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