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Guugu Yimidhirr
Etymology
From Proto-Paman *kapirrV, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *kapi+.
Pronunciation
Noun
gabiirr
- girl, unmarried woman
Synonyms
References
- 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)
- Haviland, John B. 1979. ‘Guugu Yimidhirr Sketch Grammar’. R. M. W. Dixon, B. Blake (eds.) Handbook of Australian Languages, Vol I.