w1aLya

Word Class: NAdj

male (not female) , man

Other information:

Notes: Nonhuman exx.: 25.6.3, 101.3.2. HumSg: wa`yi-nyung man (usual word). 17.4.1, 14.12.3, 29.7.4 (applied to male dog). Du: wa`ya-waa. 14.12.3. Pl: wa`ya-wa`ya. 43.17.7. Opposite: ma]ung (human, nonhuman), w1ujbi (nonhuman only). Initial w1 (not w2) shown here on basis of one ex., needs checking to see if variant w2 also occurs (cf. ba`ya. wa`ya in languages to south).