nganthari
Martuthunira
Etymology
From Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ngañcar (“tongue”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ŋan̪t̪aɻi/
Noun
nganthari
- tooth
- sharp
Synonyms
- (tooth) yirra
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)
- Dench, Alan Charles. 1995. Martuthunira: A Language of the Pilbara Region of Western Australia. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. Series C-125.