link | State Library of Queensland “Word of the Week” Week Forty-Six.

http://blogs.slq.qld.gov.au/ilq/2019/11/12/2019-international-year-of-indigenous-languages-word-of-the-week-week-forty-six/

As part of State Library’s commitment to the 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages, we will be promoting a ‘word of the week’ from one of the 125+ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages and dialects from across Queensland.
This week’s word is pama [pronounced pah-mah] from the Umbuygamu language of Cape York. It means ‘man’ or ‘people’ and is found and used in a number of languages in Far North Queensland, ranging from Cairns north to the tip of Cape York.
Category: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages
Thematic area: Promotion
Call topics: Intergenerational transmission
Major objective: Thematic areas: Promotion
Area of intervention: Growth and development through elaboration of new knowledge