ngulu

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Gamilaraay[edit]

ngulu

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Central New South Wales *ŋuluŋ, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ŋu(r)lu.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ngulu

  1. face, forehead

References[edit]

  • 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)

Kituba[edit]

Noun[edit]

ngulu

  1. pig

Ngiyambaa[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Central New South Wales *ŋuluŋ, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ŋu(r)lu.

Noun[edit]

ngulu

  1. face, forehead

References[edit]

  • 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)

Nyishi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From ngo (“I”) +‎ -lu (“plural suffix in pronouns”).

Pronoun[edit]

ngulu

  1. we

References[edit]

  • P. T. Abraham (2005) A Grammar of Nyishi Language‎[1], Delhi: Farsight Publishers and Distributors
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