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nyin

NOONGAR

sit, be

ENGLISH

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PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

ngin-now : sit, remain for a time in any place (Grey 1839)
Nginnow. : Remain, To; Long In A Place (Moore 1842: 153)
Ngin-now : sit (Symmons 1842: 9)
N’yinnow : to sit, or remain in a place (Brady 1845: 34)
gninaco : to sit (Salvado 1851: 260)
knining : Sit (Barlee (Curr) 1886: 355)
ngimow : Sit (Armstrong (Curr) 1886: 335)
yinnung : Sit (Chester (Curr) 1886: 391)
nying : Sit (Graham (Curr) 1886: 351)
urayining : Sit (Hackett (Curr) 1886: 345)
nginee : Sit (Hester (Curr) 1886: 361)
nginin : Sit (Hossell, Knight & Spencer (Curr) 1886: 389)
nyning : Sit (Small (Curr) 1886: 359)
ngunting : sit (Taylor (Curr) 1886)
Narda nyinna : Sit down, to (Baaburgurt (Bulyen/George Eliot); Bates XII 2B, 13: 34)
Nyinnain : Sit down, to (Balbuk; Bates XII 2B, 15: 35)
Ngarda nyin : Sit down, to (Monnop, Ballarruk; Bates XII 2B, 24: 27)
ngarda nyin : sit down (Ngalbaitch; Bates XII 2B, 7a)
Ngardee nyinna : Sit down, to (Ngilgee; Bates XII 2B, 12a: 36)
Nan-yinna, nyinnain : Sit down, to (Joobaitch aka Ngoorweel; Bates XII 2B, 14: 37)
Ngarda nyin : Sit down, to (Kajaman; Bates XII 2B, 11: 33)
nginie : sit (Bussell 1930: 54)
Noonegin : probably refers to a flat rock near by as it means sit down (noodinin) (Glauert 1950: 6)
njin-, njininj : be, to be, to exist, to sit, to stay (when applied to humans) (Douglas 1968: 83)
nyinilanginy : in there (Bennell 1978)
nyiän- : to be, to sit (Von Brandenstein 1988: 30)
ninitj : put down (Douglas 1991: 28)
nyinanginy : continue sitting (Whitehurst 1992: 33)
nyin, ngin : to sit (Dench 1994: 189)
Nyin-iny : sit(ting) (Mippy (Rooney) 2002: 325)