nugal
See also: nukal
Guugu Yimidhirr
Etymology
From Proto-Paman *nukal, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *nuka.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nuɡal/
Noun
nugal
- ankle
Synonyms
- buyiibuyii (avoidance language)
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.