pirraja

Maung

Etymology

Borrowed from Makasar bérasa'. Compare Burarra birracha, Dhuwal berratha', Gunwinggu birradjdja, Iwaidja birraja and Tiwi pirraja.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /piɾaca/

Noun

pirraja class 6

  1. rice

References

  • Heather Hewett; Anne Dineen; David Stainsby; Robin Field (2013), “pirraja”, in Maung-English Interactive Dictionary‎[1], Australian Society for Indigenous Languages
  • Ruth Singer; Warruwi Community (2021), “pirraja”, in Mawng to English Dictionary, Aboriginal Studies Press, →ISBN
  • Evans, Nicholas (1992), “Macassan loanwords in top end languages”, in Australian Journal of Linguistics, volume 12, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 45–91

Tiwi

Etymology

Borrowed from Makasar bérasa'. Compare Burarra birracha, Dhuwal berratha', Gunwinggu birradjdja, Iwaidja birraja and Maung pirraja.

Noun

pirraja

  1. rice

References

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