gadhuwa

Word Class: NAdj

young, new (object or person)

Other information:

Notes: 73.8.3, 166.17.1. HumSg: gadhuwi-ynung . Pl: ga-gadhuwa. 50.7.1, 68.3.2. NCder -gadhuwa Nc : ngarri-gadhuwa 65.10.4.; Pl wugu-wu-gadhuwa 67.2.4. In this form the base is -w1adhuwa. The form wugadhuwa is often ambiguous between NCder form wu-gadhuwa (from u-gadhuwa), Ana or Warra class, and wu=gadhuwa (predicative NAdj form, Ana class) or wuu=gadhuwa (same, Warra class, with vowel length not easy to hear); see several instances in Text 65. Fact: =gadhuwa-wa- VTrA1 to renew, to make (it) new. 65.11.4. Cf. w2irrig, w2inyig-