ngadhi

Guugu Yimidhirr

Etymology

From Proto-Paman *ngaci, from Proto-Pama-Maric *ngaci, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ngaci.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ŋad̪i/

Noun

ngadhi

1. Maternal grandfather, mother's father.

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)
• Haviland, John B. 1979. ‘Guugu Yimidhirr Sketch Grammar’. R. M. W. Dixon, B. Blake (eds.) Handbook of Australian Languages, Vol I.