thawun

See also: dhawun

Gamilaraay

Alternative forms

• dhawun

Etymology

From Proto-Central New South Wales *dhagun, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ta:ku.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪awun/

Noun

thawun

1. earth, ground, dirt

Derived terms

• thawunbaraay

References

• Barry Alpher Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, edited by Claire Bowern and Harold Koch (Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2004)
• Peter Austin, A Reference Dictionary of Gamilaraay, northern New South Wales (1993)