-anyi

See also: anyi

Wanyi

Suffix

-anyi

  1. dative suffix
    kijibajianyi miyaanyi, budangku nayi kara — there are no dangerous snakes in this country (literally ≈ this country [has] an absence of dangerous snakes)
    budangkubarri warnamianyi — there is no water here now (literally ≈ now [there is] an absence of water)

See also
  • -ngi

References
  • Mary Laughren, Rob Pensalfini, Tom Mylne, Accounting for verb-initial order in an Australian language, in Verb First: On the syntax of verb-initial languages (2005)
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