garrbal

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Guugu Yimidhirr

Etymology

From Proto-Pama-Nyungan *karrpi- ~ *karrpa- "hold together".

Pronunciation

Verb

garrbal

  1. hold

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.