message stick

Semantic Field
culture-mythology
Part of Speech
Meaning Spanish
Meaning Portuguese

Languages

Language Orthographic Form Phonemicized Form Gloss as in Source Etymology Code Proto-Form Proto-Language Loan Source Wanderwort Status Etyma Set Etymology Notes Word Structure Word Structure Notes General Notes Source
Yir-Yoront kolpm message stick loan direction unknown *kulpu To Mayi-Thakurti kulpu 'letter stick'; Wanderwort status is a guess.
Yawuru derbjono balo unique
Djinang dyuŋgi mak loan
Rembarrnga mak loan
Burarra mak loan
Bardi pampur unique
Nyikina terptyono unique
Karajarri tirrmtyaŋka unique
Mangala tirrptirrp inheritance
Gurindji yinytjangarri loan direction unknown from Kimberley language with -ngarri suffix from Kimberley language with -ngarri suffix