gami
See also: kami
Guugu Yimidhirr
Etymology
From Proto-Paman *kami "mother's mother", from Proto-Pama-Maric *kami, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *kami. See gaminhdharr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡami/
Noun
gami
- paternal grandfather, maternal grandmother; a parallel grandparent
Synonyms
- ngunbal
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.
Japanese
Romanization
gami
- Rōmaji transcription of がみ