gami

See also: kami

Guugu Yimidhirr

Etymology

From Proto-Paman *kami "mother's mother", from Proto-Pama-Maric *kami, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *kami. See gaminhdharr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡami/

Noun

gami

  1. paternal grandfather, maternal grandmother; a parallel grandparent

Synonyms

  • ngunbal

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 421–2
  • Haviland, John B. 1979. ‘Guugu Yimidhirr Sketch Grammar’. R. M. W. Dixon, B. Blake (eds.) Handbook of Australian Languages, Vol I.

Japanese

Romanization

gami

  1. Rōmaji transcription of がみ
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