Word Class: VTrA1
to hold, grasp , to be in charge of (people, country, ritual)
Notes: 9.8.4, 10.16.1, 10.15.6, 14.13.4, 23.3.1, 29.7.1, 40.1.2, 54.1.4/5, 68.1.4, 161.1.3, 163.14.5, 168.9.3. (Now beginning to occur in some English calques involving to have , since this is the closest Nunggubuyu verb.) Mult: -w1arra=wa]aga-. 113.2.6, 55.9.5. Benef: -a=ba]aga-. 111.1.2ff. -janda=wa]aga- to hold (someone) by the back. 25.5.4.