gami

Guugu Yimidhirr

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡami/

Etymology

From Proto-Paman *kami "mother's mother", from Proto-Pama-Maric *kami, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *kami. See gaminhdharr.

Noun

gami

1. Paternal grandfather, maternal grandmother; a parallel grandparent.

Synonyms

• ngunbal

References

• Alpher, Barry. 2004. ‘Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma’. Claire Bowern, Harold Koch (eds.) Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company.
• Haviland, John B. 1979. ‘Guugu Yimidhirr Sketch Grammar’. R. M. W. Dixon, B. Blake (eds.) Handbook of Australian Languages, Vol I.

Japanese

Romanization

gami

1. See がみ