Basque

Noun

galga

1. brake

Gothic

Romanization

galga

1. Romanization of 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌲𐌰

Guugu Yimidhirr

Alternative forms

• kalka (1898: Richard Phillips, ‘Vocabulary of Australian Aborigines in the neighbourhood of Cooktown, North Queensland’. The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 27)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡalɡa/

Etymology

From Proto-Paman *kalka, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *kalka.

Noun

galga

1. spear

Synonyms

• gandul (avoidance language)

See also

• banydyarr
• digarra
• murranggal
• yinba

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)
• Haviland, John B. 1979. ‘Guugu Yimidhirr Sketch Grammar’. R. M. W. Dixon, B. Blake (eds.) Handbook of Australian Languages, Vol I.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -awga

Verb

galga

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of galgar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of galgar