Transcription of ‘directions handwritten notes’
North (yi-)bay
West (yi-)gerriny
East (yi-)rorro
South (yi-)walam
(yi-) is the allative prefix ‘to, towards’. If you say something is ‘in’ the North or you’re just pointing to the North you just say ‘bay’
The ablative forms are:
North bayela
West gerrinyela
East rorrowala
South walambala
but they’re not used much
(yi-) garra ‘up, upriver’
(yi-) yerreh ‘down, downriver’
garrkgu(-gah) ‘on top, outside’
yerrkge(-gah) ‘down the bottom, inside’
nurru-rabona [direction]
2pl-go+FUT
‘you mob go ____!’
nurru-wakgena yunggulwala
2pl-return+FUT this way
‘you mob come back this way’
for ‘direction to’ you can substitute the allative forms of direction terms
for ‘direction from’ you can substitute the ablative forms
(nguny & nurru for intransitive verbs)
nginy-
2sg
nurru-[rabona]-pbirrah
2pl-[go]-dual
‘you two [go]’
for transitive verbs, if object is 3sg
nu-2pl
ju-2 du
ngu-
1sg- (intr/tr)
ngurru- (intr)1incl.pl (mela)/wi
