Word Class: Nk
(my/our) elder brother or sister
Notes: 17.14.4, 65.1.2. With noun-class prefix naa-murruyung ngaa-murruyug. Pl- murruyung-gang (takes regular MSg or FSg class prefix). 47.8.8, 157.4.3. Younger sibling: munyunyung. (This appears to be a kind of diminutive formation with rr vs. ny, cf. w2irrig vs. w2inyig. The terms usually differ semantically by age relative to Ego, but munyunyung can occasionally function as a diminutive regardless of relative age.) For 2nd/3rd person possessor forms see ni-lharri(-yung), ngari-lhari-yung . Dyadic : ni-gama-nyi;, ngari-yama-nyij .