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jaju

a word from vocabulary Gurindji by Patrick McConvell

Word form	jaju
LWT meaning(s)	the grandmother
Word meaning	mother’s mother, mother’s mother’s sibling
Analyzability	unanalyzable
Age	Early Gurindji [31] (1000–1500)

Borrowed status	2. probably borrowed
Comments	Post lenition, reverse lenition. Jaminjung jayiny, but some cognates in Pama-Nyungan Warlpiri Ngardi, jaja. Possibly borrowed into Jaminjung after lenition, from an extinct Jarragan language with the feminine suffix -ny and reborrowed within Ngumpin-Yapa
Source words	jaaju 'mother’s mother, MM’s sibling' Warumungu
Effect	No information
Salience	No information