gabiirr

Guugu Yimidhirr

Etymology

From Proto-Paman *kapirrV, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *kapi+.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡabiːr/

Noun

gabiirr

1. girl, unmarried woman

Synonyms

• maral
• munamuna (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.