yalhuru

Martuthunira

Etymology

From Proto-Ngayarda *yalhuru, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *yalʸu "flame".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jal̪uɻu/

Noun

yalhuru

1. Tongue.

See also

• kartawura

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)
• Dench, Alan Charles. 1995. Martuthunira: A Language of the Pilbara Region of Western Australia. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. Series C-125.

Panyjima

Etymology

From Proto-Ngayarda *yalhuru, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *yalʸu "flame".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jal̪uɻu/

Noun

yalhuru

1. Tongue.

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)
• Dench, Alan. 1991. ‘Panyjima’. R.M.W. Dixon, Barry J. Blake (eds.) The Handbook of Australian Languages, Volume 4. Melbourne: Oxford University Press Australia, 125–244.