Language Contact and Documentation: Contacto Linguistico y Documentacion

294 Nicholas Evans
¡Tira! ¡Tira! (él tironeó de sus vellos púbicos). “Ay, mamá, este hijo tuyo,
este novicio de la ceremonia mardayin, ha estado tironeando de nuestro
vello púbico!”
1.20 “Aa, kare ngudman nakka nuk burd kare
aa maybe youEMPH MA:DEM DUB grunter.fish maybe
ngunhbene-kornmud-baye ngudberre la ngayi nga-mungu.”
3/2uaIMM-pubic.hair-biteNP you CONJ I 1-uninvolved
“Aa, it was you yourselves, it might have been a grunter fish or something
nibbling at your pubic hairs, because I had nothing to do with it.”
“Ah, eran ustedes, habrá sido un pez o algo que mordisqueaba su vello
púbico, porque yo no tuve nada que ver con eso”.
1.21 “Ngudda wanjh, ngudda kanh-kornmud-yirridjme-ng
you then you 2/1aIMM-pubic.hair-snatch-PP
ngarrewoneng.”
1ua
“It was you, you were snatching at our pubic hair.” [here kanh- is the
Kuninjku form; the Kunwinjku form would be kanhbene-]
“Fuiste tú, tú estabas tironeando de nuestro vello púbico.” [aquí kanh- es
la forma kuninjku; la forma kunwinjku sería kanhbene]
1.22 “Ngayi wanjh burrkyak, la burd nakka.”
I then nothing CONJ grunter.fish MA:DEM
“It wasn’t me at all, but that grunter fish.” [KW = KI kayakki]
“No fui yo para nada, sino ese pez”. [KW = KI kayakki]
1.23 Rawoyhno wanjh, “Ngane-rawoyh-bo-rro-ng,” wanjh
again then 1ua-again-liquid-strike-NP Then
bene-bo-rro-y
3uaP-liquid-strike-PP
Again they said: “Let’s clap on the water again”, and they clapped on
the water.
Otra vez dijeron: “Golpeemos el agua otra vez”, y dieron una palmada
sobre el agua.
1.24 djilurlh djilurlh djilurlh djilurlh djilurlh djilurlh bene-bo-rro-y.
splash splash splash splash splash splash 3uaP-liquid-strike-PP
Splash! Splash! Splash! Splash! Splash! Splash! they struck the water.
¡Splash! ¡Splash! ¡Splash! ¡Splash! ¡Splash! ¡Splash! golpeaban el agua.
1.25 Wanjh, “Konda ngune-na nga-wurlebme, wanjh yewelk kondah
then here 2ua-seeIMP 1-swimNP then bubble here
ngah …” njamed yewelk, burrng-burrng, nawu yewelk
1IMM whatsit bubble bubble-bubble MA:DEM bubble