Word Class: NAdj
small, tiny , (human forms) child
Notes: 1.1.6, 3.6.5, 3.1.3, 14.3.2, etc. HumS]: w2inyi-nyung. 4.6.4. For Pl (human and nonhuman) see w2unyaanyung (separate listing). A little less common than w2irrig (q.v.) small ; w2inyig tends to be more emphatically diminutive. For derivatives also showing this opposition see w1unyugunyig vs. w1urrugurrij. Can be used as cpd. final with precedlng noun stem (same construction as that exemplified with w2irrig, but less common). Etym: cf. diminutive suffix -ganya, -ganya , -ganya; in several nearby languages. Cf. also murruyung elder brother , munyunyung younger brother for the yn/r alternation. Cf. gujuju baby .