Reconstruction:Proto-Pama-Nyungan/nguku

This Proto-Pama-Nyungan entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Pama-Nyungan

Alternative forms

*nguki

Etymology

Compare Proto-Trans-New Guinea *nok (“water”).

Noun

*nguku

water

Descendants

Ayabadhu (Yintyingka): ngoki (“water”)
Baagandji: ngugu (“water”)
→ Garawa: nguwu (“water”)
→ Kayardild: nguku (“water”)
Kuku-Uwanh: ngaka (“water”)
Kalkatungu: kuu (“water”)
Kuuk Thaayorre: ngok (“water”)
→ Lardil: nguka (“water; year”)
→ Mangarayi: nguku (“water”)
Mudburra: nguku (“water”)
Ngarrindjeri: nguk (“water”)
Nyunga: nguk (“honey”)
Wangkumara: nguku (“river”), also possibly ngaka (“water”)
Warlpiri: nguku (“water”)
Wik-Mungkan: ngak (“water”)
Wik-Ngathana: ngak (“water”)
→ Yangkaal: nguku (“water”)
Yindjilandji: nguka (“water”)