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ngawa
ngawa
See also: ŋawa
Gurindji
Noun
ngawa
References
- Henning Andersen, Language Contacts in Prehistory: Studies in Stratigraphy (2003, ISBN 9027275300), page 184: So the word for “water” in Walmajarri (Western Ngumpin) and Warlpiri (Yapa) is ngapa, but ngawa in Gurindji (Eastern Ngumpin). We reconstruct proto-Ngumpin-Yapa *ngapa.