Reconstruction:Proto-Pama-Nyungan/kuna

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This Proto-Pama-Nyungan entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Pama-Nyungan

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Noun

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*kuna

  1. dung, manure

Descendants

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  • Baagandji: kuna
  • Bandjalang: gunaŋ
  • Proto-Central New South Wales: *gunang
  • Karnic
  • Martuthunira: kuna
  • Pitjantjatjara: kuna
  • Warlpiri: kuna
  • ⇒ Australian Kriol: guna
  • → English: goona (from one of the Pama-Nyungan languages)

Further reading

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  • Alpher, Barry (2004), Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Claire Bowern, Harold James Koch, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method →ISBN
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