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maya

NOONGAR

sound, sing, voice, noise

ENGLISH

maia wângin : voice talking – echo (Ngalbaitch; Bates XII 2B, 7a)
mai wangan-yee : sing, to (Baiungan; Bates XII 2B, 1b)
midar wankăr : to sing for the mirdar (Jakbăm, Bumblefoot; Bates XII 2B, 3b)
meedar wan-kur : sing, to (Jakbum, Wabbinyet; Bates XXII B, 3a)
maia wonk, maia kēdining : to sing (Kaiari, Wirijan; BATES XII 2B, 8b)
kordong wang, maia wang : sing, to (Ngalbaitch; Bates XII 2B, 7a)
maia wong : to sing (voice talk) (Ngalbaitch; Bates XII 2B, 7a)
maia wonk, maia kedining : sing, to (Notum, Wirijan, Kaiar; Bates XII 2B, 8a)
mai : speech (Charlie Dabb; von Brandenstein 1970)
mai̱aq[q] : talk (in his voice) (Charlie Dabb; von Brandenstein 1970)
mai keen : no words (Gordon Harris; von Brandenstein 1970)
maay : language, speech, voice, word [can be used as a suffix] (Von Brandenstein 1988: 11)
maayqaadaq : voiced (Von Brandenstein 1988: 11)

Phrases
naaj maia wangin : noise, what is that? (Ngalbaitch; Bates XII 2B, 7a)
nāj maia wongin : what is that noise (what voice talking) (Ngalbaitch; Bates XII 2B, 7a)