Word Class: VTrA1
to eat; to swallow, gulp down (punctual aspect).
Notes: (=nga-ng, =ngu-ni, =ngu-yii, =ngii-, etc), Some punctual exx. are 1.2.7, 7.8.3, 7.9.5, 16.14.4, 16.23.3, 163.21.1. Though the punctual is fairly common in these action-oriented texts, in ordinary life in unmarked contexts the continuous is commonly used; see 3.4.3rdp, 13.8.1rdp, 119.8.4, 163.21.1, etc. Benef: -a=ngu-. 6.2.4. (with adversely affected beneficiary) Mult: -w1arra=ngu-. 93.2.2, 98.8.6, 113.10.4, 166.24.4. -w1a`=ngu- (younger speakers) or -w1a`a=ngu- (older ones) (Intr !) to drink (object unspecified in verb). Exx. of -w1a`=ngu- are10.15.2rdp, 92.2.4rdp; exx. of -w1a`a=ngu- are 95.3.1/3, 127.2.3, 127.3.4, 128.1.4, 163.18.4, 163.24.2rdp, 167.10.3. Ex: ni-ya`a=ngu-ni anaa-gugu He drank the water ( direct object noun present in clause but not cross-referenced in verb) In most cpds. replaced by =w2a- to bite . Cf . =lharrga-, =ngandhalgalha-, =nga]nga]dha-, -w1/w2arra[arr-wu-, Rf: ngam! (usually in series).