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1 Chapter 1. Introduction: status and definition of compounding ...

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- forming compound expressions <strong>of</strong> time by <strong>compounding</strong> the words for 'sun' or 'shade' with the<br />

position <strong>of</strong> the sun: yama-karlarra 'shadow-west' 'sunrise'<br />

- <strong>compounding</strong> two partial antonyms<br />

jaka-ngalya 'some <strong>of</strong> this <strong>and</strong> some <strong>of</strong> that' jaka 'rear, backside' ngalya 'forehead<br />

nyurnu-wankaru ' brothers, sisters, where at least one is dead <strong>and</strong> at least one is alive'<br />

nyurnu 'dead' wankaru 'alive'<br />

pirdangirli-kamparru 'one behind the other' pirdangirli 'behind' kamparru 'ahead'<br />

kankarlu-kanunju 'up <strong>and</strong> down, one on top <strong>of</strong> the other' kankarlu 'up' kanunju 'down'<br />

This last can be metaphorically extended to 'be in two minds':<br />

(i) Nyina ka-rna kankarlu-kanunju.<br />

sit-nonpast PRES-1SBJ up-down<br />

I'm in two minds (about it). [PPJ 24/10/86]<br />

4 An example is the ending -marramarra which is attested on only a few forms: ngalyarrpa-<br />

marra-marra, jilja-marra-marra, yilyampuru-marra-marra 'multiple s<strong>and</strong>-hills, continuous<br />

s<strong>and</strong>-ridges' (ngalyarrpa, jilja, yilyampuru 's<strong>and</strong>-hill'), marliri-marramarra 'string <strong>of</strong> claypans'<br />

(marluri 'claypan'). The fact that it attaches to the augmented form ngalyarrpa shows that it<br />

attaches to a free st<strong>and</strong>ing nominal. This contrasts with some lexicalised noun-suffix forms in<br />

which the suffix attaches to the unaugmented form, e .g. ngalyarr-ngarna 'creeper-twine'<br />

(s<strong>and</strong>.hill-denizen).<br />

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