nung-gubuy

Word Class: NAdj

Nunggubuyu, (person/people) who speak the Nunggubuyu language.

Other information:

Notes: 7.1.1, 168.4.2 . Gentilic nuN- plus w1ubuy, the name of the language, never pronounced *w1ubuyu. The form nung-gubuyu coincides with the English pronunciation and may be a recent by-form. Pl: nunggu-nung-gubuy(u). 74.1.1, 96.1.2, 139.1.2, 168.4.3. (Used 64.9.2 as name of the language, under English influence.) Cf. w1ubuy, num-burindi.

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