gloss “cry”
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Kuku-Yalanji Dictionary (1982)
The headword and meaning trace to the Kuku-Yalanji dictionary compiled by Henry and Ruth Hershberger with major Kuku Yalanji contributors.
Major contributors include Toby Bloomfield, Roy Friday, Billy Roberts, Hector and Doris Sykes, Joe Walker, and people who lived at Jajikal in Ayton.
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karrakay badin mayika
the child cried for food
jana banbadi yaba wulanya
They are wailing because their older brother died
Dikal yalibalaku banbadin
The birds were singing early in the morning
kaya-kaya banbadin majangka bawanya
the dogs were howling because their master left them
to feel sorrow, grief, pity