The Tiwi Language: Grammar, Myths and Dictionary of the Tiwi Language Spoken on Melville and Bathurst Islands, Northern Australia, Issue 55 |
Contents
Introduction | 8 |
chapter one Phonology | 9 |
PART TWO MYTHS | 77 |
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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 awara Bathurst Islands brother canoe clan close vowel crocodile dance daughter deleted direct object f Ego feminine finished fish ƒ ŋa ƒ type gender 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 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 Purukupaili 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