wangka-

See also: wangka

Martuthunira

Etymology

From Proto-Ngayarda *wangka-, possibly from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *wangka- (only attested in western languages).

Verb

wangka-

  1. speak; make a sound (of both humans and animals)

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 555–7
  • Dench, Alan Charles. 1995. Martuthunira: A Language of the Pilbara Region of Western Australia. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. Series C-125.
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