Etymology

Gamilaraay

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Today it means: An Indigenous people of New South Wales in Australia. Full definition →

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  1. Gamilaraay · borrowed fromGamilaraay“having not”
  2. English todayGamilaraay

From Gamilaraay Gamilaraay (“having not”), from gamil (“not”) and -(b)araay (“having”). Other dialects and languages were similarly named after their respective words for no, e.g. the Wailwan say wayil.

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