thalay

See also: dhalay

Gamilaraay

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Central New South Wales *dhalañ, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *calañ. Cognate with Ngiyambaa thalay and Wiradjuri dhalayn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t̪alaj/

Noun

thalay

  1. tongue

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 396–8
  • Peter Austin (1993) A Reference Grammar of Gamilaraay, northern New South Wales (Thesis)‎[1], Melbourne, Australia: La Trobe University, Department of Linguistics, →ISBN

Ngiyambaa

Etymology

From Proto-Central New South Wales *dhalañ, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *calañ. Cognate with Gamilaraay thalay and Wiradjuri dhalayn.

Noun

thalay

  1. tongue