gami

See also: kami

Guugu Yimidhirr

Etymology

From Proto-Paman *kami "mother's mother", from Proto-Pama-Maric *kami, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *kami. See gaminhdharr.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡami/

Noun

gami

  1. paternal grandfather, maternal grandmother; a parallel grandparent

Synonyms
  • ngunbal

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)
  • Haviland, John B. 1979. ‘Guugu Yimidhirr Sketch Grammar’. R. M. W. Dixon, B. Blake (eds.) Handbook of Australian Languages, Vol I.

Japanese

Romanization

gami

  1. Rōmaji transcription of がみ
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