ngalkal

/ˈŋalɡal/

gloss “outside”

Location · deixis

outside. Can refer to outside the house, outside the scrub, outside a certain area.

outside

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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.

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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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I went outside (or out of) the scrub

Ngayu ngalkalba dungan, madjamun

Prose notes it can refer to outside a house, outside the scrub, or outside a defined area.