minya

See also: minha

Gamilaraay

Etymology

From Proto-Central New South Wales *miñang, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *miña.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miɲa/

Noun

minya

1. what

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)
• Peter Austin, A Reference Dictionary of Gamilaraay, northern New South Wales (1993)

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.ɲa/

Verb

minya

1. (stative) to be cured
2. (stative) to be healthy

Conjugation

Conjugation of minya (stative verb)
		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		timinya	miminya	aminya
2nd person		niminya	fiminya
3rd person	inanimate	iminya	diminya
	animate	maminya
imperative		—, minya	—, minya

References

• James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎^[1], Pacific linguistics (as miɲa)