Reconstruction:Proto-Pama-Nyungan/nguku

This Proto-Pama-Nyungan entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Pama-Nyungan

Alternative forms

  • *nguki

Etymology

Compare Proto-Trans-New Guinea *nok (“water”).

Noun

*nguku

  1. water

Descendants

  • Ayabadhu (Yintyingka): ngoki (“water”)
  • Baagandji: ngugu (“water”)
  • → Garawa: nguwu (“water”)
  • → Kayardild: nguku (“water”)
  • Kuku-Uwanh: ngaka (“water”)
  • Kalkatungu: kuu (“water”)
  • Kuuk Thaayorre: ngok (“water”)
  • → Lardil: nguka (“water; year”)
  • → Mangarayi: nguku (“water”)
  • Mudburra: nguku (“water”)
  • Ngarrindjeri: nguk (“water”)
  • Nyunga: nguk (“honey”)
  • Wangkumara: nguku (“river”), also possibly ngaka (“water”)
  • Warlpiri: nguku (“water”)
  • Wik-Mungkan: ngak (“water”)
  • Wik-Ngathana: ngak (“water”)
  • → Yangkaal: nguku (“water”)
  • Yindjilandji: nguka (“water”)

References

  • Barry Alpher (2004), “Proto-Pama-Nyungan Etyma”, in Claire Bowern, Harold Koch, editors, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, Amsterdam: John Benjamins, →ISBN, section 5.1, pages 501–2
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