mayili

Martuthunira

Etymology

From Proto-Ngayarda *mayirli, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *mayi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /majili/

Noun

mayili

  1. (nominal) paternal grandfather, father's father.

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 461–2
  • Dench, Alan Charles. 1995. Martuthunira: A Language of the Pilbara Region of Western Australia. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. Series C-125.
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