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Aghu Tharrnggala[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Thought by Barry Alpher to be a loanword because it retains its initial consonant. Ultimately from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *dirra, *rirra, *lirra (“tooth”). Compare Kuku-Yalanji dirra (“tooth”), Warrgamay yirra (“tooth”), and general Warungu rirra and the Gu(d)jal additional forms riyala and wurriya, all meaning "tooth".
Noun[edit]
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Further reading[edit]
- Barry Alpher, Connecting Thaypanic, in Land and Language in Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country, edited by Jean-Christophe Verstraete, Diane Hafner