daamal

Guugu Yimidhirr

FWOTD – 5 April 2016

Etymology

From Proto-Paman *ta:ma-, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *la:ma- or *ra:ma- or *ta:ma-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daːmal/

Verb

daamal

1. to spear

Synonyms

• wunarr (avoidance language)

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