ngambara

Word Class: NAdj

adult, grown-up , elder (respected adult, usually at least middle-aged) , ancestors (elders of the previous generation, now dead)

Other information:

Notes: 65.11.6pred. HumSg: ngambari-nyung (MSg) 43.9.3, 65.1.2. Pl: miyn-ngambara 7.21.1, 28.16.1, 41.4.3, 42.1.2, etc., rarely ngamba-ngambara. Du… ngambara-waa. 17.8.7. All semantically feminine forms based on stem ngarri-ngambara 157.6.2pred, hence also HumSg ngarri-ngambari-nyung, Pl miyn-ngarri-ngambara 120.2.3. Inch: =ngambara-ma- VInTrA1 to grow up, become adult (man). 74.2.3. Feminine: -ngarri=ngambara-ma- to become adult (woman). 74.2.1.