yiin-purami
Warlpiri
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]yiin-purami
- to count
- Nyampu-jana nyangka parlpa-warnu, nyajangu? Kulalpa-jana nganangku nyampurraju yiin-purayarla.
- Look at the stars up there, how many are they? No one is able to count them.[1]
Inflection
[edit]Conjugation of yiin-purami
| nonpast | past | imperative | immediate future | present continuous | infinitive | irrealis | nomic | andative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| yiin-purami | yiin-puraja | yiin-puraya | yiin-puraju | yiin-puranya | yiin-puranja | yiin-purayarla | yiin-purangu | yiin-puranji† |
† The andative is inflected like a verb of the ni-class (5th class)
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Stephen M. Swartz (2012) “Interactive Warlpiri—English Dictionary: with English—Warlpiri finderlist”, in ausil.org, 2nd edition, Darwin: Australian Society for Indigenous Languages (AuSIL)