wangka

See also: wangka-

Pitjantjatjara

Etymology

Related to Warlpiri wangka (“talk”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwaŋka/, [ˈwɐŋkɐ]

Noun

wangka

1. speech

Verb

wangka

1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of wangkanyi: talk!

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Warlpiri

Etymology

Related to Pitjantjatjara wangka (“speech”).

Verb

wangka

1. to talk

Alternative forms

• wangkami

References

• Mary Laughren, Rob Pensalfini, Tom Mylne, Accounting for verb-initial order in an Australian language, in Verb First: On the syntax of verb-initial languages (2005)