gaminhdharr

Guugu Yimidhirr

FWOTD – 7 December 2012

Etymology

From Proto-Pama-Nyungan *kamiñcarr. See gami.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡamin̪d̪ar/

Noun

gaminhdharr

1. son of one's son; daughter of one's daughter; parallel grandchild

Synonyms

• ngunbal (avoidance language)

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.