malumalu

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Martuthunira

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Etymology

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From Proto-Ngayarda *malu, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *malu.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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malumalu

  1. darkness

References

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  • 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)
  • Dench, Alan Charles. 1995. Martuthunira: A Language of the Pilbara Region of Western Australia. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. Series C-125.

Tok Pisin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Reduplication of Samoan malū (soft) (the Samoan reduplicative form is malūlū).

Adjective

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malumalu

  1. soft