ngamu

From Proto-Central New South Wales *ŋamuŋ, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ŋamun.

• IPA^(key): /ŋamu/

ngamu

1. breastmilk
2. breast
3. milk

• 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)

From Proto-Paman *ngama ~ *ngamu, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ngama.

• IPA^(key): /ŋamu/

ngamu

1. mother

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

• amu
• amo
• ngamo

From nga +‎ mu. Compare Tagalog 'ka mo.

• Hyphenation: nga‧mu

ngamu

1. (informal) said (by you) sentence-final particle used to emphasize a point.

   Munta ka ngamu.

   You said, you're coming.

   Mapilang ngamo.

   You asked, "How many?"

From Proto-Central New South Wales *ŋamuŋ, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ŋamun.

ngamu

1. breast
2. milk