Language: Jaminjung (Both Jaminjung and Ngaliwurru varieties)
Contributors: Eva Schultze-Berndt
Complex verb
Verb meaning: BE SAD ABOUT [be-sad-about]
Comment: Complex Verb, with transitive indexing but syntactically intransitive. Lit. 'sad, weak, sorry + SAY/DO'. See also burru marring ganiyu.
Schema: 1-abs subj[1].V
Examples for basic coding frame:| (148) |
Ngayuggayi bujarl ngayunggum, Nangariwu. ngayug=gayi 1SG=ALSO bujarl sad/sorry nga-yunggu-m 1SG.A:3SG-say/do-PRS Nangari-wu Nangari-DAT I too am worried for / sad about Nangari. |
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