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− | The following table lists nouns that can be 'incorporated' into verbs, e.g. |
+ | The following table lists nouns that can be 'incorporated' into verbs, e.g.: |
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+ | * ''nga-bolk-nan'' I'm looking at the country |
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+ | * ''yi-bid-djirridjbun'' You're washing your hands |
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+ | * ''kabirri-kanj-ngun'' They're eating meat |
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+ | * ''karri-kak-re'' we're walking at night |
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+ | Here's a fuller list of incorporable nouns, from Evans' grammar. |
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[[File:Incorporable-nouns.jpg|600px|align=center|Incorporable Nouns, from Evans (2003) Bininj Gun-wok, p333]] |
[[File:Incorporable-nouns.jpg|600px|align=center|Incorporable Nouns, from Evans (2003) Bininj Gun-wok, p333]] |
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Table: Incorporated body-parts |
Table: Incorporated body-parts |
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+ | {| class="wikitable sortable" |
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+ | !Noun!!Meaning |
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+ | |- |
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+ | | (''kun-'') ''balem'' || 'fat', 'grease' |
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+ | |- |
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+ | | (''kun-'') ''bard'' || 'knee' |
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+ | |- |
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+ | | (''man-'') ''berd'' || 'penis' |
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+ | |- |
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+ | | (''kun-'') ''berl'' || 'arm' |
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+ | |- |
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+ | | (''kun-'') ''berre'' || 'chest' |
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+ | |- |
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+ | | (''kun-'') ''bodme'' || 'back' |
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+ | |- |
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+ | | (''kun-'') ''bid'' || 'hand' |
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+ | |- |
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+ | | (''kun-'') ''dad'' || 'leg' |
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+ | |- |
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+ | | (''kun-'') ''dang'' || 'mouth' |
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+ | |- |
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+ | | (''kun-'') ''dedj'' || 'bottom' |
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+ | |- |
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+ | | (''kun-'') ''denge'' || 'foot' |
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+ | |- |
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+ | | (''kun-'') ''dile'' || 'urine' |
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+ | |- |
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+ | | (''kun-'') ''djen'' || 'tongue' |
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+ | |- |
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+ | | (''kun-'') ''djikka'' || 'breast' |
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+ | |- |
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+ | | (''kun-'') ''kanem'' || 'ear' |
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+ | |- |
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+ | | (''kun-'') ''kanj'' || 'flesh', 'muscle' |
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+ | |- |
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+ | | (''kun-'') ''keb'' || 'nose', 'face' |
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+ | |- |
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+ | | (''kun-'') ''kodj'' || 'head' |
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+ | |- |
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+ | | (''kun-'') ''kom'' || 'neck', 'throat' |
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+ | |- |
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+ | | (''man-'') ''kord'' || 'faeces' |
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+ | |- |
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+ | | (''kun-'') ''kuk'' || 'body' |
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+ | |- |
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+ | | (''kun-'') ''kurlah'' || 'skin' |
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+ | |- |
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+ | | (''kun-'') ''kurlh'' || 'vomit' |
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+ | |- |
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+ | | (''kun-'') ''milh'' || 'forehead' |
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+ | |- |
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+ | | (''kun-'') ''mim'' || 'eye' |
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+ | |- |
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+ | | (''kun-'') ''murrng'' || 'bone' |
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+ | |- |
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+ | | (''kun-'') ''njam'' || 'guts', 'intestines' |
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+ | |- |
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+ | | (''kun-'') ''nuk'' || 'pus' |
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+ | |- |
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+ | | (''kun-'') ''yidme'' || 'tooth' |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |} |
Latest revision as of 23:58, 12 April 2020
The following table lists nouns that can be 'incorporated' into verbs, e.g.:
- nga-bolk-nan I'm looking at the country
- yi-bid-djirridjbun You're washing your hands
- kabirri-kanj-ngun They're eating meat
- karri-kak-re we're walking at night
Here's a fuller list of incorporable nouns, from Evans' grammar.
Table: Incorporated body-parts
Noun | Meaning |
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(kun-) balem | 'fat', 'grease' |
(kun-) bard | 'knee' |
(man-) berd | 'penis' |
(kun-) berl | 'arm' |
(kun-) berre | 'chest' |
(kun-) bodme | 'back' |
(kun-) bid | 'hand' |
(kun-) dad | 'leg' |
(kun-) dang | 'mouth' |
(kun-) dedj | 'bottom' |
(kun-) denge | 'foot' |
(kun-) dile | 'urine' |
(kun-) djen | 'tongue' |
(kun-) djikka | 'breast' |
(kun-) kanem | 'ear' |
(kun-) kanj | 'flesh', 'muscle' |
(kun-) keb | 'nose', 'face' |
(kun-) kodj | 'head' |
(kun-) kom | 'neck', 'throat' |
(man-) kord | 'faeces' |
(kun-) kuk | 'body' |
(kun-) kurlah | 'skin' |
(kun-) kurlh | 'vomit' |
(kun-) milh | 'forehead' |
(kun-) mim | 'eye' |
(kun-) murrng | 'bone' |
(kun-) njam | 'guts', 'intestines' |
(kun-) nuk | 'pus' |
(kun-) yidme | 'tooth' |