koora
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PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
go-rejut : first, before (Grey 1839)
go-ree : just now (Grey 1839)
go-rah : long time ago ; the reverse of “mela” (Grey 1839)
gá-rum : little while ago (Grey 1839:?)
Karamb. : Ago, Any Time (Moore 1842: 120)
Gori; Epal. : Ago, Little Time (Moore 1842: 120)
Gorah. : Ago, Long Time (Moore 1842: 120)
Gorijăt; Gwytch-ăngăt; Gwadjăt. : Before (Moore 1842: 123)
Gorijăt; Gwadjăt; Gwytchăngăt. : First (Moore 1842: 133)
Karamb. : Formerly, Any Time Previous (Moore 1842: 135)
Gori; Gwytch. : Just Now (Moore 1842: 142)
Gori. : Lately (Moore 1842: 143)
Gori. : Little While Ago (Moore 1842: 144)
Gorah. : Long Time Ago (Moore 1842: 144)
Gori. : Now, Just Now (Moore 1842: 148)
Garro. : Then (Moore 1842: 164)
Go-ri : Already (Symmons 1842: 12)
Go-ri : Just now (Symmons 1842: 12)
Go-rah : Long time ago (Symmons 1842: 12)
Go-ri : Short time since (Symmons 1842: 12)
Ka-ramb : Formerly (Symmons 1842:12)
Gori : just now (Brady 1845: 21)
Gorah : long time ago. (Brady 1845: 21)
Guragor : old, aged, it is a compound of gorah-gorah, a long time ago. (Brady 1845: 22)
caran : some time before (Salvado 1851: 257)
curacura : straightway; soon (Salvado 1851: 257)
cura ; caran : long time ago (Salvado 1851: 259)
Karram : Ago, long time (Baaburgurt (Bulyen/George Eliot); Bates XII 2B, 13: 19)
Kooraa : Long ago (Balbuk; Bates XII 2B, 15: 30)
Kooraa : Long time (Balbuk; Bates XII 2B, 15: 30)
Kooraa : Long time ago, That was a (Balbuk; Bates XII 2B, 15: 45)
Koora : Long ago (Monnop, Ballarruk; Bates XII 2B, 24: 22)
Kurā : Long time ago (Ngalbaitch; Bates XII 2B, 7b : 13)
Karram : Week (last) (Ngilgee; Bates XII 2B, 12a: 18)
Gwarra yooga : Before (Ngilgee; Bates XII 2B, 12a: 20)
Koor-ra, koorarree : Long ago (Ngilgee; Bates XII 2B, 12a: 29)
Koorraa : Long time (Ngilgee; Bates XII 2B, 12a: 30)
Goorraa : Long ago (Joobaitch aka Ngoorweel; Bates XII 2B, 14: 31)
Karram : Yesterday (Kajaman; Bates XII 2B, 11: 18)
Koorarr : Long ago, (Kajaman; Bates XII 2B, 11: 28)
kurrum : long ago (Bussell 1930: 70)
kuṛa, kwetjaŋ : ago, long ago (Douglas 1968: 82)
kuṛa : before, previously, long ago (Douglas 1968: 83)
kuṛa : previously, before (Douglas 1968: 96)
kura : long time ago (Bennell 1978)
quaraa : long time ago (Von Brandenstein 1988: 78)
koora : before (Whitehurst 1992: 30)
koora, kooralang : long ago (Whitehurst 1992: 41)
Gora : Long ago (Richards 1994: 128)
Gori : Recently (Richards 1994: 128)
kura : before (Winmar 1996:3)