Word "flag" in Yolngu

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bandirra

• Word " bandirra "

• Genetic affiliation: > Australian > Macro-Pama-Nyungan > Greater Pama-Nyungan > Pama-Nyungan > Yolngu Matha
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Word " bandirra "

Word:

bandirra

Script:

Latin

Etym. family:

*band-

Meaning:

flag

Identicals:

1 other wordform

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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