ngaya

Biri

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ŋaja/

Pronoun

ngaya

1. I (first person nominative singular pronoun)

References

Terrill, Angela. (1998) ‘’Biri’’ in ‘’Languages of the World/Materials 258.’’

Gamilaraay

Etymology

From Proto-Central New South Wales *ŋaya, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ŋayV.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ŋaja/

Pronoun

ngaya

1. I (first person nominative singular pronoun)

See also

• nganha (accusative)
• ngay (genitive)

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)
• Peter Austin, A Reference Dictionary of Gamilaraay, northern New South Wales (1993)

Lindu

Noun

ngaya

1. type; kind; style

Warungu

Etymology

From Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ŋayV, cognate with Gamilaraay ngaya.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ŋaja/

Noun

ngaya

1. I, (first person singular nominative pronoun)

References

• Tsunoda, Tasaku. (2011) A Grammar of Warrongo