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      The ‘More’ view also includes audio - click on the speaker icon to hear the word. Also displayed is the word’s part of speech (e.g. noun, verb etc. (see below for the abbreviations used).

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      • sentence examples
      • additional notes and explanations
      • cross-referencing links to related words in the dictionary
      • distinguishing of subentries by indenting under their main entry
      • for most plants and animals, links to major sources of further information (see below for information about the sources we have used).
      • audio - click on the speaker icon   to hear the word, and displays the part of speech (e.g. noun, verb etc. (see below for the abbreviations used).

    Abbreviations

    Language names

    AbbreviationLanguage name
    GRGamilaraay
    YRYuwaalaraay
    YYYuwaalayaay

    Parts of speech

    Gaman includes many part-of-speech labels. The main ones are:

    AbbreviationPart of speech
    nNoun
    adjAdjective
    vtrVerb (transitive)
    viVerb (intransitive)
    plnPlace name
    suffSuffix
    proPronoun
    vpVerb phrase
    advAdverb
    advpAdverb (indicating place)
    exclExclamation
    nadjNoun & Adjective
    nplnNoun: Place name
    ptParticiple
    qQuestion word
    advtAdverb (indicating time)
    adjadvAdjective & Adverb
    demDemonstrative
    clClitic
    cjConjunction

    Linked sources for plants and animals

    Many words for plants and animals have a set of links like this: (→W) (→EOL) (→ALA). Clicking on any of these links send a request for information about that plant or animal to these well-respected websites:

    AbbreviationWeb source
    WWikipedia, from the Wikimedia Foundation
    EOLThe Encyclopedia of Life, from the Smithsonian Institute (USA)
    ALAAtlas of Living Australia, from the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy and CSIRO (Australia)

    Use Search to:

    • find GYY words: particular Gamilaraay, Yuwaalaraay, Yuwaalayaay (GYY) words
    • find English meanings: GYY dictionary entries that use particular English words to explain their meanings

    GYY word search

    Type your search term into the box, make sure “Search in ☉ GYY” is selected, then press “Yananga” (Go).

    You can type a whole GYY word, or part of a word; for example:

    • if you type ‘gaba’ you will find GYY words including “gaba” “gaban” and “bagabaga”.

    To search for GYY words that contain hyphens (such as “aaba-li”) or fullstops (such as “gun.gun”), you can include these in your search term or omit them. Search will find all the matched words even if you don’t include the hyphens or fullstops:

    • if you type “aabali” you will find “aaba-li”, and “dhurraabali”.
    • however, if you do include any hyphens or fullstops, you will only find words that do include them. For example, if you type “-li” you will find “ma-li” and “dha-li”, but not “gali” or “milimili”,

    English meaning search

    Type your search term into the box, make sure “Search in ☉ English” is selected, then press “Yananga” (Go).

    You can type a whole English word, or part of a word; for example:

    • if you type ‘bird’ you will find GYY words with meanings including “bird”, “birds”, and “butcherbird”.

    Search results

    if your search is successful, the page with display a list of GYY entries. Each item in the list is a summary entry only: to see its full entry, click on the linked (underlined) GYY word and you will be taken to the main dictionary entry.

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