Nouns
nga–mawurr ‘my arm’
i–mawurr ‘his arm’.
The full list of options is shown in the table below. There is more than one prefix in some cells because different nouns take slightly different prefixes. For example, we say
i–lurtpuj ‘he’s short’
nu–malal ‘he’s good’.
Some words can also have a plural suffix -ut when they take a plural prefix. The main dictionary entry for each noun that takes a prefix is the Masculine gender form, and the main entry lists other forms of the noun. Other forms listed in the dictionary will link to the main form with the pointer ‘See main entry:‘[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Hover over the green text in the table to see explanations of the shorthand. Refer to the page on pronouns and demonstratives for tables outlining these grammatical indicators in more detail.
| Nominal prefixes | |
| 1sg | nga- |
| 1pl.in | arr(k)- |
| 1pl.ex | ngarr- |
| 2sg | nuK2– |
| 2pl | nuwurr- |
| MA | i- ~ y- ~ nu- |
| FE | niny- |
| LL | wu- ~ nung- |
| VE | ma- ~ na- |
| ED | aK- ~ naK– |
| PL | wi- ~ anpu- ~ tu – |
Masculine (MA)
male humans, most animals, some birds, snakes, song, the moon, meat, honey
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Feminine (FE)
female humans, crabs, some birds, some animals, the sun
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Land (LL)
land, landscape features, liquids, stories, customs, knowledge, language, rocks/stones
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Vegetation (VE)
most plants, non-edible parts, plant products, wood, fire
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Edible (ED)
all edible plant products, buildings and other household items, wind
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