Word Class: VIntrI1
come!
Notes: (imperative only), Sg: baa= ]i-yn or baa= ]ii-na. 7.14.5, 11.10.2. Du: nimbi]aa= ni-yn, etc. (MDu). 14.14.3/4. nimbingaa= ]i-yn, etc. (FDu). Pl: usually numburraa= ]i-yn, etc. 47.16.3. Less often numburru=wa]i-yn. 166.22.5. Possible ex. of Benef. -a=ga]i- : 25.5.2. Mult. form of Pl: numburru-ngarra=ga]i-yn (You all) come! . Note that root normally contracts with prefix if the latter ends in a vowel, and the result is usually aa (even where regular rules would produce ii, as in Du forms). It is possible that =w1a] i- should be recognised as an alternate stem shape (e.g., ln numburru=wa] i-yn). There is no nonimperative verb for to come ; the usual expression is to go (=ya-, =ruma-) plus a demonstrative adverb like ba-gaa- la from there to here .