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Biri
Pronunciation
Pronoun
ngaya
- I (first person nominative singular pronoun)
References
Terrill, Angela. (1998) ‘’Biri’’ in ‘’Languages of the World/Materials 258.’’
Gamilaraay
Etymology
From Proto-Central New South Wales *ŋaya, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ŋayV.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
ngaya
- I (first person nominative singular pronoun)
See also
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)
- Peter Austin, A Reference Dictionary of Gamilaraay, northern New South Wales (1993)
Lindu
Noun
ngaya
- type; kind; style
Warungu
Etymology
From Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ŋayV, cognate with Gamilaraay ngaya.
Pronunciation
Noun
ngaya
- I, (first person singular nominative pronoun)
References
- Tsunoda, Tasaku. (2011) A Grammar of Warrongo