Etymograph

English

Yankunytjatjara

Yankunytjatjara comes from Yankunytjatjara Yankunytjatjara.

  1. YankunytjatjaramodernYankunytjatjara
  2. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. YankunytjatjaramodernYankunytjatjara
  2. Englishtodaysame form

A compound of yankunytja + tjara

The story

From Yankunytjatjara Yankunytjatjara, from yankunytja + tjara, literally 'having (the word) "yankunytja" (as opposed to the word pitjantja)'.

Today it means

noun An Aboriginal Australian people of the state of South Australia.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Yankunytjatjara Yankunytjatjara / Yankunytjatjara