Jaminjung (Both Jaminjung and Ngaliwurru varieties), Example 2
Ganantha warrgi, jalig wuju-ni.
gan-antha
3SG.A:3SG.P-take.PRS
na
now
warrgi
hold.in.front
jalig
child
wuju-ni
small-ERG
He's hugging him now, the little child is.
Comment:
boy > dog, in Frog Story scene where the dog had fallen out of the window. Angular brackets <> mark Kriol words. The verb stem -(a)ntha is a suppletive alternant of -uga 'take'.
