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waji
a word from vocabulary
Gurindji
by
Patrick McConvell
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Word form
waji
LWT meaning(s)
the rainbow
Word meaning
rainbow
Comments on word
cf. Warlpiri waji-nyanyi ‘fail to recognise’; maybe etymon means ‘bent, crooked’
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
Early Gurindji [31] (1000–1500)
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
3. perhaps borrowed
Comments
j indicates post-lention borrowing, maybe reverse change but not found in Jaru; borrowed into Jaminjung meaning ‘wrong marriage’ Gurindji wajiwaji
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