Martuthunira edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Ngayarda *malu, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *malu.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

malumalu

  1. darkness

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)
  • Dench, Alan Charles. 1995. Martuthunira: A Language of the Pilbara Region of Western Australia. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. Series C-125.

Tok Pisin edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Reduplication of Samoan malū (soft) (the Samoan reduplicative form is malūlū).

Adjective edit

malumalu

  1. soft