miNiguya

Word Class: NAdj

person of the Mandhaayung moiety

Other information:

Notes: HumSg: mi]igi-yung (MSg), ngarri-mi]igi-yung (FSg). 14.8.3. Pl: mi]i-mi]iguya. The two senses are connected in that this honey bee sp. is an important totem of the Mandhaayung moiety. The forms in common use in the second sense are the two HumSg referential forms; the NAdj form is not common in predicative function, and the rdp. Pl form is uncommon (the stem mandhaayung being preferred in these functions). Opposite moiety: (y)irrija.