yalhuru

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Martuthunira[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

yalhuru

  1. Tongue.

See also[edit]

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

Panyjima[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

yalhuru

  1. Tongue.

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)
  • 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.