daamal
Guugu Yimidhirr
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Paman *ta:ma-, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *la:ma- or *ra:ma- or *ta:ma-.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editdaamal
- to spear
Synonyms
edit- wunarr (avoidance language)
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)
- Haviland, John B. 1979. ‘Guugu Yimidhirr Sketch Grammar’. R. M. W. Dixon, B. Blake (eds.) Handbook of Australian Languages, Vol I.