Nharangga Word
wandidja
English Word
1.sleep; lie down; 2.probably can also mean to stay somewhere; 3.pass away, a sensitive way of saying die
Main Sentence English
the language was sleeping.
Definition/Cultural Note
- the ver stem is wandi. Word endings are added directly onto the stem: wandi-dja.- see community grammar book The fragments of Budderers waddyfor details of how to use Nharangga verbs.- related language records indicate that this probably has other meanins as well, such as stay camp or live (at).- using the phrase miya wandidja clarifies that you mean sleep.- on some tapes made by elders in the sixties, this sounds like mundidja. Wandidja is much more commonly recorded. Possibly the speaker has incorporated the m from miya wandidja.