Gamilaraay

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An Indigenous people of New South Wales in Australia.
name
  1. The extinct Pama-Nyungan Australian Aboriginal suffixing language, within the Wiradjuric group, formerly spoken by these people.

Pronunciation

/ɡəˈmɪlərɔɪ/

Word forms

Gamilaraay Gamilaroi Kamalarai Kamilarai Kamilaroi

Etymology

From Gamilaraay Gamilaraay (“having not”), from gamil (“not”) and -(b)araay (“having”). Other dialects and languages were similarly named after their respective words for no, e.g. the Wailwan say wayil.

Related words

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