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Gabii

[ɡabiː]

noun

LanguageGamilaraay

Meaning
  1. A male marriage class or skin group. A Gabii can marry only a yibathaa; his sons will be gambu, and his daughters buuthaa.
  2. A male marriage class or skin group
  3. A specific name for a male within the traditional Gamilaraay marriage and skin group system.
Examples

Gabii ngaya.

I am a Gabii.

Pronunciationɡabiː

Part of speechnoun

Usage noteA Gabii can only marry a yibathaa; children follow specific skin groups.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 5 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.