ngulu
See also: ngúlu
Gamilaraay
ngulu
Etymology
From Proto-Central New South Wales *ŋuluŋ, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ŋu(r)lu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ŋulu/
Noun
ngulu
- face, forehead
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)
Ngiyambaa
Etymology
From Proto-Central New South Wales *ŋuluŋ, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ŋu(r)lu.
Noun
ngulu
- face, forehead
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)
Nyishi
Etymology
From ngo (“I”) + -lu (“plural suffix in pronouns”).
Pronoun
ngulu
- we
References
- P. T. Abraham (2005) A Grammar of Nyishi Language, Delhi: Farsight Publishers and Distributors