Wadeye Song Database

Songtext
Interlinear

yilele dangimangkardu ku tjithay mamnyegdjekngarrim ngarra mange ngay wardarraya

ngurdunggarlnutharra Kunybinyiwangu

ngarra nguwuminggi wardarra maletetnungirraya

014.A

yilele dangimangkardu ku tjithay mamnyegdjekngarrim ngarra mange ngay wardarraya

#8 eqqeeqeqq.eqrty_qeqeqeeqeqqe_q._q.Q.

Ah, father look at the sugarbag in my hand that I'm playing with now.

yilele

yile

father

noun

-redup

-Redup

dangimangkardu

2sS.13.Fut

FinV

-ngi

-1sDO

-DO

-ma

-hand

-IBP

-ngkardu

-see/look

-Cov

animate

NomCl

tjithay

sugarbag

noun

mamnyegdjekngarrim

mam

1sS.8_say/do.nFut

FinV

-djegdjek

-play

-Cov

=ngarrim

=1sS.3_stand.nFut

=SerFinV

ngarra

Loc

prep

mange

hand

noun

ngay

Pro

wardarraya

wardarra

already

adv

-ya

-Dub

-Part

014.B

ngurdunggarlnutharra Kunybinyiwangu

#8 rty_rty_eqrty_qeqQ.

I'm going to put it back over at Kunybinyi....

ngurdunggarlnutharra

ngurdu

1sS.29.Fut

FinV

-nggarl

-put_back

-Cov

-nu

-Fut

-Tns

-tharra

-moving

-Part

Kunybinyiwangu

kunybinyi

place_name

noun

-wangu

-direction

-Part

014.C

ngarra nguwuminggi wardarra maletetnungirraya

#8 rtyrtyeqqeeqqeqe_q.

where the totem site is, I'll stick it in there.

ngarra

who/where

Rel_Pro

nguwuminggi

nguguminggi

totem_site

noun

wardarra

already

adv

maletetnungirraya

1sS.8_say/do.Fut

FinV

-let

-stick_it

-Cov

-redup

-Redup

-nu

-Fut

-Tns

=ngirra

=1sS.3_stand.Fut

=SerFinV

-ya

-Dub

-Part

Elicitation date: 2005-06-23

Annotation quality: Tick

Annotated by: Linda Barwick and Joe Blythe

Annotator's note:

Lawrence is singing to his father's spirit who resides at Kunybinyi.