wangka
See also: wangka-
Pitjantjatjara
Etymology
Related to Warlpiri wangka (“talk”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwaŋka/, [ˈwɐŋkɐ]
Noun
wangka
- speech
Verb
wangka
- imperative of wangkanyi: talk!
Warlpiri
Etymology
Related to Pitjantjatjara wangka (“speech”).
Verb
wangka
- to talk
Alternative forms
- wangkami
References
- Mary Laughren, Rob Pensalfini, Tom Mylne, Accounting for verb-initial order in an Australian language, in Verb First: On the syntax of verb-initial languages (2005)