ngulu

See also: ngúlu

Gamilaraay

ngulu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ŋulu/

Noun

ngulu

1. face, forehead

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)

Kituba

Noun

ngulu

1. pig

Kongo

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *ngʊ̀dʊ̀bè.

Noun

ngulu class 9

1. pig

Ngiyambaa

Etymology

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

Noun

ngulu

1. face, forehead

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)

Nyishi

Etymology

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

Pronoun

ngulu

1. we

References

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