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 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)

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
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