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Word list

English - Ngalakgan Ngalakgan - English

This word list contains all and only the words used in the workshop.

Notes. The abbreviation 'we (excl.), means the speaker excluding the person(s) spoken to. Ngalakgan has four classes of nouns which are attached to the front of words for things: 1. rnu- class generally for male things, e.g. mu-ge 'man's son'. 2. ju- class generally for female things, e.g. ju-ge man's daughter'. 3. gu- class for most body parts, some tree names and plants, weather, tools and other cultural objects, e.g. gu-weh 'water'. 4. mu- class generally for plants, animals and vegtable foods, e.g. mu-rok 'pandanus'.

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English to Ngalakgan word list

A,a at or in a place axe (RNU class [masculine])

B,b -bandicoot because bee, sugarbag (MU class) billabong (GU class) B I TE it doesn't bit us (excl.) black cockatoo boomerang (M/GU class) BRING BACK they bring it back brother (older) (male speaker) brother (younger) (male speaker) BURN we (excl.) burn something

C,C camp (GU class) child, son CHOP she or he chopped it CHOP we (excl.) chop it COME BACK we (excl.) come back cook COOK we (excl.) cook it cross cousin

D,d daughter daughter dirt, ground (GU class) dog

E,e EAT I eat it EAT we (excl.) don't eat it EAT you (one person) will eat it echidna

-gah rdakgurl

yarrakga matjji rdarda rlangga yirrirn-bengi-kgorro rdarrabiya garligarlih burrmu-wakriwun buypbu gakga yirr(mi)-rne

gu-rerre rnamu gumu-jo yirrmi-jo yirri-waken gumu-roroh yirrmi-rne birlal

ju-rnamu ju-ge jolkgo gajah

ngumu-ngun yirrmi-nguni-kgorro jumu-nguna manapburn

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egg (GU class) enough everyone

F,f faeces (MU class) father father's father father's mother female river wallaby file snake finger nail/toe nail (GU class) fly (MU class) foot (GU class) frog from this place

G,g GET I-get GET I-got G ET we (excl.) get it GET we (excl.) get something GET we (excl.) were getting something ghost gum (MU class) GIVE she or he gave it to me GO IN they go in GO she or he goes GO we (excl.) go GO we (excl.) went GO we (excl.) were going good grasshopper (small) GRIND we (excl.) grind it ground, dirt (GU class)

H,h hand (GU class) having here here hers his

ngalpbor jahbony warlamanh

ngoh mokgol rdurdu ju-memem jarrurtduh bitjjirri birniny bot nyamang rnardi -wala

ngu-ma ngu-mehme yirr(mi)-ma yirrmi-mahma yirrmi-mahmanginy bernberreny Ngun-wohwo gumu-warlkwarlk gumu-rabon yirri-rabon yirri-rabo yirri-raboniny mah japburdenyhdeny yirrm i-gorritj jolkgo

ngarriny barta-[ ... J-yih gahye munku­-ngoji -rnowi

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I, i its one

J,j JAB it was jabbing us (excl.)

K,k Kg kg Kin terms (GU class) kookaburra

L, I language name later lest like (resemble) LIKE THAT do it like that Iilyroot (MU class) (general one, generic) lilyroot (MU class) (inedible type) lilyroot (type) (MU class) little little flat stone (GU class)

M,m MAKE A BED we (excl.) make a bed with

leaves or bark for something MAKE we (excl.) make something MAKE we (excl.) make something MAKE we (excl.) make

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me mine mosquito mother mother mother's father mother's mother mouth (GU class) mussel

Ng , ng nose (GU class) nothing

-rnowi

yirrirn-gulhgulhmeriny

kg malk gorrpgorrp

Ngalakgan alakgo meleh­balinyh gumu-yini jatdam jalkgirr burpbah rnornhrnornh birn

yi rr -gabarlpbarl yirrmi-ma yirrmi-marninyh yirr-marninyh ngaykgah -ngini bartdih mana ju-manang memem ju-gowkgo jala gikgu

je gatjja

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0,0 one

P,p pandanus (MU class) paperbark (GU class) peaceful dove poison cousin (for a man) poison cousin (for a woman) PULL OUT she or he pulls it out PULL, YANK we (excl.) pull it PUT they put it (past) PUT they will put it PUT TOGETHER we (excl.) put

it together (past) PUT we (excl.) put it (past) PUT we (excl.) put it (present)

R, r real right rock goanna root

S,S SEE we (excl.) saw it SEE we (excl.) see it separate shade (GU class) SHOW I-show sister sister SIT we (excl.) were sitting skin (GU class) skin name skin name skin name skin name skin name skin name skin name skin name son SPEA K we (excl.) speak spoonbill SQUEEZE we (excl.) squeezed it

wankiny

mu-rok gu-got golododok balak jobal gu-warrh yirrmi-rlurlh burrmu-yeny burrmu-yenga

yirrmi-rdalbo yirrmi-yeny yirrmi-ye

bindi rnan bongga gula

yirrmi-rnahrna yirrmi-rnan warnangala jung ngu-goywun gakga ju-yapba yirri-rnanganiny gu-gulah bardinyh bayjajinyh bornanengh jmurnanyh ngalah ngamanyangh ngamutjjulo ngapbununh ge yirri-yini bulupbulun yirrmi-jihjihmeriny

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stone (GU class) string (GU class) string (MU class) subsection, 'skin' (GU class) sun (MU class)

T,t TAKE OFF we (excl.) take skin off TAKE OUT we (excl.) take it out TAKE OUT we (excl.) take it out TAKE we (excl.) take it TAKE we (excl.) took it the or some there there this this TIE we (excL) tie it T IE we (excl.) tied it to do this to some place too tooth (GU class) tree (MU class) two of them

Uu until using it as an instrument

V vegtable tucker (MU class)

WW WASH we (excl.) wash water (GU class) we two (excl.) what whatsit wild turkey Wqwl

Yy yours

gu-birn bilabila balkgu gu-malk watjji

yirrmi-rdurlhbun yirr-warrh yirrmi-gulahbun yirr-gan yirrmi-ganginy gunku-gohje gunhbirri gahye gohye yirrmi-rderrp yirrmi-rderrpminy -gan -gah -yinji giyarrk balarra -(p)birrah

gohjenji -yih

may

yirr-ngorrh gu-weh yirrkgarnih­yanahba yanipbi benuk Garlay!

-gi

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gatjja ge -gi gikgu giyarrk gohje gohjenji gohye golododok gorrpgorrp gu-birn gu-got gu-gulah gu-malk gu-rerre gu-warrh gu-weh gula gumu-jo gumu-rabon gumu-roroh gumu-warlkwarlk gumu-yini gunhbirri gunku-

Jj jahbony jala jalkgirr japburdenyhdeny jarrurtduh jatdam je jmurnanyh jobal jolkgo jolkgo ju-ge ju-gowkgo ju-manang ju-memem ju-rnamu ju-yapba jumu-nguna jung

nothing son yours mussel tooth (GU class) there until this peaceful dove kookaburra stone (GU class) paperbark (GU class) skin (GU class) subsection, 'skin' (GU class) camp (GU class) PU L L OU T she or he pulls it out water (GU class) root CHOP she or he chopped it GO she or he goes cook GO IN they go in LIKE THAT do it like that there the or some

enough mouth (GU class) lilyroot (MU class) (inedible type) grasshopper (small) female river wallaby liIyroot (MU class) (general one, generic) nose (GU class) skin name poison cousin (for a woman) dirt, ground (GU class) ground, dirt (GU class) daughter mother's mother mother father's mother daughter sister EAT you (one person) will eat it shade (GU class)

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M,m mah malk mana manapburn matjji may meleh­memem mokgol munku-

Ng,ng ngalah Ngalakgan ngalpbor ngamanyangh ngamutjjulo ngapbununh ngarriny ngaykgah -ngini ngoh -ngoji ngu-goywun ngu"ma ngu-mehme ngumu-ngun Ngun-wohwo

Ny ny nyamang

Rd, rd rdakgurl rdarda rdarrabiya rdurdu

RI, rl rlangga

good Kin terms (GU class) mother echidna because vegtable tucker (MU class) lest mother's father father here

skin name language name egg (GU class) skin name skin name skin name hand (GU class) me mine faeces (MU class) hers SHOW I-show GET I-get GET I-got EAT I eat it GIVE she or he gave it to me

foot (GU class)

axe (RNU class [masculine)) bee, sugarbag (MU class) black cockatoo father's father

billabong (GU class)

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Rn, rn rnamu rnan rnardi rnornhrnornh -rnowi

R,r rok

W,W -wala wankiny warlamanh warnangala watjji

Y,y yanahba yanipbi yarrakga -yih -yinji yirr(mi)-ma yirr(mi)-rne yi rr -gabarlpbarl

yirr-gan yirr-marninyh yirr -ngorrh yirr-warrh yirri-rabo yirri-rabon yirri-raboniny yirri-rnanganiny yirri-waken yirri-yini yirrirn-bengi-kgorro yirrirn-gulhgulhmeriny yirrkgarnih­yirrmi-ganginy yirrmi-gorritj yirrmi-gulahbun yirrmi-jihjihmeriny yirrmi-jo yirrmi-ma

child, son right frog little its or his

pandanus (MU class)

from this place one everyone separate sun (MU class)

what whatsit bandicoot using it as an instrument too GET we (excl.) get it BURN we (excl.) burn something MAKE A BED we (excl.) make a bed with leaves or bark for something TAKE we (excl.) take it MAKE we (excl.) make WASH we (excl.) wash TAKE OUT we (excl.) take it out GO we (excl.) went GO we (excl.) go GO we (excl.) were going SIT we (excl.) were sitting COME BACK we (excl.) come back SPEAK we (excl.) speak BITE it doesn't bit us (excl.) JAB it was jabbing us (excl.) we two (excl.) TAKE we (excl.) took it GRIND we (excl.) grind it TAKE OUT we (excl.) take it out SQUEEZE we (excl.) squeezed it CHOP we (excl.) chop it MAKE we (excl.) make something

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yirrmi-mahma yirrmi-mahmanginy yirrmi-marninyh yirrmi-nguni-kgorro yirrmi-rdalbo

yirrmi-rderrp yirrmi-rderrpminy yirrmi-rdurlhbun yirrmi-rlurlh yirrmi-rnahrna yirrmi-rnan yirrmi-rne yirrmi-ye yirrmi-yeny

GET we (excl.) get something GET we (excl.) were getting something MAKE we (excl.) make something EAT we (excl.) don't eat it PUT TOGETHER we (excl.) put it together (past) TIE we (excl.) tie it TIE we (excl.) tied it TAKE OFF we (excl.) take skin off PU LL, YANK we (excl.) pull it SEE we (excl.) saw it SEE we (excl.) see it COOK we (excl.) cook it PUT we (excl.) put it (present) PUT we (excl.) put it (past)

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