mil
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English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɪl/
- Rhymes: -ɪl
- Homophone: mill
Noun
mil (plural mils)
- An angular mil, a unit of angular measurement equal to 1⁄6400 of a complete circle. At 1000 metres one mil subtends about one metre (0.98 m). Also 1⁄6000 and 1⁄6300 are used in other countries.
- A unit of measurement equal to 1⁄1000 of an inch (25.4 µm), usually used for thin objects, such as sheets of plastic.
- a former subdivision (1⁄1000) of the Maltese lira
- (informal, plural "mil") Abbreviation of million.
- 2009, Bob Frey, The DVD Murders, page 39:
- The cheapest shack in this part of the woods would probably set the buyer back at least a couple of mil.
- 2010 September, Galen Gondolfi, "Idea Fun(d)", St. Louis magazine, ISSN 1090-5723, volume 16, issue 9, page 79:
- You can get things done without money, but you can do a hell of a lot more with it, and $10 mil is a good starting point.
- (informal) Clipping of milliliter; mL.
Derived terms
Translations
Derived terms
Aragonese
Asturian
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Numeral
mil (indeclinable)
Usage notes
In compound numbers, mil does not inflect or change:
- mil dos ― one thousand two
- mil trenta y nueve ― one thousand thirty-nine
- tres mil ― three thousand
- venti mil ― twenty thousand
Breton
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmiːl/
Etymology 1
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Proto-Brythonic *mil, from Latin mīlia. Cognate with Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Irish míle.
Etymology 2
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Proto-Brythonic *mil (compare Cornish myl, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)), from Proto-Celtic *mīlom (compare Old Irish míl and its descendants; Irish míol, Scottish Gaelic míl, Manx meeyl), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₁l- (“small animal””).
Compare Ancient Greek μῆλον (mêlon, “lamb”), Armenian մալ (mal, “sheep; mutton; wether; cattle; livestock”), Central Kurdish ماڵ (mall, “livestock”), Dutch maal (“calf”).
Catalan
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Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Latin mīlle, from Proto-Italic *smīɣeslī, from Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ (“one thousand”).
Further reading
- “mil” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “mil”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “mil” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “mil” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Cebuano
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Etymology
Borrowed from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Latin mīlle.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: mil
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:mil.
Chavacano
Etymology
Borrowed from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed through Low German, from Latin mil(l)ia (passum) "thousand (steps)."
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -iːl
Declension
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | milen | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | milene |
genitive | mils | milens | mils | milenes |
Derived terms
Esperanto
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mil]
- Audio:
(file) - Hyphenation: mil
Estonian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmil/, [ˈmil]
- Hyphenation: mil
Etymology 1
Clipping of millal.
Etymology 2
Clipping of millel.
Adverb
mil (not comparable)
- that
- Tänaval oli auto, mil olid punased triibud.
- There was a car on the street that had red stripes.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mil/, /mij/
Audio (file)
Further reading
- “mil”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
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Etymology 1
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Latin mīlle, from Proto-Italic *smīɣeslī, from Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ (“one thousand”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmil/
Etymology 2
1474. From Vulgar Latin *medianile, from Latin mediānus. Compare the cognates mión and molo.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmil/
Noun
mil m (plural miles)
- central piece of the Galician cart wheel
- 1474, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 66:
- Iten, preçaron hun rrodisioe dous miilles de carro em noventa maravedis
- Item, they appraised a water wheel and two wheel centers of a cart in ninety maravedis
References
- “mil” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “miil” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “mil” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “mil” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “mil” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “mil” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- Cf. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “medio”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Gamilaraay
Ido
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Etymology
Borrowed from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), French mille, Italian mille, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Latin mīlle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mil/
Ilocano
Etymology
Borrowed from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: mil
- IPA(key): /ˈmil/, [ˈmil]
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɪl/
- Hyphenation: mil
- Rhymes: -mɪl, -ɪl, -l
Noun
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From English mail, from Middle English male, from Anglo-Norman male, Old French male (“bag, wallet”), from Frankish *malha (“bag”), from Proto-Germanic *malhō (“bag, pouch”), from Proto-Indo-European *molko- (“leather pouch”).
Noun
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- (colloquial) mail: the material conveyed by the postal service.
Further reading
- “mil” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Irish
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Proto-Celtic *meli, from Proto-Indo-European *mélid. Cognate with Latin mel, Ancient Greek μέλι (méli). Akin to milis and blas.
Declension
Third declension
Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- beach mheala (“honeybee”)
- broc meala (“ratel, honey badger”)
- ceo meala (“honey dew”)
- cíor mheala (“honeycomb”)
- criathar meala (“honeycomb”)
- cuinneog mheala (“honeycomb cell”)
- drúcht meala (“honey-dew”)
- faireog mheala (“nectary”)
- lus na meala (“balm”)
- mí na meala (“honeymoon”)
Mutation
Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “mil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “mil”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “mil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “mil” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “mil” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 36
Kabuverdianu
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).
Ladin
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *melem m or f, from Latin mel n.
References
- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1159: “il miele” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
Louisiana Creole
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mil/
- Rhymes: -il
Lule
References
- Antonio Maccioni / Machoni, Arte y vocabulario de la lengua lule y tonocoté (1732)
Maltese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /miːl/
Mòcheno
Etymology
From Middle High German mül, müle, from Old High German mulī, mulin, from Proto-Germanic *mulīnō, *mulīnaz, from Late Latin molīnum (“mill”). Cognate with German Mühle, English mill.
References
- “mil” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
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- (today in Norway) a distance of 10 kilometres
- gammel norsk mil - old Norwegian mile, a distance of 11.3 kilometres
- engelsk mil - a mile, 1.609 kilometres, as used in Britain and the US.
Derived terms
References
- “mil” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
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- (today in Norway) a distance of 10 kilometres
- gammal norsk mil - old Norwegian mile, a distance of 11.3 kilometres
- engelsk mil - a mile, 1.609 kilometres, as used in Britain and the US.
Usage notes
Indefinite plural miler was made non-standard by the spelling reform of 2012.
Derived terms
References
- “mil” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Occitan
Alternative forms
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /miːl/
Declension
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Old French
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *meli n, from Proto-Indo-European *mélit.
Noun
mil f (genitive melo)
- honey
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 7d9
- Hi sunt tra ↄ·ricc frissa lind serb in chúrsactha lase foruillecta beóil in chalich di mil cosse anall...
- Herein, then, he comes into contact with the bitter drink of the reproval, when the lips of the chalice have hitherto been smeared with honey...
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 7d9
Inflection
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Descendants
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- Manx: mill
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) also mmil after a proclitic |
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “mil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Papiamentu
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) and Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) and Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).
Portuguese
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Latin mīlle, from Proto-Italic *smīɣeslī, from Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ (“one thousand”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmiw/ [ˈmiʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈmil/ [ˈmiɫ]
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -il, (Brazil) -iw
- Hyphenation: mil
Adjective
mil m or f
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:mil.
Related terms
Descendants
- → Kadiwéu: miili
Romanian
Declension
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | milul | (niște) miluri | milurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | milului | (unor) miluri | milurilor |
vocative | milule | milurilor |
References
- mil in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (genitive mela), from Proto-Celtic *meli, from Proto-Indo-European *mélid. Cognate with Welsh mêl, Cornish mill, Breton mel, Latin mel, Greek μέλι (méli), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌹𐌸 (miliþ), Old Armenian մեղր (mełr).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mil/, /mʲil/
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | mhil |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “mil”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “mil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *milъ. Cognate with Polish miły.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /míːl/
Inflection
Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Further reading
- “mil”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Spanish
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) or Old Spanish mill, from Latin mīlle, from Proto-Italic *smīɣeslī, from Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ (“one thousand”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmil/ [ˈmil]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -il
- Syllabification: mil
Usage notes
- When pluralized as a specific number, the form mil is still used:
- dos mil pesos ― two thousand pesos
- cien mil pesos ― one hundred thousand pesos
Derived terms
- a las mil maravillas
- a mil por hora
- como mil oros
- con mil amores
- con mil diablos
- de mil amores
- diez mil
- las mil
- mil gracias
- mil leches
- mil millones
Noun
mil m (plural miles)
- (chiefly in the plural) thousand (1000 units of something) (usually in an indefinite sense)
- Gané muchos miles de dólares.
- I earned many thousands of dollars
Further reading
- “mil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed through Low German, from Latin mil(l)ia (passum) "thousand (steps)."
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /miːl/
audio (file)
Noun
mil c
- (after 1889) Unit of length, equal to 10,000 meters
- Synonyms: nymil, myriameter
- (between 1699 and 1889) Unit of length, equal to 10,688.54 meters
- Synonym: landmil
Declension
Declension of Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | milen | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | milen |
Genitive | mils | milens | mils | milens |
Derived terms
Anagrams
Tagalog
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Etymology
Borrowed from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Latin mīlle.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: mil
- IPA(key): /ˈmil/, [ˈmil]
Related terms
Further reading
- “mil”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Tatar
Noun
mil
- (archaic) a unit of length: 1 mil = 7 çaqrım = 7.467 km (see Obsolete Tatar units of measurement)
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) |
genitive | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) |
dative | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) |
accusative | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) |
locative | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) |
ablative | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) |
Turkish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmil/
Volapük
Vurës
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mil/
References
- Catriona Malau (September 2021), “mil”, in A Dictionary of Vurës, Vanuatu (Asia-Pacific Linguistics), Australian National University Press, , →ISBN, page 121
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /miːl/
- Rhymes: -ɨːl
- Homophone: mul (South Wales)
Etymology 1
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Proto-Brythonic *mil (compare Cornish myl, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)), from Proto-Celtic *mīlom (compare Old Irish míl and its descendants; Irish míol, Scottish Gaelic míl, Manx meeyl), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₁l- (“small animal””).
Compare Ancient Greek μῆλον (mêlon, “lamb”), Armenian մալ (mal, “sheep; mutton; wether; cattle; livestock”), Central Kurdish ماڵ (mall, “livestock”), Dutch maal (“calf”).
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Proto-Brythonic *mil, from Latin mīlia. Cognate with Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Irish míle.
Related terms
- mil blynyddoedd (“millennium”)
Mutation
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), chapter MIL, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
Yagara
References
- State Library of Queensland, Indigenous Language Wordlists Yugara Everyday Words.