| English: again, now, still (Gd)
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Bundjalung:
bu
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| Part of Speech: suffix
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Related Words:
With same English translation:
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Comment: General word suffix - can occur on different types of words, with meanings again, now, still (with verbs); merely, only (other word classes); reflexive (pronouns); 'at the time of .. still' (following a location suffix); along (some nouns, + vb. of motion); Wa: along, back, reflexive; various functions: on nouns 'along' or occasionally instrument, on pronouns marks object of a reflexive verb, with motion verbs 'back', with other verbs 'again'; Cas: again, back on self; Holmer says again,
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Lower Richmond: Bj:Holm:Fergn,Turnbl bu, mabir bu, muna bu, etc.;
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South West: Wa:Crowl; Cas:Smy -bu
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Condamine Upper Clarence: Gd:Geyt;
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Example:
Bundjalung : Yan.giwahnybu bayahny. (from B)
English: '(He) will come again today.'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Nyula yan.giwanibu. (from B)
English: 'He came back.'
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Example:
Bundjalung : mabehrbu (from B)
English: 'they all'
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Example:
Bundjalung : munahbu (from B)
English: 'just there'
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Example:
Bundjalung : nyan.ganabu (from B)
English: 'her own'
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Example:
Bundjalung : nyulangabu (from B)
English: 'his own'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Wahlu nganyah banamgirbu. (from G)
English: 'you are merely my younger brother'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Gale mugim dumunybu. (from G)
English: 'This a is blunt again.'
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Example:
Bundjalung : ngalibah-djambebu (from G)
English: 'before our time'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Nyulebu gawgani junguru. (from G)
English: 'He cut himself with a knife.'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Balunbu yehni nyule. (from G)
English: 'He went along the creek.'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Yarbilehnbu jahdjam. (from G)
English: 'The child sang again.'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Male yiririhny miringbungan. (from G)
English: 'That bird is still alive, poor thing.'
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Example:
Bundjalung : Yehni mala balunbu. (from W)
English: 'He went along the river.'
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