The Tiwi Language: Grammar, Myths and Dictionary of the Tiwi Language Spoken on Melville and Bathurst Islands, Northern Australia, Issue 21Grammar of Tiwi; introduction of the language, its location and speakers; phonology; morphophonology; morphology syntax; myths in the Tiwi language with interlinear glosses and free translation; Tiwi-English and English-Tiwi dictionary, thesaurus. |
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The Tiwi Language: Grammar, Myths and Dictionary of the Tiwi ..., Issue 21 C. R. Osborne No preview available - 1974 |
The Tiwi Language: Grammar, Myths and Dictionary of the Tiwi ..., Issue 55 C. R. Osborne No preview available - 1974 |
Common terms and phrases
archaic awara Bathurst Islands brother canoe clan close vowel crocodile dance daughter deleted direct object f Ego f type f-na feminine finished fish gender goanna he-lk-do he-lk-say he-too honey IIb incorp form incorp form indirect object prefix initial consonant insertion intr jabiru Jərəkati ji-i-mi jiikəsimi Jiwadja kailu kəsimi kukuni language long ago mangrove masculine Melville Melville Island məsani morpheme morphophonological mother musana nara nara-'tu nasina nawa nf Jiwadja nf species ninta nm small nominal non-past noun nunina ŋa f ochre pandanus pastua paulinari phonemes phonological pili pl wi plural possum preceding pronouns Purikikini Purukupaili sentence sister spear stick stress stringy bark subjunctive suffix syllable taikuwa-pi talinini Tapara tense that-m they-lk-do Tinani Tiwi tree unidentified species unstressed vowel vsIIa vsIIb vsIla waij Waijai wallaby wi pl woman word-initial wuta xamia palm nuts yəni