| English: where? in what place? some place |
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Bundjalung:
yile, yili, yila
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| Part of Speech: interrogative locative |
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Related Words:
With same English translation: yile, yili, yila |
| Category: location |
| Comment: |
| Gold Coast Tweed: Y:Sha:Culhm; Y:Holm yila; Y:Allen illi , illi neule where is he; Y:Watsn il' li , |
| Condamine Upper Clarence: Gn:Mathew yila baigal where are the blacks? |
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Example:
Bundjalung : Yile mibiny, yili mibiny? (from M:Li) English: 'Where are the blacks?' |
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Example:
Bundjalung : Yili nyule? (from Y:Alle) English: 'Where is he?' |
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Example:
Bundjalung : Yila wahlu yanbalehla? (from Y:Holm:Jacki) English: 'Where are you going?' |
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Example:
Bundjalung : Yila wahlu (gawahla)? (from Y:Holm:Fogt) English: 'Where are you going?' |
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