thirni
Ngawun
FWOTD – 3 April 2016
Etymology
From Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ci(:)rni. Compare Yir-Yoront then, thenelh, thene "penis", YMel then "penis", Koko-Bera then "tail", Central and Eastern Arrernte arne "tree; stick; thing", and Western Arrernte irne "tree; stick".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t̪iɳi/
Noun
thirni
- Tree; stick; wood.
References
- Alpher, Barry (2004), “Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma”, in Claire Bowern, Harold Koch (eds.), editor, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins, →ISBN, page 412
- Breen, Gavan (1981) The Mayi Languages of the Queensland Gulf Country, Canberra: AIAS, →ISBN, page 170