Etymology

ningaui

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Today it means: Any of various endemic Australian dasyurid marsupials of the genus Ningaui. Full definition →

tiw nyingawi
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  1. tiw · borrowed fromnyingawi
  2. English todayningaui

From the genus name; arbitrary use of Tiwi nyingawi (literally “short ghosts”).

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