Reconstruction:Proto-Pama-Nyungan/kuna

This Proto-Pama-Nyungan entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Pama-Nyungan

Noun

*kuna

  1. dung, manure

Descendants

  • Baagandji: kuna
  • Bandjalang: gunaŋ
  • Proto-Central New South Wales: *gunang
  • Karnic
  • Martuthunira: kuna
  • Pitjantjatjara: kuna
  • Warlpiri: kuna
  • Woiwurrung: koonong
  • ⇒ Australian Kriol: guna
  • → English: goona (from one of the Pama-Nyungan languages)

References

  • Barry Alpher (2004), “Proto-Pama-Nyungan Etyma”, in Claire Bowern, Harold Koch, editors, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, Amsterdam: John Benjamins, →ISBN, section 5.1, pages 439–42
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