gabiirr

Guugu Yimidhirr

Etymology

From Proto-Paman *kapirrV, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *kapi+.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡabiːr/

Noun

gabiirr

  1. girl, unmarried woman

Synonyms

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 425–7
  • Haviland, John B. 1979. ‘Guugu Yimidhirr Sketch Grammar’. R. M. W. Dixon, B. Blake (eds.) Handbook of Australian Languages, Vol I.