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nyin, nyininy

NOONGAR

sit, stay, be

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PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

yinnung : Sit (Chester Curr 1886: 391)
ngunting : sit (Taylor, Curr 1886)
ngan nyenning, nyen’gur : sit down, to (Jakbum, Wabbinyet; Bates XXII B, 3a)
nyin : sit (Kaiari, Wirijan; BATES XII 2B, 8b)
nyin ngărda : sit down (Kaiari, Wirijan; BATES XII 2B, 8b)
nyining : sitting (Kaiari, Wirijan; BATES XII 2B, 8b)
bwăr nyina : come in, “within sit” (Kaiari, Wirijan; BATES XII 2B, 8b)
nyinning, ngarda nyin : sit down, to (Ngalbaitch; Bates XII 2B, 7a)
nyin : to sit, to sit down, sitting down (Ngalbaitch; Bates XII 2B, 7a)
nyining : to sit, to sit down, sitting down (Ngalbaitch; Bates XII 2B, 7a)
ngarda nyin : sit down (Ngalbaitch; Bates XII 2B, 7a)
nyin ngarda : sit down, to (Notum, Wirijan, Kaiar; Bates XII 2B, 8a)
ńinaŋ : sit (Charlie Dabb; von Brandenstein 1970)
ninaŋ : sit (Charlie Dabb; von Brandenstein 1970)
ńinaŋ : is (Charlie Dabb; von Brandenstein 1970)
ńin : sit (Charlie Dabb; von Brandenstein 1970)
nit’ : is (Charlie Dabb; von Brandenstein 1970)
ńinaŋńaŋ : sitting with (Charlie Dabb; von Brandenstein 1970)
ńini : sit (Charlie Dabb; von Brandenstein 1970)
nit : is (Charlie Dabb; von Brandenstein 1970)
wạra ńinaŋ : sit down and rest (Charlie Dabb; von Brandenstein 1970)
ńinärdin : sit (Gordon Harris; von Brandenstein 1970)
ńiniŋ : sitting (Gordon Harris; von Brandenstein 1970)
ńinin – ńiniŋ : sitting, sitting (Gordon Harris; von Brandenstein 1970)
nyiän- : to be, to sit (Von Brandenstein 1988: 30)
nyiänit- : to let be/sit (Von Brandenstein 1988: 31)
yuagaŋ nyiän : to stay, to insist (Von Brandenstein 1988: 141)

Phrases
nundăk ngan nyin : you stay with me (Ngalbaitch; Bates XII 2B, 7a)
ngan nyingar : I sit (Jakbăm, Bumblefoot; Bates XII 2B, 3b)
ngan nyingur : I sit down (Jakbum, Wabbinyet; Bates XXII B, 3a)