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Kuku Yalanji

kayiji

/ˈɡajiɟi/

gloss “getting hooked”

Bodily · mental · statey-conjugation

Definitions

charm (idioom)
getting hooked

Translations

getting hookedcharm

Community pronunciations

Examples

Ngayku kambi kayijin barber wirenga

My clothes got hooked on a barbed wire fence

Nyulu yinya maral kayijin dingkaranda

The girl was charmed/fascinated by the man

Word formation

Derivation: -ji- — reflexive / general intransitive (§3.8.5.4)

Commentary

Intransitive counterpart of transitive kayil 'hook/charm'; the -ji here is the intransitivising verb suffix.

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