargandu yangmani mala banidjarni. (from W)
English: 'The wife abused her husband.'
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