Northern Nyungic affixes in Kayardild

Summary

Affix function number of borrowed affixes

Description

Information and examples are from Evans (1995: 38, 129).

 

1 derivational suffix

‑kuru ~ ‑wuru ‘proprietive’, e.g. wara‑wuran‑kuru‑ (mouth‑food‑proprietive) ‘having food in its mouth’, kurndu‑kunawuna‑wuru‑ (chest‑child‑proprietive) ‘having a child on her chest’ (examples from Round 2010: 199)