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)