ngamu-kaja

/ˈŋamu-ɡaɟa/

gloss “complement”

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the main part in things that go naturally together, as the rifle and bullets, or the tape player in cassette player and tapes

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Kuku-Yalanji Dictionary (1982)

The headword and meaning trace to the Kuku-Yalanji dictionary compiled by Henry and Ruth Hershberger with major Kuku Yalanji contributors.

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Major contributors include Toby Bloomfield, Roy Friday, Billy Roberts, Hector and Doris Sykes, Joe Walker, and people who lived at Jajikal in Ayton.

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Compound with ngamu; denotes the main/principal member of a naturally paired set (e.g. rifle to bullets, tape player to tapes).

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