Nharangga Word

yunga

English Word

1.older brother; 2.cousin (son of a parents older brother or sister)

Sound

Dictionary Category
Children
Traditional
Lexical Category
family
Word Categories
Family
Main Sentence English
my older brother is going to the beach.

Definition/Cultural Note

- also other relations considered equivalent, such as spouses sisters husband, or cross-cousins husband (a cross-cousin is the child of your mothers brother, or of your fathers sister).- although Kuhn records this as younger brother, other Nharangga words and evidence of related languages strongly suggest that this is incorrect.- related languages include Kaurna, Nukunu and Ngadjuri.

Different ways of saying this word
its not certain how to say this word. Probably it is yunga, with a soft ng as in singer, not a hard ng as in angry.