| Wemba-min. |
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No (thank you) said in answer to an offer |
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| Wemba-wemba. |
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Certainly not |
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| Wembanda katima panəm! |
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I haven't got any bread! |
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| Wembanda nyuma kinyam lerrk. |
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I don't know this woman |
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| Wembanda tyakiny tyalingin! |
Wemba (no, not) + anda (I) (transferred subject marker from verb 'tyakiny') tyaka (to eat) + iny (will) tyalingin ('food' your) ('tyalingin' is normally 'your tongue' but here is used as 'your food')
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I won't eat your food! |
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| Wembarr karndəla. |
lit. not-you shouting. (ie transferring word with incorporated subject marker + verb + or - subject or agent. This phrase doesn't have the subject or agent.)
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You stop shouting |
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| Werkuwerkuwi. |
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Quick! quick! it's urgent |
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| Werrkak! Karndiyatyarr tyarrmba! |
lit. Quickly! shout-order-you scare it off!
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Quick! You shout out to scare it away! |
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| Werrpaninanda kinyam wirrenggal. |
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I caught this perch |
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| Wikanda. |
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I am hungry |
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| Windya-kat. |
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Where indeed? I don't know! |
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| Windyaluk muyəngin? |
Literal meaning - Whereabouts thought-yours
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Where is your mind? i.e. what are you thinking about? |
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| Winmarr wurrukin kanyengkap. |
lit. cover-you mouth-yours to-cough-inorderto
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Cover your mouth to cough |
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| Winyarr kalputiny wanap? |
lit. who chop-will firewood
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Who will chop up the firewood? |
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| Winyarr karrkarin? |
Winyarr (who) (Interrogative pronoun) karrakara (to cry out for help) + in (past tense - cried).
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Who cried out for help? |
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| Winyarr nyerndiny Wamba Wamba? |
Demonstrates use of the Interrogative Pronoun (asks a question) 'winyarr' as the first or 'head word' of a sentence. (It likely contains the subject marker 'arr' (you, singular) ) Lit. who learn-will Wamba Wamba.
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Who will learn Wamba Wamba? |
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| Winyarr yukalin? |
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Who is your friend? |
People and Family - Friends |
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| Winyarruk pirnin? |
An interrogative pronoun 'winyarr' with person tag 'uk' and verb 'pirnin' (came).
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Who came? |
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| Wira kurrkuk. |
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His blood is running (fast), i.e. he has a fever |
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| Wirimbuluk. |
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His/her/its ears |
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| Wirrang katən. |
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Water is flowing, Flowing water |
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| Wirrengən-pula. |
Simple phrase showing the use of the noun ending '-pula' to show two of anything.
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Two dogs |
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| Wulman yangginy lanuka. |
wulman (old man) yangga (to walk) + iny (will) lar (home) + uk (his) + ka (towards) (Note: the 'lanuk' is a variation for when 'uk' is added after a noun ending in 'r' eg 'lar'.)
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The old man will walk to his home |
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| Wuthin tyarəmkuk karrəkuk nyenggin tyakal. |
Lit. 'wutha' (to put down, to lower to the ground), 'wuthin' (past tense of wutha), 'tyarəm' (spear, general term), 'tyarəmkuk' ( his spear - added possessive suffix (k)uk ), 'karrək' (spear thrower + 'uk' - his), 'nyengga' (to sit), 'nyenggin' (sat), 'tyak' (ground), 'tyakal' (on the ground).
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He put his spear and spear thrower down and sat down on the ground |
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| Wuyipuwala mithəka. |
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Rainstorm is blowing up |
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| Yalang-yalang! Tyarrmbinarr pirndety! Wurrekin tulu. |
lit. idiot scareoff-ed-you Pirndety! say-said Tulu
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"Idiot! You scared it off pirndety!" said tulu |
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| Yandang nyerndiny Wamba Wamba! |
Demonstrates the uncommon use of the first person pronoun word (yandang) rather than the more common verb ending (anda) to emphasise the 'I'. Lit. I learn-will Wamba Wamba. This is an answer to the question 'Winyarr nyerndiny Wamba Wamba?' https://culture.yarkuwa.org.au/phrases/250
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I will learn Wamba Wamba! |
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| Yandang wawity kirrkundity. |
yandang - first person pronoun (I), 'wawa' - to follow + 'ity' - potential case ie 'would follow', kirkundity - God from heaven.
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I would follow god |
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| Yanggang poty-kata tyurung malanga. |
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Walking through the long grass and far away |
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| Yanggang Werkul-tawa |
Yangang (walking) Werkul - name of the Wakool River followed by the postposition (-tawa) for 'along'.
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Walking along the Wakool River |
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