nyina-

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Martuthunira

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Etymology

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From Proto-Ngayarda *ñina-, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ñi:na-.

Verb

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nyina-

  1. (transitive) to sit

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.