Kartu

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adjective

Of a family of Australian Aboriginal languages of Western Australia.

OriginSouthwest Pama-Nyungan →
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Meanings

adjectiveKartu (not comparable)

alternative Kardu

  1. not comparableOf 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

Origin

  1. Southwest Pama-Nyungan
  2. EnglishKartu

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

Kartu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kartu

MLA

“Kartu.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kartu. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kartu,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kartu.

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