Dhuwal

Noun

guya

1. fish

Gamilaraay

guya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡuja/

Etymology

From Proto-Central New South Wales *guya, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *kuya/u.

Noun

guya

1. fish

   guya nhama gubi-yaa-nha‎

   The fish is swimming.

   mari yana-waa-nha bagaay-gu guya ganma-li-gu‎

   The men are going to the creek to catch fish.

References

• Barry Alpher Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, edited by Claire Bowern and Harold Koch (Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2004)
• Peter Austin, A Reference Dictionary of Gamilaraay, northern New South Wales (1993)
• (2015). “Ma Gamilaraay”

Tagalog

Noun

guyà

1. the young of a cow or a carabao