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Kartu

Kartu adjective: of a family of Australian Aboriginal languages of Western Australia.

Adjective

Kartu (not comparable)

  1. Of a family of Australian Aboriginal languages of Western Australia.
    • Though Nhanda was first classified by O’Grady, Voegelin, and Voegelin (1966) as a Kartu language, where the Kartu subgroup included Badimaya, Malgana, Nhanda, Wajarri, and Yingkarta, the free pronouns of Nhanda suggest otherwise.2001, Juliette Blevins, Nhanda: An Aboriginal Language of Western Australia

Forms of Kartu

alternative formKardu

Origin of Kartu

From a Southwest Pama-Nyungan term meaning "man".

Words formed from Kartu

  • Proto-Kartu

Questions about Kartu

What does Kartu mean?
Kartu means of a family of Australian Aboriginal languages of Western Australia.
What part of speech is Kartu?
Kartu is an adjective.

Words near Kartu in the dictionary

  1. kartoffeln
  2. kartoffels
  3. Kartrashian
  4. Kartrashians
  5. karts
  6. Kartu
  7. Kartudjara
  8. Kartutjara
  9. Kartuzy
  10. Kartvel
  11. Kartveli

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