malayn

Word Class: Mana

backbone, spine

Other information:

Notes: (fairly uncommon in this form). As cpd. initial: see =jirrirrijga-, =w1ala-, -yirriwu, =na- to see . NCder-ngu-malayn dorsal fin (of fish), spike (of ray). 166.11.2 in form (an-)u-ngu-malayn NcAna0. (Note that -ngu- is irregular here since it is regularly used in such derivatives only when the root begins with an underlying stop.) Cf. rulbu, [ulburrung, janda.