nganhi

Guugu Yimidhirr

Etymology

From Proto-Paman *ngañi, from Proto-Pama-Maric *ngaña, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ngañi ~ *ngaña.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ŋan̪i/

Pronoun

nganhi

  1. me: first person singular accusative pronoun

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 494–8
  • Haviland, John B. 1979. ‘Guugu Yimidhirr Sketch Grammar’. R. M. W. Dixon, B. Blake (eds.) Handbook of Australian Languages, Vol I.