ngulu

See also: ngúlu

Gamilaraay
ngulu

Etymology

From Proto-Central New South Wales *ŋuluŋ, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ŋu(r)lu.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ŋulu/

Noun

ngulu

  1. face, forehead

References
  • Barry Alpher Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, edited by Claire Bowern and Harold Koch (Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2004)
  • Peter Austin, A Reference Dictionary of Gamilaraay, northern New South Wales (1993)

Kituba

Noun

ngulu

  1. pig

Ngiyambaa

Etymology

From Proto-Central New South Wales *ŋuluŋ, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ŋu(r)lu.

Noun

ngulu

  1. face, forehead

References
  • Barry Alpher Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, edited by Claire Bowern and Harold Koch (Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2004)

Nyishi

Etymology

From ngo (“I”) +‎ -lu (“plural suffix in pronouns”).

Pronoun

ngulu

  1. we

References
  • P. T. Abraham (2005) A Grammar of Nyishi Language‎, Delhi: Farsight Publishers and Distributors
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