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Appendix:Proto-Mirndi reconstructions

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Proto-Mirndi reconstructions:

Harvey (2008)

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Proto-Mirndi reconstructions by Harvey (2008):[1]

no. gloss Proto-Mirndi
1 to hang, to tip *jalalang
2 high, up *thangki
3 women's song style *jarra(r)ta
4 that (not previously mentioned) *jiyi
5 mother's father *jaju
6 woman's son *juka
7 bird (generic) *ju(r)lak
8 blind *kamamurri
9 daughter's child *kaminyjarr
10 cold *karrij
11 chickenhawk *karrkany
12 bull ant *(kija-)kija
13 to tickle *kiji-kiji(k)
14 red ochre *kitpu
15 shitwood *kulinyjirri
16 dove sp. *kuluku(ku)
17 sky *kulumarra
18 throat, didgeridoo *kulumpung
19 urine *kumpu
20 firestick *kungkala
21 pollen *kuntarri
22 flesh *kunyju
23 fat *kurij
24 bush turkey *kurrkapati
25 boomerang *kurrupartu
26 club *ku(r)turu
27 shield *kuwarri
28 fire *kuyVka
29 father-in-law *lamparra
30 car *langa
31 bony *larrkaja
32 plant sp. *lawa
33 eagle *lirraku
34 blue-tongue lizard *lungkura
35 to return *lurrpu
36 to wave *mamaj
37 ear *manka
38 plant sp. *manyanyi
39 gutta percha tree *manyingila
40 butterfly *marli-marli
41 old man *marluka
42 all right, later *marntaj
43 human status term *marntak
44 circumcision ritual *marntiwa
45 upper leg, thigh, root *mira
46 owl *mukmuk
47 to be dark *mu(wu)m
48 scorpion *muntarla
49 string *munungku
50 upper arm *murlku
51 three *murrkun
52 to name *nij
53 hand *nungkuru
54 female antilopine wallaroo *ngalijirri
55 to lick *ngalyak
56 to sing *nganya
57 bauhinia *ngapilipili
58 father's mother *ngapuju
59 breast *ngapulu
60 to be hot *ngartap
61 bird sp. *nyurijman
62 to dream *pank(iy)aja
63 older brother *papa
64 nightjar *parnangka
65 young woman *parnmarra
66 women's dance *pa(r)ntimi
67 moon *partangarra
68 baby *partarta
69 hot weather *parung(ku)
70 cicatrice *pa(r)turu
71 scraper *pin(y)mala
72 father *pipi
73 snake (generic) *pulany
74 to bathe *pulukaj(a)
75 ashes *puna
76 full *punturr/tu
77 to finish *purrp
78 dreaming *puwarraja
79 deep (hole) *tarlukurra
80 flame, light *tili/u
81 to be tied up *tirrk
82 feather *tiya-tiya
83 to poke *turrp
84 to open *walk
85 woomera *wa(r)lmayi
86 black-headed python *warlujapi
87 strange(r) *warnayaki
88 grass (generic) *warnta
89 to scratch *warr
90 number seven boomerang *warratirla
91 freshwater crocodile *warrija
92 to be together *warrp
93 parrot sp. *wilikpan
94 new *yalang
95 initiated youth *yapa
96 magic song *yarrinti
97 young man *yarrulan

References

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  1. ^ Harvey, Mark (2008) Proto Mirndi: A discontinuous language family in Northern Australia (PL 593), Canberra: Pacific Linguistics →ISBN.
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