uṉṯalpa

Pitjantjatjara

Etymology

From *uṉṯal +‎ -pa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʊɳʈɐlpɐ]

Noun

uṉṯalpa

1. daughter
2. niece

Usage notes

• The -pa suffix is dropped when other endings are added to the word.
• In the sense "niece", uṉṯalpa refers to the daughter of a same-sex sibling (i.e. a man's brother's daughter or a woman's sister's daughter). The term for a man's sister's son/daughter or woman's brother's son/daughter is ukaṟi.