Where does “ailururinganyi” come from?
ailururinganyi (Pitjantjatjara) comes from Pitjantjatjara -nganyi, from Namuyi ngâ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ŋa, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan l/b-ŋa — five.
ailururinganyi (Pitjantjatjara): become a drought
Ancestry of “ailururinganyi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Pitjantjatjara | -nganyi | — |
| 2 | Namuyi | ngâ | — |
| 3 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | ŋa | I |
| 4 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | l/b-ŋa | five |