yawu

Gamilaraay

yawu

Alternative forms

• yo

Particle

yawu

1. yes
   • 1856, William Ridley, “On the Kamilaroi Tribe of Australians and Their Dialect”, in Journal of the Ethnological Society of London, volume 4:

     Affirmitive . . . yo . . yes.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1903, R. H. Mathews, “Languages of the Kamilaroi and Other Aboriginal Tribes of New South Wales”, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 33:

     Yes, yo.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

See also

• ngaa

References

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

Gurindji

Noun

yawu

1. fish

References

• Gurindji language words from the 50 words project from the Research Unit for Indigenous Language at the University of Melbourne. Retrieved 7 November 2024.

Kituba

Pronoun

yawu

1. that