wangka

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Pitjantjatjara

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Etymology

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Related to Warlpiri wangka (“talk”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈwaŋka/, [ˈwɐŋkɐ]

Noun

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wangka

  1. speech

Verb

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wangka

  1. imperative of wangkanyi: talk!

Warlpiri

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Etymology

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Related to Pitjantjatjara wangka (“speech”).

Verb

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wangka

  1. to talk

Alternative forms

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References

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  • Mary Laughren, Rob Pensalfini, Tom Mylne, Accounting for verb-initial order in an Australian language, in Verb First: On the syntax of verb-initial languages (2005)
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