wangka-

See also: wangka

Martuthunira

Etymology

From Proto-Ngayarda *wangka-, possibly from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *wangka- (only attested in western languages).

Verb

wangka-

1. speak; make a sound (of both humans and animals)

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.