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* Kalki Pandyil
Gypsum
Part of speech:
(N)
Sources:
Notes:
'Codfish bones'
Usage:
Pronunciation Guide:
Say
:
kahl
-kii
pahn
dy
-iil
Pronunciation Notes:
Vowels
: standard 'a' as in 'path', 'i' as in 'sit' or 'ill'
Consonant
combinations: 'dy' say 'd' and 'y' together as top of tongue touches hard palate
Categories:
Stone Country Land
Example Phrases
English:
The old man found that gypsum over there
Language:
Tyemulin nyarrəmbənku kalki pandyil nyunya.
Associated Audio
Description:
kalki pandyi_gypsum
Author:
Laura Ross
Attribution:
Licensing:
Copy right 2019 Yarkuwa Indigenous Knowledge Centre