Dieri

Noun

ngapa

1. water

References

• Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, v. 67/68 (1943)

Walmajarri

Noun

ngapa

1. water

References

• Henning Andersen, Language Contacts in Prehistory: Studies in Stratigraphy (2003, ISBN 9027275300), page 184: So the word for “water” in Walmajarri (Western Ngumpin) and Warlpiri (Yapa) is ngapa, but ngawa in Gurindji (Eastern Ngumpin). We reconstruct proto-Ngumpin-Yapa *ngapa.

Warlpiri

Noun

ngapa

1. water
2. rain
3. grog (alcohol)

Synonyms

• (water): kalyu, kurrngalypa, nguku (all less common than ngapa)

See also

• milpa-ngapa

References

• Henning Andersen, Language Contacts in Prehistory: Studies in Stratigraphy (2003, ISBN 9027275300), page 184: So the word for “water” in Walmajarri (Western Ngumpin) and Warlpiri (Yapa) is ngapa, but ngawa in Gurindji (Eastern Ngumpin). We reconstruct proto-Ngumpin-Yapa *ngapa.

Wemba-Wemba

Noun

ngapa

1. mother’s father; maternal grandfather
2. a brother of one’s maternal grandfather

Yandruwandha

Noun

ngapa

1. water

References

Yarli

Alternative forms

• ngapa (Yardliyawara, Wadikali)
• ngapːa (Wadikali)

Noun

ngapa

1. (Malyangapa, Yardliyawara, Wadikali)) water

References

• Australian Languages: Classification and the comparative method (2004, ISBN 9027295115)

Yarluyandi

Noun

ngapa

1. water

References

Yawarawarga

Noun

ngapa

1. water

References