numamuDidi

Word Class: NAdj

of the Numamu[i[i clan (two subclans, one inland at Ama`ibil, Ngandi-speaking, the other on the north side of the mouth of the Roper River, Warndarang-speaking, both now largely absorbed by the Nunggubuyu)

Other information:

Notes: Etym: Gentilic nuN- plus *ma-mu[i[i scrub wattle , cf. mu[i[i. The entire form probably came into Nunggubuyu from Ngandi or Warndarang, since the regular Nunggubuyu form if internally derived would be *nu-mu[i[i. Cf. num-barrwarr (following item), bingarrawu.