mungka-

Martuthunira

Etymology

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

Verb

mungka-L

1. (transitive) to eat

Derived terms

• mungkannguntharri

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