Word Class: Warra
the less salient of the two local flying foxes (fruit-bats), Pteropus gouldii, black flying fox
Notes: Other flying fox: ma`banggarri. -aG- or -waaG- Pref Benefactive prefix (indicates that the object marked in the verb is an indirect object). Discussed in Grammar; note possible confusion with following item. In some contexts can also be confused with -ar-, -ay- (aay). -aG- or -a- Pref ground, earth, dirt. Used only as cpd. initial: see w2a[awa[a[, w2a[birr, w2ulbul, =w2uda-, perhaps jiibug. Note that many nouns (listed separately, above and below) of related meaning begin with a- and thus may well contain this element etymologically (aban, abu`u, =abiynburrda-, aga[uj, agalhargalharg, etc.). Most closely related noun semantically is aban. Cf. a`nga. Easily confused with preceding entry in verb forms.