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yeyi

NOONGAR

now, today

ENGLISH

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PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

Yy-i. : Day, To-Day (Moore 1842: 128)
Yy-i; Winnirăk; Yy-inăng. : Now (Moore 1842: 148)
Yyi. : To-Day (Moore 1842: 165)
Yy-i : Now (Symmons 1842: 12)
Yyi : To-day (Symmons 1842: 2)
cogiat iei : now (Salvado 1851: 258)
iain : now (Salvado 1851: 258)
iain : now (Salvado 1851: 260)
iei; cogiat : now (Salvado 1851: 260)
yeyur : Today (Barlee (Curr) 1886: 357)
Yy-i; Winnirăk; Yy-inăng : Now (Moore 1884: 106)
Yyi. : To-day (Moore 1884: 115)
Yy-i. : Day, to-day (Moore 1884: 94)
yiee : Today (Armstrong (Curr) 1886: 335)
yeahe : Today (Chester (Curr) 1886: 391)
yeye : Today (Goldsworthy (Curr) 1886: 341)
yeaye : Today (Goldsworthy (Curr) 1886: 385)
yiai : Today (Hester (Curr) 1886: 361)
yee : Today (Hossell, Knight & Spencer (Curr) 1886: 389)
yadgar : Today (Knight (Curr) 1886: 333)
jea : Today (Monger (Curr) 1886: 323)
yeye : Today (Salvado (Curr) 1886: 319)
jain : Now (Salvado (Curr) 1886: 320)
jei, cogiat : Now (Salvado (Curr) 1886: 320)
yeable : Today (Scott (Curr) 1886: 347)
yaiya : Today (Small (Curr) 1886: 359)
yaga : Today (Whitfield (Curr) 1886: 327)
Yeeye : Today (Baaburgurt (Bulyen/George Eliot); Bates XII 2B, 13: 18)
Yē-yee : To-day (Balbuk; Bates XII 2B, 15: 18)
Yē’yēdoogurngur gwabba : Fresh (lately made) (Balbuk; Bates XII 2B, 15: 26)
Yeya burrong gwabbaning : Ready (Balbuk; Bates XII 2B, 15: 34)
Yē-ee : Today (Bardeet; Bates XII 2B, 6: 13)
Yee : Today (Bardil; Bates XII 2B, 10: 13)
Yeye woorit gurt : Gone, He has just (Bardil; Bates XII 2B, 10: 32)
Ye neejin : Today (Boordenam, Beereenan, Boongong, Werdabirt; Bates XII 2B, 4 : 15)
Ye-ya : Today (Monnop, Ballarruk; Bates XII 2B, 24: 12)
Yē-yē gwabba : Convalescent (Monnop, Ballarruk; Bates XII 2B, 24: 17)
yee : today (Ngalbaitch; Bates XII 2B, 7a)
ye-ī : today (Ngalbaitch; Bates XII 2B, 7a)
yī : today (Ngalbaitch; Bates XII 2B, 7a)
Ye-yea mararduppin : Dusk (Ngalyart (Sarah Karil); Bates XII 2B, 9 : 15)
Yeyee : Today (Ngalyart (Sarah Karil); Bates XII 2B, 9 : 18)
Ye’yeenung marrain : Fresh (lately made) (Ngalyart (Sarah Karil); Bates XII 2B, 9 : 25)
Yē-ya : Today (Ngilgee; Bates XII 2B, 12a: 18)
Yē-ya : Today (Ngilgi; Bates XII 2B, 12b: 37)
Ye-yee : Today (Ngwoonbib; Bates XII 2B, 16: 13)
Yē nījin : Today (Waienburt, Banyaitch; Bates XII 2B, 21: 19)
Ya-yee : Today (Woolberr; Bates XII 2B, 17: 14)
Ye-yeenung : New (Woolberr; Bates XII 2B, 17: 24)
Yaain : Today (Goolaara; Bates XII 2B, 18: 9)
yē : today (Indar, Joowel, Baiungan; Bates XII 2B, 1b 1912)
Yeya, koolerding : Today (Joobaitch aka Ngoorweel; Bates XII 2B, 14: 19)
Yē-yē : Fresh (lately made) (Joobaitch aka Ngoorweel; Bates XII 2B, 14: 27)
Ye-ya : Now (at once) (Joobaitch aka Ngoorweel; Bates XII 2B, 14: 33)
Ye-ye-nung : New (Joobaitch aka Ngoorweel; Bates XII 2B, 14: 33)
Ye-ya, gert gert : Suddenly (Joobaitch aka Ngoorweel; Bates XII 2B, 14: 39)
yē : today (Kaiari, Wirijan; Bates XII 2B, 8b)
Ye-ee : Today (Kajaman; Bates XII 2B, 11: 17)
Ye-yee : Today (Kajjilgarra; Bates XII 2B, 23: 10)
yayer be : now am (Bussell 1930: 42)
yayerdun : fresh (Bussell 1930: 50)
ajayyer : now (Bussell 1930: 63)
yayer, yay : now (Bussell 1930: 8)
yhi : sun (Hassell 1975: 234)
yiäy : now, today (Von Brandenstein 1988: 140)
yi : today (Douglas 1991: 32)
yey : now (today) (Whitehurst 1992: 43)
yeyi : now (Whitehurst 1992: 43)