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Word Stem |
babba yaw |
Etymology |
na- male noun class prefix, babba 'father' [Yolngu] plus yaw 'child' |
Definitions |
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#1 |
na-babba yaw you are my MB, my korlonj (man’s son), your makkah ‘ZSS’. This is only attestation of -babba yaw. Is this an index of a man’s child, yaw meaning ‘child’? |
#2 |
na-babba yaw you are my kangkinj ‘ZC’, my son (male propositus), your cross cousin. Possibly dicentric, your ‘babba’ my ‘yaw’ |