ganaay

See also: kanaay

Gamilaraay

FWOTD – 29 March 2014

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡanaːj/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Central New South Wales *ganāy, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *kana.

Noun

ganaay

1. digging stick

Etymology 2

Noun

ganaay

1. shallow

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)