nguku

See also: ngũkũ

Kayardild

Etymology

From Proto-Pama-Nyungan *nguku.

Noun

nguku

1. water

References

• Nicholas Evans, A Grammar of Kayardild: With Historical-comparative Notes on Tangkic

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Mangarayi

Etymology

From Proto-Pama-Nyungan *nguku.

Noun

nguku

1. water

Further reading

• Barry Alpher, Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Claire Bowern, Harold James Koch, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method (2004, →ISBN

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Mudburra

Etymology

From Proto-Pama-Nyungan *nguku.

Noun

nguku

1. water
2. drinking water or any other drink (except milk), especially beer
3. rain
4. a body of water; a lake, a river

References

• Australian Languages: Classification and the comparative method (2004, →ISBN

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Warlpiri

Etymology

From Proto-Pama-Nyungan *nguku.

Noun

nguku

1. water

Synonyms

• see ngapa

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Yangkaal

Etymology

From Proto-Pama-Nyungan *nguku.

Noun

nguku

1. water

Further reading

• Barry Alpher, Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Claire Bowern, Harold James Koch, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method (2004, →ISBN