yenim

Word Class:

simple verb intr

Meaning:

Go, travel, move, be in motion.

Kurungurr Example:

Kide pefi yaganim?

Where are you going to?

Meaning:

Have a quality, to be X. Yenim combines with nominals, like 'happy' and 'lonely' in the examples below, to attribute that quality to a person. Note that the choice of yenim 'go' implies that this quality is fairly permanent or habitual. See dim 'sit' for the attribution of transitory qualities.

Kurungurr Example:

Felfi yenim.

He lives alone, he's unmarried.