The Tiwi Language: Grammar, Myths and Dictionary of the Tiwi Language Spoken on Melville and Bathurst Islands, Northern Australia, Issue 21Grammar of Tiwi; introduction of the language, its location and speakers; phonology; morphophonology; morphology syntax; myths in the Tiwi language with interlinear glosses and free translation; Tiwi-English and English-Tiwi dictionary, thesaurus. |
Contents
The description | 4 |
Introduction | 79 |
The first fire stick | 100 |
Copyright | |
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Other editions - View all
The Tiwi Language: Grammar, Myths and Dictionary of the Tiwi ..., Issue 21 C. R. Osborne No preview available - 1974 |
The Tiwi Language: Grammar, Myths and Dictionary of the Tiwi ..., Issue 55 C. R. Osborne No preview available - 1974 |
Common terms and phrases
archaic atǝ awara Bathurst Islands brother canoe clan close vowel crocodile dance daughter deleted direct object f Ego feminine fish ƒ ŋa ƒ type goanna he-lk-do he-lk-say he-too honey IIb incorp form incorp form indirect object prefix insertion intr jabiru Jǝrǝkati jərəkati ji-i-mi Jiwadja kailu kapi kəsimi kukuni kwai language long ago mangrove Melville Melville Island morpheme morphophonological mother nara nf Jiwadja nf species nf unidentified nm small nominal non-past noun ŋa ƒ ŋara ŋə ŋəni ŋia ochre pandanus pautua phonemes phonological phrase pili pl wi plural possum preceding pronouns Purikikini Purukupali sentence sister spear stick stress stringy bark subjunctive suffix syllable taikuwa-pi taŋkənaŋki Tapara tense that-m they-lk-do Tinani Tiwi Tiwi language tree unidentified species unstressed vowel vsIIa vsIIb vsIla waij Waijai wallaby wi pl woman word-initial wuta xamia palm nuts