Wurrekangurr - Yarkuwa Language Application

Language	Pronunciation	English
Yandang wawity kirrkundity.	yandang - first person pronoun (I), 'wawa' - to follow + 'ity' - potential case ie 'would follow', kirkundity - God from heaven.	I would follow god
Yanggang poty-kata tyurung malanga.		Walking through the long grass and far away
Yanggang Werkul-tawa	Yangang (walking) Werkul - name of the Wakool River followed by the postposition (-tawa) for 'along'.	Walking along the Wakool River
Yanggangangurr nyawi-kata kirrkundity.	'Yangga' (to walk), ang (present participle, happening now), angurr (first person, plural, inclusive 'we' or 'we all'). nyawi (sun, daylight), -kata (locative marker - right in), Kirrkundity (God 'from heaven')	We are walking in the light of the lord
Yanggangurr.	Yangga (to walk), angurr ('we' first person, plural, inclusive, eg 'we all' including the person/s being spoken to.)	We walk
Yanginyangal karrəlkuk.	Demonstrates that the 'adverbs of time' eg 'karrəlkuk' (tonight) & 'nyarri' (now) were usually the last word in a sentence and did not contain transferring endings. Lit. walk-will-we-two tonight.	We two will go for a walk tonight
Yarkarr nyunya.		You look around here
Yarkuwanda wilkarr.		I am looking around for dingoes
Yarkuwin lipkwilku tyak-tyak potykata.	Sentence with the past tense ending 'in' of the verb 'yarkuwa' (to search for), the 'ku' ending indicating a 'doer' word (lipkwilku), the done to word (tyak-tyak) and the locative 'kata' ending showing that the action is done in something (potykata - in the grass).	The echidna searched for white ants in the grass
Yathaka liyanyuk.		He hasn't got any teeth
Yinga wira.	Example phrase included in the Wamba Wamba section of the Dictionary to demonstrate the directional nature of 'yinga'. The 'wira' in the phrase is likely to be a shortened form of 'wirrəka - to run, to hurry'.	He is hurrying along this way!
Yiri kinya tyurrilang!		He is a really bad gossip!
Yirri tyilkanda.		I am very pleased
Yirəkal karrin.	lit. straight nose-your (this simple clause contains a nominal 'yirəkal' and a subject 'karrin')	Your nose is straight
Yirən-yirəndin.	Lit. eyebrows (yirən-yirən) + your.	Your eyebrows
Yukwek mambulin.	Lit. I-wish-I-had kidney-fat-yours.	I wish I had your kidney fat
Yulpin.		Your right hand

Yandang wawity kirrkundity.

yandang - first person pronoun (I), 'wawa' - to follow + 'ity' - potential case ie 'would follow', kirkundity - God from heaven.

I would follow god

Yanggang poty-kata tyurung malanga.

Walking through the long grass and far away

Yanggang Werkul-tawa

Yangang (walking) Werkul - name of the Wakool River followed by the postposition (-tawa) for 'along'.

Walking along the Wakool River

Yanggangangurr nyawi-kata kirrkundity.

'Yangga' (to walk), ang (present participle, happening now), angurr (first person, plural, inclusive 'we' or 'we all'). nyawi (sun, daylight), -kata (locative marker - right in), Kirrkundity (God 'from heaven')

We are walking in the light of the lord

Yanggangurr.

Yangga (to walk), angurr ('we' first person, plural, inclusive, eg 'we all' including the person/s being spoken to.)

We walk

Yanginyangal karrəlkuk.

Demonstrates that the 'adverbs of time' eg 'karrəlkuk' (tonight) & 'nyarri' (now) were usually the last word in a sentence and did not contain transferring endings. Lit. walk-will-we-two tonight.

We two will go for a walk tonight

Yarkarr nyunya.

You look around here

Yarkuwanda wilkarr.

I am looking around for dingoes

Yarkuwin lipkwilku tyak-tyak potykata.

Sentence with the past tense ending 'in' of the verb 'yarkuwa' (to search for), the 'ku' ending indicating a 'doer' word (lipkwilku), the done to word (tyak-tyak) and the locative 'kata' ending showing that the action is done in something (potykata - in the grass).

The echidna searched for white ants in the grass

Yathaka liyanyuk.

He hasn't got any teeth

Yinga wira.

Example phrase included in the Wamba Wamba section of the Dictionary to demonstrate the directional nature of 'yinga'. The 'wira' in the phrase is likely to be a shortened form of 'wirrəka - to run, to hurry'.

He is hurrying along this way!

Yiri kinya tyurrilang!

He is a really bad gossip!

Yirri tyilkanda.

I am very pleased

Yirəkal karrin.

lit. straight nose-your (this simple clause contains a nominal 'yirəkal' and a subject 'karrin')

Your nose is straight

Yirən-yirəndin.

Lit. eyebrows (yirən-yirən) + your.

Your eyebrows

Yukwek mambulin.

Lit. I-wish-I-had kidney-fat-yours.

I wish I had your kidney fat

Yulpin.

Your right hand

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