gumbu

Guugu Yimidhirr

Etymology

From Proto-Paman *kumpu, from Proto-Pama-Maric *kumpu, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *kumpu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡumbu/

Noun

gumbu

  1. urine

Synonyms

  • dyilaarr (avoidance language)

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 437–9
  • Haviland, John B. 1979. ‘Guugu Yimidhirr Sketch Grammar’. R. M. W. Dixon, B. Blake (eds.) Handbook of Australian Languages, Vol I.
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