English
Alternative spellings
Gamilaraay
Kamilaroi
Etymology
From Gamilaraay, meaning gamil-having, gamil being the Gamilaraay word for "no". Other dialects and languages were similarly named after their respective words for "no", e.g. the Wailwan say wayil.
Proper noun
Kamilarai
- An Australian Aboriginal people of New South Wales.
- Their language.
Quotations
1892, John Fraser, An Australian Language
:The Walarai dialect differs only a little from the Kamalarai proper; so also the Wailwun, spoken by the Ngaiamba blacks; for this reason, and because they have the classification of the Kamalarai, these are regarded as only subdivisions of the great Kamalarai tribe.
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