Reconstruction:Proto-Pama-Nyungan/nguku

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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

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Compare Proto-Trans-New Guinea *nok (water).

Noun

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*nguku

  1. water

Descendants

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  • Ayabadhu (Yintyingka): ngoki (water)
  • Baagandji: ngugu (water)
  • Garawa: nguwu (water)
  • Kayardild: nguku (water)
  • Kuku-Uwanh: ngaka (water)
  • Kalkatungu: kuu (water)
  • Kuuk Thaayorre: ngok (water)
  • Lardil: nguka (water; year)
  • Mangarayi: nguku (water)
  • Mudburra: nguku (water)
  • Ngarrindjeri: nguk (water)
  • Nyunga: nguk (honey)
  • Wangkumara: nguku (river), also possibly ngaka (water)
  • Warlpiri: nguku (water)
  • Wik-Mungkan: ngak (water)
  • Wik-Ngathana: ngak (water)
  • Yangkaal: nguku (water)
  • Yindjilandji: nguka (water)

Further reading

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  • Alpher, Barry (2004), Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Claire Bowern, Harold James Koch, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method →ISBN