nganthari

Martuthunira

Etymology

From Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ngañcar (“tongue”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ŋan̪t̪aɻi/

Noun

nganthari

1. tooth
2. sharp

Synonyms

• (tooth) yirra

References

• Barry Alpher (2004), “Proto-Pama-Nyungan Etyma”, in Claire Bowern, Harold Koch, editors, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, Amsterdam: John Benjamins, →ISBN, section 5.1, pages 493–4
• Dench, Alan Charles. 1995. Martuthunira: A Language of the Pilbara Region of Western Australia. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. Series C-125.