Dhurga Dictionary
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
ABOUT THE DICTIONARY
Phonemes - vowel and consonants
| a pronounced as | u in cup |
| u pronounced as | oo in foot |
| i pronounced as | i in fit |
| aa pronounced as | ar in far |
| ii pronounced as | ee in feel |
| r pronounced as | a rolled r |
Digraphs - a combination of letters representing a sound
| dh pronounced as | dh in duty |
| dj pronounced as | j in judge |
| nj pronounced as | ni in onion |
| ng pronounced as | ng in sing |
| ii pronounced as | ee in feel |
| ngg pronounced as | ng in finger |
| Dhawa | English | Audio |
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| ‘-a |
in/at/on (locative case), on words ending in r, rr or l. |
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| ‘-abul |
their (third person dual possessive) |
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| ‘-bara |
dual marker (two things/people, a couple of, use after a consonant). |
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| ‘-baraga |
plural marker (three or more things/people, use after a consonant). |
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| ‘-bul |
your (second person dual possessive). |
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| ‘-buran |
use of, for the purpose of (used after a consonant.) Purposive on nouns. |
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| ‘-dha |
my/mine (inalienable - use when the thing cannot be given away or taken) |
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| ‘-dha |
in/at/on (locative case), not on words ending in r, rr or l. |
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| ‘-dha |
towards/to (allative case). |
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| ‘-dha |
with/using (instrumental case). |
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| ‘-dhuga |
my/mine (alienable - use when the thing can be given away or taken). |
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| ‘-din |
motion away from a place or object. ablative case. |
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| ‘-djan |
their (third person plural possessive). |
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| ‘-dju |
subject of an action that is done to soemthing else. Subject of transtitive verb. ergative case marker. |
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| ‘-djur |
your (second person plural possessive). |
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| ‘-ga |
I (first person singular subject). |
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| ‘-gudha |
having the highest amount of a quality e.g. best, biggest, fastest. superlative construction. |
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| ‘-gudhu |
having more of a quality than another thing or person e.g. better, bigger, faster. comparatuve construction. |
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| ‘-gul |
for, on behalf of (after a consonant). Benefactive case marker. |
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| ‘-gun |
I (do something to) you, describes both subject and object in a single 'fused' ending. |
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| ‘-gunda |
very. intensifier |
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| ‘-in |
them three or more (third person plural object) |
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| ‘-la |
past tense, attached to a verb to show the action occured in the past. |
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| ‘-li |
you (one person) use only for actions in the past. (second person singular subject) |
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| ‘-lu |
you two (second person dual object) |