http://anggarrgoon.wordpress.com/2008/02/08/girri/ Bardi on the Web Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:02:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU http://anggarrgoon.wordpress.com/2008/02/08/girri/#comment-17056 David Marjanović Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:14:15 +0000 http://anggarrgoon.wordpress.com/?p=523#comment-17056 In German, too, there's a word that means "stuff" (as general as in English) in, say, Austria, but "clothes" at least along the middle Rhine, and a few hundred years ago it must have meant "military equipment". In German, too, there’s a word that means “stuff” (as general as in English) in, say, Austria, but “clothes” at least along the middle Rhine, and a few hundred years ago it must have meant “military equipment”.

]]> http://anggarrgoon.wordpress.com/2008/02/08/girri/#comment-17015 Lameen Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:57:56 +0000 http://anggarrgoon.wordpress.com/?p=523#comment-17015 Hey, Algerian Arabic has just the same polysemy - Hwayej = clothes = stuff. "Clothes" is definitely the focal meaning there, though, at least to my mind. Hey, Algerian Arabic has just the same polysemy - Hwayej = clothes = stuff. “Clothes” is definitely the focal meaning there, though, at least to my mind.

]]> http://anggarrgoon.wordpress.com/2008/02/08/girri/#comment-17009 Wamut Sun, 10 Feb 2008 06:52:55 +0000 http://anggarrgoon.wordpress.com/?p=523#comment-17009 Yeah, the broader meaning of girri' might be like 'enijing' in Kriol as in, 'ai garra gajim main enijing' (I'll get my things), which is different from 'ai garra gajim samthing' (I've got to get something). Yeah, the broader meaning of girri’ might be like ‘enijing’ in Kriol as in, ‘ai garra gajim main enijing’ (I’ll get my things), which is different from ‘ai garra gajim samthing’ (I’ve got to get something).

]]> http://anggarrgoon.wordpress.com/2008/02/08/girri/#comment-17007 David Nash Fri, 08 Feb 2008 21:11:48 +0000 http://anggarrgoon.wordpress.com/?p=523#comment-17007 Perhaps 'stuff' is too broad. It sounds like <i>girri'</i> is like Warlpiri <i>jurnarrpa</i> which is the word for 'clothes' but also means 'belongings, gear'; and so 'stuff' as in "Get your stuff and come along!' but not "What is the stuff in this bottle?". Perhaps ’stuff’ is too broad. It sounds like girri’ is like Warlpiri jurnarrpa which is the word for ‘clothes’ but also means ‘belongings, gear’; and so ’stuff’ as in “Get your stuff and come along!’ but not “What is the stuff in this bottle?”.

]]> http://anggarrgoon.wordpress.com/2008/02/08/girri/#comment-17006 Claire Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:35:27 +0000 http://anggarrgoon.wordpress.com/?p=523#comment-17006 It's a glottal stop. In theory. It's not entirely straightforward. Some claim it's a prosodic feature, others that it's a segment with a weird distribution. It’s a glottal stop. In theory. It’s not entirely straightforward. Some claim it’s a prosodic feature, others that it’s a segment with a weird distribution.

]]> http://anggarrgoon.wordpress.com/2008/02/08/girri/#comment-17005 James Crippen Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:32:46 +0000 http://anggarrgoon.wordpress.com/?p=523#comment-17005 What does the final apostrophe mean? Glottal stop? Tone? What does the final apostrophe mean? Glottal stop? Tone?

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