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Phrase Detail
English:
How did you get here?
Wamba wamba:
Nyanyararr pirnin?
Reference:
Victorian Languages: A Late Survey: L.A. Hercus; p. 32, (e) Locative
Description:
nyanyar (how) + arr (you sing.) pirna (to arrive, to come) + in (past tense)
Phrase sentence:
Sentence
Words Associated:
nyanya - what? how?
pirna - appear, come, arrive, to rise (of sun etc.)