gaminhdharr

Guugu Yimidhirr

FWOTD – 7 December 2012

Etymology

From Proto-Pama-Nyungan *kamiñcarr. See gami.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡamin̪d̪ar/

Noun

gaminhdharr

  1. son of one's son; daughter of one's daughter; parallel grandchild

Synonyms

  • ngunbal (avoidance language)

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, page 422
  • Haviland, John B. 1979. ‘Guugu Yimidhirr Sketch Grammar’. R. M. W. Dixon, B. Blake (eds.) Handbook of Australian Languages, Vol I.
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