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Example 25-160
Putim theya la bingga, jurruny.
Put-im
put-
tr
theya
there
la
loc
bingga,
finger/hand
jurruny.
hand
[They got hot sand and they] put it on my hand [to cure an insect bite].
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation. This example illustrates the body part term
bingga
'finger, hand';
jurruny
is the Jaminjung word for 'hand, forearm'.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Antidual of paired body-part terms: No antidual
'Hand' and 'arm': Differentiation
'Finger' and 'toe': Differentiation
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