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Word Class: 
particle
Meaning:
Finally, after a long time. This particle is a sentence connector with a narrative function, marking the endpoint of some extended activity.
Kurungurr Example:
Ngarrinytyirri fili........... a bitumen nganniny menytyityerr.
We kept travelling along........... then finally we hit the bitumen.
Kurungurr Example:
Tawun Watchhouse nginni pefi tye three months...... a wuddumngirr tyuk Alice Springs pefi.
We sat around in the Darwin Watchhouse for three months........ then finally they sent us down to Alice Springs gaol.