wangka

See also: wangka-

Pitjantjatjara

Etymology

Related to Warlpiri wangka (“talk”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈwaŋka/, [ˈwɐŋkɐ]

Noun

wangka

  1. speech

Verb

wangka

  1. imperative of wangkanyi: talk!

Warlpiri

Etymology

Related to Pitjantjatjara wangka (“speech”).

Verb

wangka

  1. to talk

Alternative forms

References
  • Mary Laughren, Rob Pensalfini, Tom Mylne, Accounting for verb-initial order in an Australian language, in Verb First: On the syntax of verb-initial languages (2005)
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