ngapa

ngapa

1. water

• Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, v. 67/68 (1943)

ngapa

1. Romanization of ꦔꦥ

ngapa

1. water

• Henning Andersen, Language Contacts in Prehistory: Studies in Stratigraphy (2003, →ISBN, 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.

ngapa

1. water
2. rain
3. grog (alcohol)

• (water): kalyu, kurrngalypa, nguku (all less common than ngapa)

• milpa-ngapa

• Henning Andersen, Language Contacts in Prehistory: Studies in Stratigraphy (2003, →ISBN, 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.

ngapa

1. mother’s father; maternal grandfather
2. a brother of one’s maternal grandfather

ngapa

1. water

• [1]

• ngapa (Yardliyawara, Wadikali)
• ngapːa (Wadikali)

ngapa

1. (Malyangapa, Yardliyawara, Wadikali)) water

• Australian Languages: Classification and the comparative method (2004, →ISBN

ngapa

1. water

• [2]

ngapa

1. water

• [3]