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Warlmanpa Verbs Roots

The conjugation membership of a verb is indicated by citing it in the IMP, with the suffix separated by a hyphen. The conjugations are numbered to show alignments with Warlpiri conjugations as given in the Yuendumu dictionary (Hale 1974).

   imperative                         conjugation
     -ka       (consonant-final stem      1c
               (vowel-final stem          2
     -ngka     (i-final stem              1b
               (a,u-final stem            3
     -nta                                 5
     -nyja                                4
     -rra                                 1d
     wangka                               1a
There are 43 (monomorphemic) Warlmanpa verb roots, distributed between the conjugations as follows: 
    conj imperative  how many
     1a  wangka         1
     1b  -ngka  /i-     2
     1c  -ka    /C-     2
     1d  -rra           2
     2   -ka    /V-    24
     3   -ngka  /a,u-   7
     4   -nyja          1
     5   -nta           3

1a wangka

wangka talk

1b -ngka i-final stem

pali- 'die'
parti- rise , leave , start off

1c -ka consonant-final stem

pan-ka go
jin-ka burn , melt (trans, intrans)

1d -rra

-ja-rra become
ka-rra be

2 -ka vowel-final stem

nga-ka 1. tell 2. call someone something 3. scold
kinyja-ka wet
winyja-ka leave alone
paka-ka hit , chop
waka-ka climb
nguka-ka drink
la-ka hit with missile , shoot
yila-ka drip , leak , melt
karla-ka poke , spear
murla-ka copulate with
jama-ka grind (trans.)
nama-ka crush , weigh down , stomp on
kuma-ka cut
kipa-ka twist together
kupa-ka cook (trans.)
ngarta-ka trim
marta-ka have
lamarta-ka hold
ya-ka put
ngaya-ka void (as in lay an egg, give birth to, defecate, urinate)
-jiya-ka cook (trans.) (in some combinations)
kiya-ka throw
piya-ka break , bite, cut
pangi-ka scratch , dig
wayi-ka search for

3 -ngka a,u-final stem

ka-ngka take
nya-ngka see, look
lu-ngka cry , howl
pu-ngka act on , kill
kapu-ngka chase , follow , track
jutpu-ngka run
yu-ngka give

4 -nyja

nga-nyja eat (extends to drink )

5 -nta

ma-nta get , take
wa-nta fall , drop
-ya-nta go (in some combinations)
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