Word "flag" in Yolngu

Last modified: 2007-10-27 by antónio martins
Keywords: bandirra |
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• Word " bandirra "

• Genetic affiliation: > Pama-Nyungan > Yolngu Matha

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Word " bandirra "

Word:

bandirra

Script:

Latin

Etym. family:

*band-

At the Ausdag blog we learn that the word "flag" in Yolngu is "bandirra" and it probably come as a loanword from a Malay language.
António Martins, 15 Aug 2007

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