ngaya

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Biri[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

ngaya

  1. I (first person nominative singular pronoun)

References[edit]

Terrill, Angela. (1998) ‘’Biri’’ in ‘’Languages of the World/Materials 258.’’

Gamilaraay[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Central New South Wales *ŋaya, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ŋayV.

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

ngaya

  1. I (first person nominative singular pronoun)

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  • 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)
  • Peter Austin, A Reference Dictionary of Gamilaraay, northern New South Wales (1993)

Lindu[edit]

Noun[edit]

ngaya

  1. type; kind; style

Warungu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ŋayV, cognate with Gamilaraay ngaya.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ngaya

  1. I, (first person singular nominative pronoun)

References[edit]

  • Tsunoda, Tasaku. (2011) A Grammar of Warrongo
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