minya

See also: minha

Gamilaraay

Etymology

From Proto-Central New South Wales *miñang, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *miña.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /miɲa/

Noun

minya

  1. what

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)

West Makian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmi.ɲa/

Verb

minya

  1. (stative) to be cured
  2. (stative) to be healthy

Conjugation
Conjugation of minya (stative verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person timinya miminya aminya
2nd person niminya fiminya
3rd person inanimate iminya diminya
animate maminya
imperative —, minya —, minya

References
  • James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎, Pacific linguistics (as miɲa)
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