Title Gija dictionary / Frances Kofod, Eileen Bray, Rusty Peters, Joe Blythe and Anna Crane

Published Canberra, ACT : Aboriginal Studies Press, 2022

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Description 1 online resource : colour illustrations, colour maps, colour portraits Contents Cover -- About the cover image -- Half title -- Title page -- Imprint and copyright -- Contents -- Gija speakers -- Preface and acknowledgements -- 1. The Gija language and Gija country -- 1.1. Varieties of Gija -- 1.2. Bibliography -- 2. Gija spelling and pronunciation -- 2.1. Consonants -- 2.1.1. Notes about pronunciation of consonants -- 2.2 Vowel sounds -- 2.2.1. Notes about pronunciation of vowels -- 3. Gija skin names and relationship terms -- 3.1. Gija skin -- 3.1.1. Fathers and their children -- 3.2. Gija relationship terms -- 3.2.1. Other relationship words 3.2.2. Talking about relations -- 3.3. Saying names -- 3.3.1. Ways of avoiding restricted names -- 3.3.2. Avoidance, respect and familiarity -- 3.4. The skins of Gija dreamtime animals -- 4. Gija word classes and grammar -- 4.1. Gender and number -- 4.2. Nouns and adjectives -- 4.2.1. Suffixes that express place and time -- 4.2.2. Other nominal suffixes -- 4.2.3. Making new nouns -- 4.3. Numerals, quantifiers and number suffixes -- 4.4. Time and place in Gija -- locatives, temporals and directionals -- 4.4.1. Locatives and temporals -- 4.4.2. Directionals -- 4.5. Asking questions in Gija 4.5.1. Polar questions -- 4.5.2. Content questions -- 4.5.3. Word search words -- 4.5.4. Indeterminate interrogatives using -anyji -- 4.6. Demonstratives -- 4.7. Personal pronouns -- 4.7.1. Cardinal pronouns -- 4.7.2. Possessive pronouns -- 4.7.3. Enclitic pronouns -- 4.8. Gija verbs -- 4.8.1. Inflecting verbs -- 4.8.2. Coverbs -- 4.8.3. Gerunds -- 'for doing . . .' -- 4.8.4. Verbs in subordinate clauses -- 4.9. Adverbs, particles and interjections -- 5. About the entries in this dictionary -- 5.1. Layout of entries -- 6 Gija to English Dictionary -- 7 English to Gija word finder Notes In the Gija language and English Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- East Kimberley -- Language -- Dictionaries Western Australia -- East Kimberley. Genre/Form Dictionaries. Form Electronic book Author Bray, Eileen, author Peters, Rusty, author Blythe, Joe, author Crane, Anna, author Blythe, Joe Crane, Anna ISBN 9781922752123 1922752126

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