patha-
See also: patha
Martuthunira
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Ngayarda *patha-R, possibly from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *paca-RR.
Verb
[edit]patha-
- (transitive) to hit with a missile
References
[edit]- 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.