Martu Wangka Dictionary Martu Wangka – English A-a -arri verb suffix (Ø+wa class). used to become something. miralarringu to become visible. manarrarringu to get tired. tikirlarringu to get dry. pukurlarringu to become happy. Gram: Inchoative. Attaches to a nominal ending in a consonant and is suffixed with -rri tense suffixes Gram: -rri after a nominal ending in a vowel.
I-i ini noun. name. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Vocalising and Thought. Phon: This is one of a few words recorded which begins with a vowel.
ipi noun. mother. Category: People and Kinship. Phon: This word is one of a few recorded which begins with a vowel. Socio: This word is not used at Jigalong at the present time because of a death of a person with a name with similar sounds.
J-j -ja noun suffix. 1 • in. 2 • on. Tatirnu jiingka tikirlja. He climbed on this dry one. 3 • at. Category: Direction and Location. Phon: For some speakers, -ja is used after any word ending in a consonant; for other speakers, -ja is used after words ending in ly, ny or rr.
-jala derivational suffix (jula class). used to do something. Kumpujala! Urinate! Category: Impact. Gram: Takes the same tense suffixes as -ju~.
jaa noun. mouth. Category: Body Parts and Products. jaa pakala verb, intransitive (la class). used to open one's mouth. Category: Bodily Functions. Gram: With -rnu in Marsh's eg.
jaaji noun. church. In Biblical context also synagogue. From: English. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
jaajpa noun. church. From: English. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
jaakampa noun. tree with edible fruit. The fruit of this small tree is eaten. Too much is said to burn the mouth, thus the name jaakampa. Lit: mouth + burn. Canthium latifolium. Category: Plants.
jaaku noun. just a taste. Lit: mouth + for. Category: Food Cooking and Fire. jaalpu noun. self. From: English. Category: People and Kinship. jaalpu wangkangu phrase. group talking together secretly. Category: People and Kinship.
jaalpu-jaalpu descriptor. into separate groups. Category: Number and Quantity. jaalpumala verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to separate. Category: Impact. 2 • used to divide. Category: Impact.
jaalypa noun. a whisper. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Sounds. jaamalya descriptor. whisper. Jaamalya wangkangu. He whispered. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Sounds.
jaamankarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). mouth to become open. Category: Bodily Functions. jaamiji-miji noun. 1 • kind of devil. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. 2 • cannibal being. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony.
jaamurtula verb, transitive (la class). used to cover mouth. Category: Impact. jaangkala verb, transitive (la class). used to feed someone. Category: Bodily Functions, Food Cooking and Fire.
jaangkajula verb, transitive (jula class). used to feed someone, particularly initiates. Lit: mouth-in-put-it. Category: Bodily Functions, Food Cooking and Fire.
jaangkayuwulypa Variant: jangkayurrulypa. noun. sugar. The nectar of plants with the sugar is collected. Category: Elements, Plants.
Jaanpa noun. John. Category: Names and Place Names. Jaanti noun. Sunday. Category: Time. jaapa noun. evening meal. From: English. Category: Food Cooking and Fire. jaapala descriptor. sharp. From: English. Category: Colour Pattern and Texture. jaapi 1 • noun. hot meat. Category: Food Cooking and Fire. 2 • descriptor. hungry for meat. Not "tin of meat", but "real" meat. Category: State.
jaaputa noun. someone who says bad things about others. Lit: mouth + bad; "bad-mouthing" people. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character.
jaarlurrpanyjanpa-ya phrase. they were being noisy. jaarlurrparlurrpa noun. 1 • sound of activity. Category: Sounds. 2 • confusion of sounds. Jaarlurrparlurrpa-ya. They were making busy sounds. Category: Sounds.
jaarramula verb, transitive (rra/la class). 1 • used to stir up others and make them angry. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character. 2 • used to make angry. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character.
jaarramurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to start. From: English. Jaarramurrini kalyu. The water started flowing. Category: Motion.
jaarta noun. shirt. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. jaartipala noun. 1 • dirty person. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • one who needs washing. Category: People and Kinship.
jaawaja noun. trousers. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. jaawarlula verb, intransitive (la class). used to yawn. Category: Bodily Functions. jaja 1 • noun. food in baby talk. Category: Food Cooking and Fire. 2 • interjection. Eat it! in baby talk. Category: Interjections.
jajala verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to horde. Category: Holding and Transfer. 2 • used to fail to share (particularly regarding food). Category: Holding and Transfer.
jajarrala verb, transitive (la class). used to winnow by hand. Category: Holding and Transfer. jajarrapuwa verb, transitive (wa class). 1 • used to tip yandy to clear rubbish. Category: Holding and Transfer. 2 • used to winnow grain. Category: Holding and Transfer.
jaji noun. food taboo. Custom following death of close family member (possibly English loan word) to refrain from certain foods following the death of a relative. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. See: jaminypa. Gram: Possibly English loan.
Jajuwa noun. Joshua. Category: Names and Place Names. -jaka noun suffix. like that; thus. ngurlujaka always frightened; coward. Category: Mood and Character. Gram: Characteriser
jaka-jaka descriptor. tired. Category: State. jaka-jakarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become tired. Jaka-jakarringu. He became tired. Category: Stative Verbs.
Jakamarra noun. subsection name. From Pintupi area. Category: People and Kinship, Names and Place Names, Dreaming and Ceremony.
jakapiri noun. 1 • sandle made from jakapiri plant. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. 2 • string made from jakapiri plant. Used to tie axe head onto handle. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. 3 • bird flower. Crotalaria cunninghamii. Category: Plants.
jakarlpa descriptor. dry. Category: State. jakarrpa descriptor. quietly. Without a sound. Jakarrpa yanku. He will go along without a sound. Category: Manner and Posture, Sounds.
jakarrpunaja noun. silent movement. As walking without a sound. Category: Motion, Sounds. jakata noun. holly-leaf grevillea. Edible nectar.Belongs to the wama group of plants. Grevillea wickhamii. Category: Plants.
jakilarta noun. crow. Young crows are said to be eaten. Corvus orru. Category: Birds. jakipirri noun. emu. Dromaius novae-hollandiae. Category: Birds. -jaku verb suffix. 1 • possibility. 2 • might. Miturrijaku. He might die.
jakulpa kawa verb, transitive (wa class). used to spread a message around the place. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
jakulpa kati verb, transitive (Ø class). used to spread a message around the place. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
jakulyjula verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to report a message. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 2 • used to tell on someone. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
jakulypa Variant: jakurlpa. noun. 1 • a report. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 2 • feedback. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 3 • message. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
Jakulyukulyu noun. women from Dreaming. Part of the Tingarri cycle; the "Seven Sisters". Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Names and Place Names.
jakurlpa Variant: jakulypa. noun. 1 • message. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 2 • report of some incident. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
jakurlpurluka noun. 1 • one who has a message. Biblical context mamamili jakurlpurluka. Category: People and Kinship, Dreaming and Ceremony. 2 • prophet; apostle. Category: People and Kinship, Dreaming and Ceremony.
jala noun. 1 • spit. Category: Body Parts and Products. 2 • saliva. Category: Body Parts and Products.
Jalamanpa noun. Solomon. Biblical context. Category: Names and Place Names. jalamula verb, transitive (la class). used to sell. From: English. Category: Holding and Transfer. jalinynguru phrase. by the point. Jalinynguru kanyila. Hold the pointed end of the spear. jalinypa descriptor. sharp (as a point). Category: Colour Pattern and Texture. jalirrpa noun. wild onion. Cyperus bulbosus. Category: Plants. jalkala verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to let go. Category: Holding and Transfer. 2 • used to send. Category: Holding and Transfer.
jalkuran noun. paperbark tree. Melaleuca sp.. Category: Plants. jalkurrpurta noun. paperbark tree. Melaleuca sp.. Category: Plants. jalpinypa noun. species of grevillea. This plant has orange/yellow flowers. Edible nectar. Belongs to the wama group of plants. Probably the desert grevillea. Grevillea aff. eriostachya. Category: Plants.
jalura noun. type of cloud. One that travels low; just building up; a "snakes mist". Category: Elements. jalurapuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to see a cloud coming. Category: Bodily Functions. jalurayarra verb, intransitive (rra class). used to go along (of a cloud). Category: Motion. jaluru noun. old woman. Category: People and Kinship. jalyirrjala verb, transitive (jala class). used to clean bones for reburial. Part of the Laka ceremony. Category: Impact, Dreaming and Ceremony.
jalyirrjurra verb, transitive (rra class). used to throw leaves on a mourner at a funeral. Category: Holding and Transfer, Dreaming and Ceremony.
jalyirrjunu phrase. he threw the leaves on the mourner. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. jalyirrpa noun. leaves used ceremonially at funeral. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. jalyjakarra noun. hair sticking up from fright. Jalyjakarra pakarnu. The hair stood on end from fear. Category: State.
jalyka noun. mulga seed. Category: Plants. jalykarra descriptor. new. Anything brand new. Category: Value. jalypa descriptor. 1 • still. Category: Time. 2 • yet. Category: Time.
jalypa noun. 1 • stone knife. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. 2 • flint. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
jalypajunu verb, transitive (unclassed). 1 • continued to do something. Category: Impact. 2 • refused to stop doing something. Category: Vocalising and Thought. Gram: -nu used in Marsh's eg which has an infinitive translation.
jalyu noun. baby talk for water. Category: Elements. jamana noun. foot. Category: Body Parts and Products. -jamarra noun suffix. because of. Pinirringu maparnjamarra. He ran away because of the maparn. Gram: This suffix is used after a word ending in a consonant. Gram: used after a word ending in a vowel
jamarta noun. promise or promised girl. Category: People and Kinship, Dreaming and Ceremony. jamarta warla verb, (Ø class). used to break a promise. Category: Vocalising and Thought. jamartajula verb, transitive (jula class). used to promise something. Such as a blanket, firewood or one's daughter in marriage. Jamartajunu-lun. You promised it to him. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
jamartapuwa verb, transitive (wa class). 1 • used to offer something. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 2 • used to promise something. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 3 • used to ask. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
jaminpara noun. novice in the law. Initiated but still more things to learn. Category: People and Kinship, Dreaming and Ceremony.
jaminypa1 noun. 1 • funeral activity. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. See: jaji. 2 • recent initiate. Category: People and Kinship, Dreaming and Ceremony.
jaminypa2 noun. blackheads. Category: Body Parts and Products, Healing Sickness and Ailments. Jamiriya noun. Samaria. Biblical context. Category: Names and Place Names. jamirti noun. term for grandfather and grandson relationship, or cross cousin relationship. "Joking mates"; could be in a grandfather-grandson relationship or a cross-cousin relationship--Karimarra-Panaka or Purungu-Milangka; they can talk and laugh together; "like a brother"; this term applies to men--the term yinkarni applies to women; other similar terms are wajirra, makurnta/fv:makurta, yungkuri). Category: People and Kinship.
jamirti-jamirti noun. two mates. Category: People and Kinship. jamirtirra noun. two people in jamirti relationship. When men and women are in this relationship they are not allowed to marry; they are like brother and sister. Category: People and Kinship.
Jamiyulpa noun. Samuel. Biblical context. Category: Names and Place Names. jampa particle. 1 • if. Category: Particles. 2 • when. Category: Particles. 3 • while. Jampa-n nyaku, mirraku-n. When/if you see it, call out. Category: Particles.
jampajula verb, transitive (jula class). used to bury something. Category: Holding and Transfer. jampakarta descriptor. soon. Category: Time. jampalyu descriptor. 1 • short while. Category: Time. 2 • quickly. A relative term as in "He quickly grew up". Category: Manner and Posture.
jampangka noun. 1 • at the grave. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects, Dreaming and Ceremony. 2 • graveside. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects, Dreaming and Ceremony.
jamparnpa noun. species of wallaby. This is said to be like a Rufous hare-wallaby. Category: Animals. jampu noun. 1 • left hand. Category: Body Parts and Products. 2 • a left-handed person. Category: People and Kinship.
jampukarti phrase. 1 • to the left. Category: Direction and Location. 2 • with the left hand.
jampungka phrase. on the left side. Category: Direction and Location. jamu noun. 1 • term for grandfather and grandson relationship. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • ancestor. Jamumili-n wangka kangku. Keep the words of your grandfather/ancestors. Category: People and Kinship.
jamujarra noun. grandfather and grandson relationship. Category: People and Kinship. jamunu noun. initiated man (early stage). Term applies to boys, women and whitemen, too; a person who doesn't know much; a man who hasn't been through higher levels of the Law. Category: People and Kinship, Dreaming and Ceremony.
jamunyjanirri noun. 1 • grandfathers. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • male ancestors. Category: People and Kinship.
jamurarra noun. grandfather and grandson relationship. Category: People and Kinship. jamurnpa particle. 1 • when. Jamurnpa maa-pinirringu, yarrarnu-rna wakarnu. When it tried to run away, I speared it again. Category: Particles. 2 • while. Category: Particles. 3 • almost. Category: Particles. 4 • just about. Category: Particles.
jana noun. kind of devil. Described as an old woman with sharp teeth. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. -janampa pronoun suffix. for them, theirs. Marlpa-janampa ngaakajaku. He is a companion for them. Category: Pronouns.
-janampalura pronoun suffix. away from them (plural). Kayila-lijujanampalura yanu ngurrakarti. And we two when away from them to camp. Category: Pronouns.
-jananya pronoun suffix. them; to them; at them. Nyangu-lajujananya martukaja. We saw (them) those Aborgines. Yanu-jananya. He went to them. Nyinangu-rnajananya. I sat/stayed with them. Category: Pronouns.
janarri noun. 1 • person who avoids deserved punishment. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • person who won't admit to pain. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character.
janarrirri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to get away with a crime. Category: Motion. janarriyarra verb, intransitive (rra class). used to escape punishment. Category: Motion. janayuru noun. like a type of devil (jana). A term used to describe someone who is particularly brutal and cruel. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony.
janga noun. 1 • spit. Category: Body Parts and Products. 2 • saliva. Category: Body Parts and Products.
janga pakala verb, intransitive (la class). used to foam at the mouth. Used of a person in a fit. Category: Bodily Functions.
jangajula verb, transitive (jula class). used to spit. Category: Bodily Functions. jangajunu munyjuly phrase. to spit out yellow phlegm. Jangakulyjurni-ra jiiku idiom. He wants that very much. Idiom. Lit: spit-swallowing-for-it that-for. Jangala noun. subsection name. Used instead of Panaka, from Pintupi. Category: People and Kinship, Names and Place Names, Dreaming and Ceremony.
jangalyi noun. dog. Category: Animals. jangara noun. 1 • giant devil from Jukurtani times. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony.
2 • cannibal devil. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony.
Janga-ra kulyjurni jiiku idiom. He wants that very much. Lit: spit-for-it is-swallowing that-for. jangi noun. firestick. Jangi-ra yungu. He gave him a firestick. Category: Elements. jangiwinti noun. new initiate. A jangi is given to the initiate by his mother-in-law; the jangi represents the wife he will receive. Category: People and Kinship, Dreaming and Ceremony.
jangka-jangkati verb, intransitive (Ø class). used to walk along with legs apart. Category: Motion, Manner and Posture. Gram: -ngu PAST
jangkarri descriptor. pretty. Category: Value. jangkati verb, intransitive (Ø class). used to waddle along. Category: Motion. jangkayurrulypa Variant: jaangkayuwulypa. noun. sugar. The nectar of plants with the sugar is collected. Category: Elements, Plants.
jangku noun. nest. Category: Birds. jangkujula verb, transitive (jula class). used to build a nest. Category: Impact, Birds. jangkulyarra verb, intransitive (rra class). 1 • used to be full of something. Category: Stative Verbs, Number and Quantity. 2 • used to be satisfied (as with food). Category: Stative Verbs, Food Cooking and Fire. 3 • used to have enough of something. Category: Stative Verbs.
jangkurru noun. hat. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. jangu noun. tobacco. Category: Food Cooking and Fire. jani noun. pubic covering. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. janikurtinypa noun. 1 • species of seed. Tiny seeds from short grass plant, ground for food. Category: Plants. 2 • species of grass. Category: Plants. See: wilyki.
janingu noun. guts (including the liver). Category: Body Parts and Products. janingu noun. small bite of food. Janingu-rna ngalkura. Ill eat the bits of food (while I'm waiting for the proper meal). Category: Food Cooking and Fire.
jankawa verb, intransitive (wa class). used to reckon oneself as bad/not good enough. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
jankanyjankanypa noun. one who strongly disregards or rejects another. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character.
jankinpa noun. one who doubts. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. jankurru noun. hat. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. janmajula verb, transitive (jula class). used to put damper on top of hot coals. Perhaps just toss it on. Janmajunu. Ka-rni yungu. He cooked the damper on top of the coals and gave it to me. Category: Holding and Transfer, Food Cooking and Fire.
jannga noun. 1 • ladder. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. 2 • step. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
janngala verb, transitive (irregular). used to gobble food. Category: Bodily Functions, Food Cooking and Fire.
janngajunu verb, intransitive (unclassed). made a step. Category: Motion. Gram: With -nu in Marsh's PAST eg. janpi noun. spinifex grass. Triodia sp.. Category: Plants.
jantaju noun. thunder. Category: Elements. jantalypa noun. very bad sore. Category: Body Parts and Products, Healing Sickness and Ailments. jantaparrpa noun. 1 • shoes. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. 2 • boots. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
jantarrngara verb, intransitive (Ø class). used to kneel. Category: Stative Verbs, Manner and Posture. jantaru noun. 1 • wild honey. Category: Elements, Food Cooking and Fire. 2 • bees. Category: Insects.
jantaru muunurrku noun. honey bee. Category: Insects. Jantayi noun. Sunday. Category: Names and Place Names. jantipuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to talk about someone. Jantipungkupayi. He was talking about him. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
jantu noun. things. Category: Elements. jantukaja noun. things. Category: Elements. jantulpa noun. 1 • bundle of one's possessions, particularly weapons. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. 2 • things belonging to a person. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
jantupayi noun. person who goes and gets his weapons as soon as an argument starts. Category: People and Kinship.
jantuwinti descriptor. with a bundle of something. Jantuwinti parra-yikini nyarra. He is standing about with a bundle of his possessions. Category: Manner and Posture.
-janu noun suffix. 1 • out of. Ngurrajanu-rni pinirringu. He came here from camp. Julyjujanu-rna nyinani ngaangka. I've been living here for a long time. Category: Direction and Location. 2 • because. Ngarrini ngarnta wamajanu. He is lying down ill because he drank wama. Category: Impact.
janyipuwa verb, transitive (wa class). 1 • used to chop something. Category: Impact. 2 • used to hit head in grief. Category: Impact. 3 • used to split bone for marrow. Category: Impact.
janyji noun. egg. Category: Food Cooking and Fire, Birds. janyjuru noun. gidgee tree. This is possibly a gidgee. Acacia sp. (?). Category: Plants. janykan-janykanpa descriptor. 1 • reckless. Category: Mood and Character. 2 • rebellious. Category: Mood and Character. 3 • selfish. Totally, with no thought for others. Category: Mood and Character.
janyungu noun. tobacco. Category: Plants. japalja descriptor. at the meeting/crowd. Category: Direction and Location, People and Kinship. japalpa noun. 1 • big mob. Pakarnu-ya martukaja japalpa. A large mob of people arrived for the meeting. Category: People and Kinship, Number and Quantity. 2 • group of people. Category: People and Kinship. 3 • meeting. Ngayumililu-rni mamalu yanu katingu japalkarti. My father came and took me to a
big law meeting. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, People and Kinship. See: yarnnga.
japanpa descriptor. seven. From: English. Category: Number and Quantity.
japila verb, transitive (la class). used to ask. Ka-laju japirnu, "Wanyjakarti-ya yanu?" And we asked him, "Where have the others gone?" Japila-ra mirrkaku. Ask him for food. Japila-jananya, "Yankura-la wurna?" You ask them, "Are we going on a trip?" Japila-janampa martukajaku, nyaarta-ya wayinkatiku. You ask the men when they are going to arrive? Category: Vocalising and Thought.
japil-japilpa noun. person who asks lots of questions. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. japilparni descriptor. without asking. Didn't let others know about something. Category: Manner and Posture.
japirrpa descriptor. away from the mob. Japirrpa ngarri! Go lie down away from the rest of the mob! Category: Direction and Location, People and Kinship.
japiya1 noun. sacred place. Place of a maparn or of animals, e.g. lizards. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. japiya2 noun. bush tobacco. This grows on sandhills. "It will make a child tired [manarrmanku], if he/she chews it." Belongs to the wama group of plants. Category: Plants.
japu descriptor. 1 • small. Category: Size Shape and Weight. 2 • little. Category: Size Shape and Weight.
japujanu descriptor. since childhood. Category: Time. japujara noun. the smallest one in a group. Category: People and Kinship. japukurlu descriptor. as a child. Japukurlulu-rna nyawa. When I was a child, I used to see it. Category: Time.
japuly-japulyjala verb, transitive (la class). used to gobble food. Chewing loudly with a full mouth. Category: Bodily Functions, Food Cooking and Fire.
japunyjarra noun. 1 • kangaroo with young. Category: Animals. 2 • animal with young. Category: Animals.
japunyurra noun. men a person calls father or uncle. Category: People and Kinship. japurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become small; used to decrease. Category: Stative Verbs, Size Shape and Weight. Gram: -ngu given in Marsh PAST
japurr-japurrpa noun. strange language. Language which is foreign or difficult to understand. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
japuwarta noun. small one. Category: Size Shape and Weight. japuwinti noun. 1 • kangaroo with young. Category: Animals. 2 • animal with young. Category: Animals.
jara1 noun. shield. Includes the use of objects other than a wooden shield to protect oneself. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
jara2 noun. pouch (of marsupial). Category: Body Parts and Products, Animals. Jaramarra noun. name of Dreamtime rainmaker. From Wiirnpa area of desert; referred to as the last rainmaker. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Names and Place Names.
jararrpa noun. shallow place to lie in. If without water, one can wait in this depression until it is cool enough to travel again. Category: Elements.
jararrpuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to dig a shallow place to lie in. Jarntulu jararrpungkuni. The dog is digging a hole to lie down in and cool off. Category: Impact.
jari-jari 1 • descriptor. answering back. A person who can face his accusers at a meeting without shame; he will "go for them". Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. 2 • noun. person who is eager to give cheek. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character.
3 • descriptor. self-willed. Category: Mood and Character. 4 • descriptor. boastful. Category: Mood and Character.
jari-jarirri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become cheeky. Jari-jarirripayi-ya. They were not listening--only giving others cheek. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character.
jarla noun. 1 • spit. Category: Body Parts and Products. 2 • saliva. Category: Body Parts and Products.
jarlawa verb, intransitive (wa class). 1 • used to bathe oneself. Category: Impact. 2 • used to wash. Category: Impact. 3 • used to swim. Category: Motion.
jarla ngukarnu idiom. want something badly. Lit: swallowed spit. jarlajula verb, transitive (jula class). 1 • used to spit. Category: Bodily Functions. 2 • used to dip something in a liquid. Category: Holding and Transfer. 3 • used to rinse something. Particularly seeds before grinding. Category: Impact. 4 • used to wash someone. Category: Impact.
jarlila verb, transitive (la class). used to carry on head. Category: Holding and Transfer. jarli kati verb, transitive (Ø class). used to carry something on the head or shoulders. Category: Holding and Transfer.
jarlijarra noun. to carry on the head. The way meat is often carried. Punakurlu-rna jarlijarra. I had a dish on my head. Category: Holding and Transfer.
jarlingka descriptor. on the head. Category: Direction and Location, Body Parts and Products. jarlingkala verb, intransitive (la class). used to ride horseback. Jarlingkalpayi. He has been riding horses. Category: Motion.
jarlingkarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to go horseback. Category: Motion. jarlinypa noun. tongue. Category: Body Parts and Products. jarlipuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to ride. Category: Motion. jarlirri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to place on the head. Category: Holding and Transfer. jarlitiwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to carry something on one's head. Jarlitipayi katangka. He was carrying it on his head. Category: Holding and Transfer.
jarlparra noun. kangaroo. Category: Animals. jarlu descriptor. big. Category: Size Shape and Weight. jarlurli noun. species of skink. This lizard lives in the spinifex. It is bigger than mulunyjara. Egernia sp.. Category: Reptiles and Snakes.
jarlurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to grow up; get big. Category: Stative Verbs, Size Shape and Weight.
jarna noun. person's upper back. Category: Body Parts and Products. jarnala verb, transitive (la class). used to carry something or someone on one's back. Kaji-rnin jarnalku ngayu? Will you carry me? Category: Holding and Transfer.
jarnangka1 descriptor. piggy-back. Category: Manner and Posture. jarnangkala2 verb, transitive (la class). used to put something on one's back. Jarnangkarnu kangu. He put it on his back and took it. Category: Holding and Transfer.
jarnangkakati verb, transitive (Ø class). used to carry on one's back. Category: Holding and Transfer. Gram: With -ngu in Marsh
jarnangkarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to get on someone's back. Category: Motion. jarnarti-jarnarti descriptor. 1 • sitting in a circle. Category: Manner and Posture. 2 • circle of people. Category: Manner and Posture.
jarnayirra-jarnayirra descriptor. 1 • sitting in a circle. Category: Manner and Posture. 2 • circle of people. Category: Manner and Posture.
jarnimirri noun. girl and her mother. Term referring to two people on separate generations above the speakers. Category: People and Kinship.
jarnimirrirarra noun. mother and daughter relationship. Category: People and Kinship. jarnpa noun. kind of devil. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. jarntarajula verb, transitive (jula class). used to vomit. Jarntarajunkupayi-laju. We were vomiting. Category: Bodily Functions, Healing Sickness and Ailments.
jarntarrngarapa descriptor. 1 • boastful; a "big man". Category: Mood and Character. 2 • proud looking. Category: Mood and Character.
jarntila verb, transitive (la class). used to scrape the ground. With a shovel, tractor, etc. Category: Impact. jarnti-jarnti noun. hobbling about (with a walking stick). Category: Motion. jarntilyirri descriptor. 1 • on its own. Jarntilyirringka nyininpa. He is sitting on his own. Category: Manner and Posture, Number and Quantity. 2 • solitary. Category: Number and Quantity. 3 • alone in the middle. Category: Number and Quantity.
jarntirri descriptor. smooth (as the ground). Category: Colour Pattern and Texture. jarntirripuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to make it smooth. Such as the ground. Category: Impact, Colour Pattern and Texture.
jarntu noun. dog. Jarntu miturringu. The dog died. Category: Animals. jarntukurlu descriptor. with a dog. E.g. when going hunting. Category: Manner and Posture. jarra noun. forked stick. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects, Elements, Plants. -jarra noun suffix. 1 • with. wanajarra the one with a digging stick, i.e., a woman. 2 • having. mungajarra having darkness, i.e., the night. Kartujarra the language having the word
"kartu" in it. kurlijarra summer.
jarralypuwa verb, transitive (wa class). 1 • used to cut up meat (after it is cooked). Category: Impact, Food Cooking and Fire. 2 • used to divide something. Category: Impact, Number and Quantity. 3 • used to break up something. Such as a melon. Category: Impact.
jarrangkawa verb, intransitive (wa class). used to burst into flames. Category: Stative Verbs, Food Cooking and Fire.
jarrapa noun. 1 • fork. Category: Elements. 2 • forking branches of a tree. Category: Plants.
jarrapa-jarrapa 1 • noun. fork of tree. Category: Plants. 2 • noun. something branching out. Category: Motion, Plants. 3 • descriptor. leafy. Category: Plants, State.
jarraparn noun. kind of spear. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. jarrarlakari noun. crested pigeon. Category: Birds. jarrarra descriptor. downwards. Jarrarra wakarnu. He threw the spear downwards. Category: Direction and Location.
jarrarra yikinta descriptor. standing with legs apart. Category: Manner and Posture. jarri noun. cave. Category: Elements. jarrinymarra verb, transitive (rra class). used to get a totem. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Dreaming and Ceremony.
jarrinypa noun. conception totem. Mata jarrinypanga. His totem is the bush potato. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony.
jarrinypuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to get a totem. Maa-jarrinypungu. He got the totem from that other place. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Dreaming and Ceremony.
jarripi noun. 1 • a fight. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. 2 • trouble. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony.
Jarriti noun. 1 • Saturday. Category: Names and Place Names. 2 • Sabbath. Biblical context. Category: Names and Place Names.
jarr-jarr-jarr-jarrpa descriptor. 1 • come to a sudden stop. As a horse in a race. Category: Manner and Posture. 2 • screech to a halt. Putting on the brakes. Category: Manner and Posture.
jarr-jarrpa descriptor. 1 • agressive. Of a person who "bursts into flames" quickly. Category: Mood and Character. 2 • argumentative. Category: Mood and Character.
jarrkanpa noun. young boy. One who goes to other places. Category: People and Kinship. jarrki noun. bush turkey; bustard. Eupodotis australis. From: English. Category: Birds. jarrpa verb, intransitive (Ø class). 1 • used to enter. Category: Motion. 2 • used to go in. Category: Motion. 3 • used to swim. Category: Motion.
jarrpajula verb, transitive (la class). used to put something in. Kalyungka jarrpajunu japuwarta murtilya. Put the little boy in the water. Category: Holding and Transfer.
jarrpatiwa verb, intransitive (wa class). used to go toward something and enter. Jarrpatipayi jirntunga. The sun was setting again. Category: Motion.
jarrpurta noun. initiator of a young man. Category: People and Kinship, Dreaming and Ceremony. jarru noun. guts; intestines. Category: Body Parts and Products. jarruly-jarrulypa noun. reacting offensively to rebuke. To "face people at a public meeting without any shame and go for them". Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character.
jarrulyu descriptor. satisfied from drinking. Category: State. See: munku. jarrulyurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become satisfied (from drinking). Category: Stative Verbs, Food Cooking and Fire.
jarrwangkawa verb, intransitive (wa class). 1 • used to catch on fire quickly. As when lightning strikes something. Category: Stative Verbs, Food Cooking and Fire. 2 • used to burst into flame. Category: Stative Verbs, Food Cooking and Fire. 3 • used to ignite. Category: Stative Verbs, Food Cooking and Fire.
jartangkalu descriptor. together. A "southern word" indicating an action done together. Category: Manner and Posture.
jartarrpuka noun. species of seed. The dry seed of this grass plant is ground for food. Paractaenum novaehollandiae. Category: Plants. See: wilyki.
jartayi noun. faeces. Category: Body Parts and Products. jarti noun. a bat. Category: Animals. jartu noun. yandy dish. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. jartula verb, transitive (la class). used to yandy. Category: Holding and Transfer. jarturtu noun. 1 • wide leaf gum tree. Category: Plants. 2 • ghost gum. Eucalyptus sp.. Category: Plants. See: kirtingarli.
-jaru noun suffix. typical of him. Karimarrajaru-ya. It is typical of someone from the Karimarra skin group to act like that. Category: Mood and Character.
Jarujalumpa noun. Jerusalem. Biblical context. Category: Names and Place Names. Jarujalumu noun. Jerusalem. Biblical context. Category: Names and Place Names. jata noun. shallow hole. Category: Elements. Jatakmili wangkapurluka noun. Sadducee. Biblical context. Category: Names and Place Names. jatamapu noun. a shut door. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. jatamapula verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to shut a door. Category: Impact. 2 • used to cover something up. Category: Impact.
jatu noun. March fly. Category: Insects. jatulamula verb, transitive (mula class). used to saddle a horse. Category: Impact. jawala verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to dig. Wantilu jawarnu pirti wanakurlulu. The woman dug a hole with her digging stick. Category: Impact. 2 • used to scratch. Jawala-ngku kata. Scratch your head. Category: Impact. 3 • used to scoop out something. Like the seeds from a pura. Pirrkirikurlulu-njananya jawalku. You should scoop out the seeds with a cleaning stick. Category: Holding and Transfer.
jawa-jawara-ya yarra verb, intransitive (rra class). used to run away. Speaking of many things or persons. Category: Motion. Gram: With -nu in PAST eg.
jawali noun. thigh. Category: Body Parts and Products. jawalyurru noun. species of tree. The fruit of this small tree is eaten. Too much is said to burn ones mouth. Canthium latifolium. Category: Plants.
jawalyurru descriptor. tired. Category: State. jawara wanala verb, transitive (la class). used to dig along. Wululu-n jawara wanalku. Keep on digging along (to find the honey ants). Category: Impact. Gram: With -rnu PAST in eg.
jawarnu ya~ idiom. to quicky run away. Lit: he dug, he went. Category: Motion. Gram: with -nu in PAST eg. jawirli noun. quandong. This is said to be the emus food; however, the outer flesh of the fruit is eaten by the people, but the kernal is not. Santalum acuminatum. Category: Plants.
jawuja noun. trousers. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. jawujunpa descriptor. thousand. From: English. Category: Number and Quantity.
jawul-jawulpa noun. salty water. Category: Elements. jawulyja noun. soldier. From: English. Category: People and Kinship. jawulyjakaja noun. 1 • soldiers. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • guards. Category: People and Kinship. 3 • army. Category: People and Kinship.
Jayaji noun. Thursday. From: English. Category: Time. jayila verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to get water from creek or soak. Jayirnu punkajingarnu. A person's arm came up in a scooping motion and he/she dropped something, possibly because the person slipped. (Can be used to refer to a punch that 'drops' a person in a fight). Category: Holding and Transfer. 2 • used to fetch water. Category: Holding and Transfer.
Jayimanpa noun. Simon. Category: Names and Place Names. Jayimijpa noun. James. Category: Names and Place Names. Jayimunpa noun. Simon. Biblical context. Category: Names and Place Names. jayinamula verb, transitive (la class). used to sign (a document). Category: Impact. jayipul noun. the spade suit in cards. From shovel, which is like a spade. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
jayira wanala verb, transitive (la class). used to make someone walk backwards. As in a fight. Category: Motion. Gram: With -rnu in PAST eg.
jayirnu punkajingala verb, transitive (la class). used to scoop up and drop. A person's arm came up in a scooping motion and he/she dropped something, possibly because the person slipped. Can be used to refer to a punch that 'drops' a person in a fight. Category: Holding and Transfer.
jayiti noun. side. Category: Direction and Location. Gram: also occurs as a suffix, -jayiti jii demonstrative. 1 • that one nearby (mid-distant). Category: Direction and Location. 2 • this one nearby (mid-distant). Category: Direction and Location.
Jiijajpa noun. Jesus. Biblical context. Category: Names and Place Names. Jiijajpa wana~ phrase. to live true to Jesus' teaching. Biblical context. Lit: follow Jesus. jiijanu demonstrative. from that; for that reason. Category: Direction and Location, Manner and Posture. jiikaja noun. that mob. Category: People and Kinship. jiikujarra demonstrative. those two. Category: Direction and Location. jiilpa noun. goal. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. jiimpi-jiimpi noun. light rain. Category: Elements. jiingka demonstrative. that one there. Category: Direction and Location. jiingkangulyu demonstrative. right there. Category: Direction and Location. jiingkartuka demonstrative. at that very place. Category: Direction and Location. jiingulyu demonstrative. right there. Category: Direction and Location. jiinguru descriptor. from that; for that reason. Category: Manner and Posture, Direction and Location. jiinpa demonstrative. 1 • there. Category: Direction and Location. 2 • that one; that situation. Category: Direction and Location.
jiinpa noun. chain. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. jiinya demonstrative. that one. Category: Direction and Location. jiinyjamula verb, transitive (la class). used to change money into smaller amounts. Category: Holding and Transfer.
Jiipanta nyinani? phrase. Is it him? jiipu noun. sheep. From: English. Category: Animals. jiipwanpa descriptor. 1 • cheap one. Category: Value. 2 • refers usually to cheap items. Category: Value.
jiirnmuntula verb, transitive (la class). used to chain some object securely. Category: Impact. jiirrirri noun. cicada. Category: Insects. jiiwati demonstrative. along that way. Category: Direction and Location. jiiya noun. chair. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. jiiyuru descriptor. thus; like that. Category: Manner and Posture. See: jilanyala; jilanyarri; jingularri. jiiyurungkamarra descriptor. because of something like that. Category: Impact. See: -nguru. jijawa verb, intransitive (wa class). used to lose a fight. Jijangu-lu. Marlaku julirringu. He lost to the other bloke. He felt very small (was humbled). Category: Impact.
jiji noun. 1 • child. Jijilu-rna nyakupayi. I was looking at it when I was a child. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • baby. Category: People and Kinship.
jiji kuwarrijanu noun. newborn child. Category: People and Kinship. jijijanu yini noun. person's name since childhood. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. jijika interjection. what will we do? Jijika? What will we do? Category: Interjections. jijika noun. shoes. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. jijikanyilmunu descriptor. she has no children. Category: State, People and Kinship. jijikarrkaly noun. spirit children. These live in trees. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. jijikujujarra noun. woman with one child. Category: People and Kinship. jijikurlurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to have a child. Lit: child-with-became. Category: Bodily Functions.
jijilaltujarra noun. 1 • woman who has many children. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • five-dollar note. This is a term used for a five-dollar note because of the picture on the note. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
jijilarlakarti noun. children who were born after the others. Category: People and Kinship. jijimarlajanu noun. children who were born after the others. Category: People and Kinship. jijiparni descriptor. he/she has no children. Category: State, People and Kinship. jijipirla noun. old person getting worn out. Category: People and Kinship. jijiwintirri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to have a child. Lit: child-with- became. Category: Bodily Functions.
jijiyarnngajarra noun. older woman who has had many children. Category: People and Kinship. jikaji 1 • descriptor. six. From: English. Category: Number and Quantity.
2 • noun. the six card in a deck of cards. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
jikajula verb, transitive (jula class). 1 • used to lift something up. Category: Holding and Transfer. 2 • used to hold something up. Kata-rnin manu jikajunu. You took my head and held it up. Katarnin manu jikajunu. You took my head and held it up. Category: Holding and Transfer.
jikarra noun. bauhinia tree. Bauhinia sp.. Category: Plants. jikila verb, transitive (la class). used to drink. Category: Bodily Functions, Food Cooking and Fire. jikijiyi descriptor. sixty. From: English. Category: Number and Quantity. jikilkatipayi phrase. he was drinking as he went along. jikipala 1 • descriptor. savage. Category: Mood and Character. 2 • noun. animal which bites. Category: Animals. 3 • noun. person who fights. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character.
jikirayila verb, transitive (la class). used to drink. Category: Bodily Functions, Food Cooking and Fire. Gram: With -rnu in PAST eg.
jikirr-jikirr noun. 1 • a splinter. Like those that stick in a person's feet. Category: Plants. 2 • kindling. Little pieces of wood. Category: Elements.
Jikulyungu noun. 1 • Jigalong. Category: Names and Place Names. 2 • the six card in a deck of cards. Jikulyungu has the same initial sound as jikaji (six). Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
Jikulyungujanu descriptor. from Jigalong. Category: Direction and Location, Names and Place Names. Jikulyungunguru descriptor. from Jigalong. Category: Direction and Location, Names and Place Names. Jikuppa noun. Jacob. Category: Names and Place Names. jila noun. snake. Category: Reptiles and Snakes. jilala verb, transitive (rra/la class). 1 • used to do like that. Category: Impact. 2 • used to do an action like the demonstrated action. Category: Impact.
jilamanpa noun. gun. Jilamankurlulu pungu. He killed him with a gun. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
jilanya descriptor. 1 • thus. Category: Manner and Posture. 2 • like this. Jilanya-ya nyinanta. This is how they are living. Category: Manner and Posture. See: jilanyala; jingularri; jilanyarri.
jilanyala verb, transitive (la class). used to do something like it is being demonstrated. Jilanyala ngayuyuru. Do it like I am doing it. Jilanyarnu-jun. You did it like I did. Category: Impact. See: jingulpa; jilanya; jiiyuru; jingula.
jilanyarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become thus; used to happen this way. Category: Stative Verbs. See: jingulpa; jilanya; jiiyuru; jingula.
jilinypa noun. short person. Category: People and Kinship. jil-jil noun. light, misty rain. Category: Elements. jilkaja noun. travellers (usually with the initiates). Category: People and Kinship. jilkamarta noun. echidna or spiny anteater. Tachyglossus aculeatus. Category: Animals. jilkangkaja noun. travellers. Category: People and Kinship.
jilkarnkurru noun. ground with prickle bushes. Category: Elements. jilkarnpa noun. 1 • thorn. Category: Plants. 2 • prickle. Category: Plants. 3 • spine of echidna. Category: Body Parts and Products, Animals.
jilkinpa interjection. an interjection. Category: Interjections. jilpa descriptor. silver. Category: Colour Pattern and Texture. jilpurnpa noun. container. Such as billycan, bucket, saucepan. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
Jilukurru noun. name of place (on the Stock Route). Category: Names and Place Names. jilururru noun. smell of burning fur (or blanket). Category: Body Parts and Products. jilyarrkura noun. light coloured hair. Category: Body Parts and Products. jilyili noun. species of acacia tree. This tree is a kind of river mulga with a leaf smaller than warntany. Acacia (sp.). Category: Plants.
jily-jilyka noun. species of wren. Category: Birds. jilyku noun. species of mouse. Category: Animals. jima noun. species of tree. The fruit is eaten. It is like nganungu, but somewhat bitter. It is sometimes called "a blackberry". Category: Plants.
jimirlirri noun. chisel. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. jina verb, intransitive (Ø class). 1 • used to go on foot. Category: Motion. 2 • used to walk. Category: Motion.
jina noun. 1 • foot. Category: Body Parts and Products. 2 • footprint. Category: Body Parts and Products. 3 • steps of a dance. Jina-ya ninti. They know the steps of the dance. (This expression applies
particularly to those men who are good dancers and can clearly demonstrate the dance steps to others.) Category: Dreaming and Ceremony.
jina kaninykurti noun. underneath the foot. Category: Body Parts and Products, Direction and Location. jina mara jina mara descriptor. 1 • many. Category: Number and Quantity. 2 • very large number. Lit: feet, hands, feet, hands.
jina palyka noun. sole of the foot. Category: Body Parts and Products. jina yarrka-yarrka descriptor. without footprints. I.e. walking on spinifex to avoid leaving tracks. Category: Manner and Posture.
jina-jina noun. dress. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. jinakarrpil noun. 1 • featherfoot. Category: People and Kinship, Dreaming and Ceremony. 2 • dangerous person. Category: People and Kinship, Dreaming and Ceremony.
jinakarrpilpa noun. sorcerer. This person is also called a "featherfoot". Category: People and Kinship, Dreaming and Ceremony.
jinangka-pula kanturnuka ngarrini phrase. two people lying down with feet to feet. jinangu descriptor. on foot. Jinangu-rna yankupayi. I was going on foot. Category: Manner and Posture. jinangurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to go on foot. Category: Motion.
jinaparni noun. someone who can't walk around--either because of illness or because they don't want to. Lit: foot-without. Category: People and Kinship.
jinapuka noun. shoes. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. jinapunaja noun. someone who can't walk around. Lit: foot-without. Category: People and Kinship. jinawanala verb, transitive (la class). used to follow a track. Jukurrjanu-n jinawanalkura. You should follow the Dreamtime Law. Category: Motion.
jinawatijula verb, transitive (jula class). used to track something. Category: Motion. Gram: With -nu in PAST -jinga~ verb suffix, (la class)?. 1 • transitivising suffix. 2 • used to make something happen. Punkajingarnu. He dropped it. [fv:punka- to fall + -fv:jinga~ = punkajinga- to drop something]. Julurrjingarnu. He made him frightened. Yulajingarnu. He made
him cry. Mirrajingarnu. He made him shout. Yurrijingarnu. He made him move.
jingkirtirra noun. joking relationship. Only grandfather and grandchildren, i.e. jamurarra, can have this relationship. Category: People and Kinship, Dreaming and Ceremony.
jingula descriptor. 1 • thus. Category: Manner and Posture. 2 • like this. Category: Manner and Posture. See: jilanyala; jingularri; jilanyarri.
jingulanya descriptor. 1 • like that. Category: Manner and Posture. 2 • like this. Category: Manner and Posture.
jingularri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become thus; used to happen this way. Category: Stative Verbs. See: jingulpa; jilanya; jiiyuru; jingula.
jingulpa descriptor. 1 • thus. Category: Manner and Posture. 2 • like this. Category: Manner and Posture. 3 • this way. Category: Manner and Posture. See: jilanyala; jilanyarri; jingularri.
jinguru particle. 1 • maybe. Category: Particles. 2 • possibly. Category: Particles.
jininypa noun. head ornament of wood worn by initiated men. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
jinkala verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to carve wood. Category: Impact. 2 • used to trim wood. Category: Impact. 3 • used to sharpen a spear. Category: Impact.
jintapalpa noun. small chisel. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. jinyjanu noun. active participants in ceremonial activities. The other part of the group are passive. They are called karnku. Category: People and Kinship, Dreaming and Ceremony.
jinyjanungu noun. 1 • active participants in ceremonial activities. The other part of the groups are passive. They are called karnku. Category: People and Kinship, Dreaming and Ceremony. 2 • ceremonial workers. Category: People and Kinship, Dreaming and Ceremony.
jinyji noun. 1 • fat. Category: Body Parts and Products. 2 • grease. Jinyji-lalu junku. We will put fat on him. Category: Body Parts and Products.
jinyjila noun. species of lizard. Category: Reptiles and Snakes. jinyjimama descriptor. 1 • fat. Category: Size Shape and Weight. 2 • overweight. Category: Size Shape and Weight.
jinyjimamarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become fat/overweight. Category: Stative Verbs, Size Shape and Weight.
jinyjimarta noun. something very fat. Such as a kangaroo. Category: Animals. jinyjinyji noun. species of lizard. Like a maruntu. Category: Reptiles and Snakes. jinyjira noun. reeds pulled, twisted and made into something. E.g. a circular head pad for carrying things.fv:Yilarnuka karrpirnu ngapirnu. Having pulled them up, she twisted/tied them and made something. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
jinyjiwirrily noun. bush tomato. The fruit is sometimes called a wild gooseberry. Solanum centrale. Category: Plants.
jinymirlarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become sweaty. Category: Stative Verbs. jinymirlpa noun. 1 • sweat. Category: Body Parts and Products. 2 • dew. Category: Elements.
jipala verb, transitive (la class). used to drive something with wheels. Such as a car, a motorbike or bicycle. Jipalkijalu. He intends to drive the car. Jipala! Drive (the car)! Category: Motion.
jipari noun. species of acacia tree. This tree grows in spinifex country--a wattle shrub with edible seeds eaten as paste. Acacia ancistrocarpa. Category: Plants.
jipuku noun. rabbit. Category: Animals. jipulyuku noun. duck. Generic term. Category: Birds. jira descriptor. fat. Category: Size Shape and Weight. jiralyarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become smooth or slippery. Can mean something that loses its fur or hair. Category: Stative Verbs, Colour Pattern and Texture.
jiralykawa verb, intransitive (wa class). used to slip on something slippery such as mud. Category: Motion. jiralykati verb, intransitive (Ø class). used to slip on something slippery such as mud. Category: Motion. jiralymala verb, transitive (mala class). used to make smooth (as free of fur). Category: Impact, Colour Pattern and Texture.
jiralypa descriptor. 1 • smooth. Category: Colour Pattern and Texture. 2 • slippery. Category: Colour Pattern and Texture.
jiralywangkawa verb, intransitive (wa class). 1 • used to slip. Category: Motion. 2 • used to slide. Category: Motion.
jirarrangkawa verb, intransitive (wa class). used to slip on something slippery such as mud. Category: Motion. jirarrmala verb, transitive (mala class). 1 • used to make something slip. Category: Motion. 2 • used to slide something along. Category: Motion.
jirarrwangkawa verb, intransitive (wa class). 1 • used to slip. Category: Motion. 2 • used to slide. Category: Motion.
Jirimaya noun. Jeremiah. Biblical context. Category: Names and Place Names. jirliwa noun. vein. Category: Body Parts and Products. jirlpi noun. 1 • old man. Kinship regulations determine who can use this term with another person, e.g. Milangka and Purungu people may be able to call each other jirlpi. It can be used to refer to both older sisters and brothers. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • grey hair. Category: Body Parts and Products. See: yirna.
jirlpimala verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to cause the hair to go grey. Category: Impact. 2 • used to cause a person to be old. Category: Impact.
jirlpinyjarri noun. group of old men. Category: People and Kinship. jirlpirri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become old/grey. One can only say Jirlpirringu-n. You have got old! to a friend as a joke. There are kinship regulations on this, e.g. a Panaka woman might say it to a Karimarra man as a joke. Category: Stative Verbs.
jirlputala verb, transitive (la class). used to drip. Category: Motion. jirnmuntu noun. gaol. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. jirntajarra noun. 1 • bridge of nose. Category: Body Parts and Products. 2 • forehead (middle). As on a whitefaced horse. Category: Body Parts and Products.
jirntirr-jirntirr noun. willy-wagtail. Rhipidura leucophrys. Category: Birds. jirntu noun. sun. Jirntulu-rni wakanyjanja, junuka-rna yanu. With the sun shining down on me, having left that place I went on. Category: Elements.
jirntu kutuwati noun. midday. Category: Time. jirntu ngarnawarra noun. noon. Category: Time. jirntujirrpa noun. sunset. Category: Time. jirntuparni descriptor. sunless. I.e. in the night. Category: Time. jirnturri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become sunny (after a cloudy period). Category: Stative Verbs. jirrarajula verb, transitive (jula class). used to straighten one's legs. Category: Motion. jirrarnjirti noun. shearing shed. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. -jirri noun suffix. 1 • companions of a person. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • mob. mukuntujirri the lame man's group. Category: People and Kinship.
-jirrija noun suffix. without. Jaapijirrija nyinani. He is most upset because he has not hot meat to eat. Category: Number and Quantity. Gram: privative suffix
jirrja descriptor. scattered about. Category: Manner and Posture. Jirrjarringu-ya phrase. The mob scattered in every direction. jirrji noun. 1 • base of tree. Putalku-n jirrjinyuku punkajingalku. Chop the tree right down at the base. Nyaku-n wartangka jirrjingka juurlpa parna. You will see a pile of dirt at the base of the tree. Category: Plants. 2 • base of tail of kangaroo. Category: Body Parts and Products.
jirrpirlinypa noun. species of plant. The leaves of this plant are cooked for a good medicine. It tastes bitter and makes the patient vomit until he/she is cleaned out. Category: Plants.
jirumpu noun. straight object. Jirumpukaja-ya yikinyjan. The trees for making spears are standing straight. Category: Elements.
jitapajala verb, intransitive (jala class). used to hit the ground and bounce up. As a missile, such as a boomerang. Category: Motion.
jitarr-jitarrpa noun. smooth gait (like skating). Jitarr-jitarrpa-n pinirringu. You ran with a smooth, steady gait. Category: Motion.
jitartu-jitartu noun. old time car. With wooden wheels, old bomb. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
jitila verb, transitive (la class). used to tease someone. Category: Vocalising and Thought. jitimula verb, intransitive (la class). used to cheat. From: English. Category: Vocalising and Thought. Gram: With -rnu in PAST headword.
jitirta noun. 1 • fox. Category: Animals. 2 • wild dog. Vulpes vulpes. Category: Animals.
jiwa noun. lower grinding stone. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects, Food Cooking and Fire.
jiwalykarra noun. 1 • cliff, too steep to climb. Category: Elements. 2 • smooth, rocky cliff (too smooth to climb). Category: Elements.
Jiwarlin noun. language name. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Names and Place Names. jiwarrpuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to miss hitting a target. Category: Impact. jiwilyirrwilyirr noun. species of wren. Category: Birds. jurra verb, transitive (rra class). 1 • used to put something somewhere. Junu marlaku. He put it back. Maajurra! Put it back! Category: Holding and Transfer. 2 • used to place something on something else. Junu-lu. He put it on him. Category: Holding and Transfer. 3 • used to leave someone, something or a subject alone. Nyarru. Jurra. Don't say that poor fellows name, i.e., leave him alone. Category: Holding and Transfer.
-ju~ derivational suffix. 1 • verbalising suffix. 2 • to say something. yuujunu he said "Yes". yinijula name him/her/say his/her name. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 3 • to put something somewhere. yarlkajunu he put it on the ground in the sun. Category: Holding and Transfer. Gram: same verb suffixes as watiju~
-ju1 pronoun suffix. 1 • myself. Pungu-rnaju. I hit myself. Category: Pronouns. 2 • we all (not you). Pungu-laju. We all (excluding the person/s addressed) hit/killed it. Category: Pronouns. 3 • mine; for me. Manku-jun. You will get it for me./Will you get it for me? Ngayuku-ju. It is mine. Category: Pronouns.
-ju2 noun suffix. 1 • suffix indicating agent. 2 • suffix indicating subject of transitive verb. Maparnju manu. The maparn (healer) got it. Ngampurrju kanyirni. Carefully he keeps it (i.e., he is taking care of somebody or something). Phon: This suffix is used by some speakers after any word ending in a consonant; other speakers use this after a word ending in ly, ny or rr) Gram: used after a word ending in a vowel Gram: used by some speakers after a word ending in l or n Gram: used by some speakers after a word ending in rl or rn
jujika noun. shoes. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. jujukulyu noun. feral cat. Felix sp.. Category: Animals. jujurrumal noun. species of grevillea. This tree grows on the sandhills. Grevillea juncifolia. Category: Plants. jujuwurruwurru noun. fox. Vulpes vulpes. Category: Animals. jukapayiki noun. sugarbag; wild honey. Category: Elements. jukaramula verb, (rra/la class). used to sweet talk someone for ulterior motives. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
jukarurru descriptor. 1 • straight. Category: Size Shape and Weight.
2 • true. Category: Value.
juku descriptor. 1 • small. Category: Size Shape and Weight. 2 • little. Category: Size Shape and Weight.
jukujuku descriptor. small. Category: Size Shape and Weight. juku-juku descriptor. small. Category: Size Shape and Weight. jukulypa noun. headache. Category: Body Parts and Products, Healing Sickness and Ailments. jukumunu descriptor. large. Lit: small - not. Category: Size Shape and Weight. jukunjukunypa noun. little ones. Jukunjukunyparaku-ya yankupayi. The little ones were going about. Category: People and Kinship.
jukunyjukunypa noun. little ones. Jukunyjukunyparaku-ya yankupayi. The little ones were going about. Category: People and Kinship.
jukurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become small. Category: Stative Verbs, Size Shape and Weight. Jukurrjanu noun. Law from the Dreamtime. Jukurrjanu- n jinawanalkura. You should follow the Dreamtime Law. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony.
jukurrmala verb, transitive (mala class). 1 • used to dream. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 2 • used to have a nightmare. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
jukurrpa noun. 1 • dream. Yumulu yinijulkulpayi jukurrju. For no reason he was saying someones name in a dream (in his sleep). Category: Vocalising and Thought. 2 • story. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 3 • words. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 4 • Dreamtime. Jukurrpa-n wanalku. You should follow the Dreamtime Law. Nganalu-nta jukurrju manu kangu junu? What being from the Dreamtime got you, took you and left you? Category: Dreaming and Ceremony.
jukurta noun. sugar. From: English. Category: Elements. jukurta tayimu noun. Christmas Day. I.e. sugar time from English. Category: Time. Jukurtani noun. Dreamtime. Jukurtanijanu-n ngaa jina wanalkura. You should follow the Dreamtime Law. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Time.
jukuru 1 • noun. touchy person. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. 2 • descriptor. dislike. Category: Mood and Character. 3 • descriptor. sense of danger. Category: Mood and Character. 4 • descriptor. cautious. Jukuru-rnalura yumaringkamarra. Ngurrpa-ngurrpa-rnara ngamu yankuraku. I am cautious of my mother-in-law. I am not allowed to go near her. Category: Mood and Character.
jukurupayi noun. someone who is always disagreeable and touchy. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character.
jukururri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). 1 • used to become aware of some danger about. Possibly from a sound of movement or a noise. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character. 2 • used to get tickling feeling or goosebumps. Category: Bodily Functions.
jukururru noun. person who is touchy or dislikes requested action. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character.
jukururrula verb, (la class). used to be not interested in doing what one is told. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character.
jukutany noun. species of tree. Category: Plants. jukuwulu descriptor. while someone was small/young. Jukuwulu- laju yarra. While/when we were small, we used to go. Category: Time.
juli descriptor. 1 • little. Category: Size Shape and Weight. 2 • small. Category: Size Shape and Weight.
julijuli descriptor. very small. Category: Size Shape and Weight. juli-juli descriptor. small; little. Category: Size Shape and Weight. julinyjulinypa noun. little ones. Julinyjulinypa-ya yankupayi. The little ones were going around. Category: People and Kinship.
julipunaja descriptor. large. Lit: small-without. warla julipunaja a lake that isn't small. Category: Size Shape and Weight.
julkarrpa noun. red ochre. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Elements, Colour Pattern and Texture. julkarrpuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to paint. With wira or pujurr. Category: Impact, Colour Pattern and Texture.
Julkulypari noun. Wednesday. Category: Time. julu-julu noun. guts or intestines. Category: Body Parts and Products. -julura pronoun suffix. away from me. Category: Pronouns. julurrangkawa verb, intransitive (wa class). 1 • used to get a shock. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character. 2 • used to get a fright. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character.
julurrjingala verb, transitive (la class). used to give someone a fright. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character.
julyju descriptor. 1 • long ago. Category: Time. 2 • before. Can refer to the day before yesterday. Category: Time.
julyjujanu descriptor. since early days; from long ago; very old. Category: Time. julyju-julyju descriptor. really long ago. Category: Time. julyjukurlu descriptor. in the old days; long ago. Category: Time. julypa noun. intestines (of a kangaroo). Category: Body Parts and Products. julyujula verb, transitive (jula class). used to make a damper. Category: Impact, Food Cooking and Fire. julyulyuyarra verb, intransitive (rra class). used to fall down. Like fruit from a tree. Category: Motion. juma descriptor. 1 • big. Category: Size Shape and Weight. 2 • large. Kalyu juma ngarripayi. A lot of water was laying on the ground. Category: Size Shape and Weight.
jumala verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to make something big. Category: Impact, Size Shape and Weight. 2 • used to grow somebody up. Category: Impact. 3 • used to raise a child. Category: Impact.
jumaji particle. too much. From: English. Category: Particles. Gram: Reason clause marker. jumakukala verb, transitive (la class). used to mistakenly think someone is a big man. Jumakukarninpangku. He mistakenly thinks he is a big man. Category: Vocalising and Thought. Gram: With -rnu in PAST eg.
Jumangkarni noun. Dreamtime. Particularly in reference to the stories. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Time.
Jumangkarnimili noun. that which belongs to the Dreamtime. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. jumangkarrala verb, intransitive (la class). 1 • used to make arrangements. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 2 • used to plan important business. Jumangkarrarni-ya. They are talking about big things (important business). Category: Vocalising and Thought. 3 • used to yarn. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
jumanyjarri noun. 1 • big boy. Post primary age - not yet initiated. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • biggest one (of two lots). Category: Size Shape and Weight.
jumarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become big; used to grow up. Category: Stative Verbs, Size Shape and Weight.
jumawarta descriptor. big. Category: Size Shape and Weight. junga 1 • descriptor. straight. Jungalu jurra! Put it straight! Category: Size Shape and Weight. 2 • noun. right hand. Category: Body Parts and Products. 3 • descriptor. clear. Category: Value.
jungala verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to correct. Category: Impact. 2 • used to make right or correct. Category: Impact.
junga nyina verb, intransitive (Ø class). used to live correctly, according to God's requirements. Category: Stative Verbs.
junga wajala verb, transitive (la class). used to say something straight to someone's face. Category: Vocalising and Thought. Gram: With -rnu in PAST eg.
jungakarti descriptor. 1 • toward the right hand side. Category: Direction and Location. 2 • right-handed. Category: Manner and Posture.
jungamala verb, transitive (rra/la class). 1 • used to do well. Category: Stative Verbs, Manner and Posture. 2 • used to do the right thing. Category: Stative Verbs.
jungan noun. 1 • smoke. Category: Elements, Food Cooking and Fire. 2 • an initiate (going off as a marlurlu). Category: People and Kinship.
jungangkangulyu descriptor. in the right way; in a straight manner. Category: Manner and Posture. junganwinti descriptor. with an initiate marlurlu. Related to a handsign. Category: Manner and Posture, People and Kinship, Dreaming and Ceremony.
jungkula verb, transitive (la class). used to pick up something with the mouth. Kuwiyi jarntulu jungkurnu. The dog picked up the meat in his mouth. Category: Holding and Transfer.
jungkujarra descriptor. something in the mouth. Kuka jungkujarrartuka! It has meat in its mouth! Category: Direction and Location, Body Parts and Products.
jungula verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to keep a fire going all night. Category: Impact, Food Cooking and Fire. 2 • used to place wood together to build fire. Category: Impact, Food Cooking and Fire.
jungulkirra descriptor. 1 • close by. To sit close by somebody. Category: Direction and Location. 2 • together. Category: Direction and Location, Number and Quantity.
juni noun. stomach. Category: Body Parts and Products. juni marlirr-marlirrpa descriptor. stubborn. Category: Mood and Character.
juniwarta noun. big belly. Category: Body Parts and Products. junkula yarra verb, intransitive (rra class). 1 • used to leave. Category: Motion. 2 • used to send a person or animal away. Category: Holding and Transfer. Gram: With -nu in PAST headword.
Junkura wanalku phrase. He put it in a row. junpara noun. fighting activity. "Up and down with a fight". Junpara yanku. He will go up and down. Category: Impact, Motion.
junpurrpa descriptor. 1 • warm. Kanyila-ngku junpurrpa. Keep yourself warm. Category: State. 2 • warmth. Janpurrpa-npula ngarri. Lie down together for warmth. Category: State.
junpurrpurtayi noun. warmth. Nice and cozy; just pleasant temperature. Category: Elements. junta noun. thigh. Category: Body Parts and Products. juntakurrungku noun. trousers. Lit: thigh-will-enter. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
juntumala verb, (la class). used to tell on another. Category: Vocalising and Thought. junturru noun. species of tree. This tree grows on the plains (pararra) and the gum nuts are strung for necklaces. Eucalyptus setosa. Category: Plants.
junturta noun. species of tree. This is a big shady tree. Category: Plants. junu yarra verb, transitive (rra class). used to leave someone behind. Category: Motion. Gram: With -nu in PAST eg.
junyila verb, transitive (la class). used to squeeze out something. E.g. blackheads. Category: Impact. junyipuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to squeeze faeces from intestine of animal. Category: Impact. junyju noun. rainbow. Category: Elements. jupi descriptor. 1 • wet. Category: State. 2 • muddy. Category: State.
-jura pronoun suffix. away from me. Category: Pronouns. juraly-juraly noun. species of plant. The seeds are used for food--ground and cooked in the ashes. Category: Plants.
juri 1 • noun. sweet taste. Category: Value, Food Cooking and Fire. 2 • noun. good taste. Category: Food Cooking and Fire, Value. 3 • noun. good melody. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Value. 4 • noun. good design. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Colour Pattern and Texture, Value. 5 • descriptor. nice. But this word can also be used in a sarcastic way. Juri-n! Youre really sweet, aren't you! Category: Value.
jurimala verb, transitive (rra/la class). used to make beautiful. Category: Impact. juriparni noun. 1 • poor design. Category: Value, Colour Pattern and Texture. 2 • no tune. Category: Sounds, Value.
juriwarta descriptor. really sweet; good flavour. Category: Value, Food Cooking and Fire. jurna noun. hitting stick. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. jurniwa verb, intransitive (wa class). used to laugh. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Sounds. jurninyjirri noun. 1 • diarrhoea. Category: Body Parts and Products, Healing Sickness and Ailments.
2 • upset stomach. Category: Body Parts and Products, Healing Sickness and Ailments.
jurniwarta descriptor. one who laughs a lot; a laugher. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. jurnpa noun. ashes. Term also used for ashes for cooking chewing tobacco. Category: Elements, Food Cooking and Fire.
jurnpaly-jurnpalypa descriptor. ash colour. Category: Colour Pattern and Texture. jurnpurrpa descriptor. 1 • strong. Category: State. 2 • healthy. Category: State, Healing Sickness and Ailments.
jurnta noun. wild onion. Cyperus bulbosus. Category: Plants. jurntala verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to pick up. Manu-lanyaju jurntarnu. He got us and picked us up (in his truck). Category: Holding and Transfer. Gram: Occurs with manu. 2 • used to collect. Category: Holding and Transfer. 3 • used to bring back. Category: Holding and Transfer.
jurnti noun. cave. Category: Elements. jurntilyarr noun. bush tobacco. This plant grows near caves. It is referred to as "weak tobacco", like cabbage (fv:kaapijiyiku).It belongs to the groups of plants called wama. Nicotiana benthamiana. Category: Plants.
jurntu descriptor. already. Jurntu-ya kunyalarringu. They are already asleep now. Category: Time. jurntulpi descriptor. it's already happened (surprisingly quickly). Category: Time. jurnu noun. 1 • a soak. Category: Elements. 2 • waterhole. Category: Elements.
jurri descriptor. three. Category: Number and Quantity. jurrka noun. stamping (of feet). Jurrkalu-ya kantulpayi. They stamped their feet as they danced. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony.
jurrkawa verb, transitive (wa class). used to stamp feet. Jurrkawa kantula! Dance! Category: Motion. jurrkana noun. shotgun. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. jurrkapuwa verb, transitive (wa class). 1 • used to dance. Stamping feet as the men do. Category: Motion, Dreaming and Ceremony. 2 • used to fight (with fear). Category: Impact.
jurrku noun. right side. As opposed to left side. Category: Body Parts and Products. jurrku-jurrku noun. right hand. Category: Body Parts and Products. jurrku-jurrku descriptor. straight. As a road. Category: Size Shape and Weight. jurrkukarti descriptor. toward the right side. Category: Direction and Location. jurrpu-jurrpu descriptor. kneeling. Pupatingu-lu murtingka jurrpu-jurrpu. He knelt down before him. Category: Manner and Posture.
jurrululypululypu descriptor. flopping around. Like something with a broken leg. Category: Manner and Posture.
jurta noun. 1 • a fight. Jurtalu-ngkupula pungkuni. Those two are hitting each other in a fight. Category: Impact. 2 • trouble. Category: Impact. 3 • conflict. Category: Impact.
jurtakarra noun. an argument. Jurtakarra-ya nyinani. They are sitting arguing. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
jurtany-jurtany descriptor. angrily. Jurtany-jurtanypa-ra wangkangu. He asked for him in an angry way. Category: Mood and Character.
jurtaparni descriptor. peaceful; no arguments. Category: Mood and Character. jurtapayi noun. 1 • trouble-maker. 2 • fighter. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character.
jurtarra noun. pelican. Pelecanus conspicillatus. Category: Birds. jurtarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become upset and argumentative. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character.
jurtawarta noun. 1 • fighter. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. 2 • trouble-maker. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character.
jurtawartarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become "cheeky"; used to become troublesome. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character.
jurtila verb, transitive (la class). used to load a spearthrower. Put hook in the hole in the end of the spear. Category: Holding and Transfer.
jurtinypa noun. hitting stick. Jurtinykurlulu pungu. He hit him with the hitting stick. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
jurtipirri noun. 1 • sugarbag. Category: Elements, Food Cooking and Fire. 2 • honey. The yellow pollen before the honey is made. Category: Elements, Food Cooking and Fire. 3 • bees. Category: Insects.
jurtirangu noun. rainbow. Category: Elements. jurtirangujula verb, intransitive (jula class). used to appear (of a rainbow). Category: Stative Verbs. jurtkan noun. shotgun. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. jurtu noun. older sister. Category: People and Kinship. jurtu-ra noun. his or her older sister. Category: People and Kinship. jurturarra noun. kin term for a person and his/her older sister. Category: People and Kinship. jurumala verb, intransitive (mala class). used to make a rustling sound. Category: Vocalising and Thought. jutarriwa verb, intransitive (wa class). used to stamp about. Parra-jutarripayi karlaya. The emu was stamping about. Category: Motion.
jutu descriptor. 1 • closed. Category: State. 2 • shut. This can apply to flowers before the nectar appears; not yet open. kuru jutu closed eyes. Category: State.
jutula verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to cover. Juturnu-rnalu. I covered it/him. Category: Impact. 2 • used to close up. Category: Impact. 3 • used to erase something. Juturninpa-rna. I am erasing it. Category: Impact.
jutu-jutu noun. avoidance. Can't see or talk to a person; a term in Mangkalyi wangka. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony.
jutumula verb, transitive (rra/la class). used to shoot with a rifle. Category: Impact. juturntala verb, transitive (la class). used to put out a fire. Category: Impact, Food Cooking and Fire.
juturri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). 1 • used to become closed. Mulya juturringu. His nosed got blocked with mucus. Category: Motion. 2 • used to go out (fire). Category: Stative Verbs. 3 • used to dry up (water). Category: Stative Verbs.
Juujappa noun. Joseph. Biblical context. Category: Names and Place Names. Juujapu noun. Joseph. Biblical context. Category: Names and Place Names. juuka noun. sugar. From: English. Category: Elements. Juulpa noun. Saul. Biblical context. Category: Names and Place Names. juulyarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become swollen shut. As sore eyes. Category: Stative Verbs. juulyjula verb, transitive (jula class). used to cover something up. Usually with sand. Purlilu-ya juulyjunu pirnkingka. They covered the opening of the cave with a stone. Purlinga juulyjunkunyjanga yitingkarringu ngarapayi. The rock that had covered it lay to one side. Category: Impact.
juupu noun. soap. From: English. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. juupupuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to spit something out. Category: Bodily Functions. juurlaparri verb, intransitive (Ø class). used to swell up from some sickness. Category: Stative Verbs, Healing Sickness and Ailments.
juurlpa noun. heap of sand. Nyaku-n wartangka jirrjingka juurlpa parna. You will see a pile of dirt at the base of the tree. Category: Elements.
juurnpa noun. white clay. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Elements, Colour Pattern and Texture. juurnpa noun. food for initiation ceremony. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Food Cooking and Fire. juurra noun. a glow in the distance. Category: Elements. Juutajpa noun. Judas. Biblical context. Category: Names and Place Names. juutamula verb, transitive (mula class). used to shoot something. From: English. Juutamunu-laju jinanyuku. We shot it in the foot/leg. Category: Impact. See: yungkala.
Juutanpa noun. Jordan river. Biblical context. Category: Names and Place Names. Juutiya noun. Judea. Biblical context. Category: Names and Place Names. juutu noun. shorts. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. Juutunpa noun. 1 • Jordan. Category: Names and Place Names. 2 • Jordan river. Category: Names and Place Names.
juuwa1 noun. sore. From: English. Category: Body Parts and Products, Healing Sickness and Ailments. juuwa2 noun. baby talk. Category: Vocalising and Thought. juwari noun. 1 • husband's sister. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • cousin of a woman. Category: People and Kinship.
juwarirra noun. kin term for two female cousins. Category: People and Kinship. juwarrparra noun. kin term referring to male cousins. Category: People and Kinship. juwita noun. sweater. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. Juwu noun. Jew. Biblical context. Category: Names and Place Names. Juwuparni noun. 1 • Gentile. Category: People and Kinship.
2 • non Jew. Biblical context. Category: People and Kinship.
K-k ka particle. 1 • and. Category: Particles. 2 • then. Ngalkupayi-jananya janyjikaja manuka. Ka-lijura majarnu kuwiyiku. He took the eggs and was eating them. Then we waited for the meat to cook, too. Category: Particles. Gram: connective (links a sentence to the previous action/can have a listing function/can have a coordinating function between two verbs in a merged sentence)
kawa verb, transitive (wa class). 1 • used to carry. Category: Holding and Transfer. 2 • used to take. Category: Holding and Transfer. 3 • used to bring. Mirta-rnin kangu. You didn't bring it to me. Category: Holding and Transfer. 4 • used to drive a car along. Category: Impact.
-ka verb suffix. having done an action. Ngalkupayi-jananya janyjikaja manuka. Having got the eggs, he was eating them. Category: Time.
-kawa derivational suffix (wa class). verbalising suffix. Lakarnkangu. He peeled off the bark (from a tree or stick). Gram: Refer to kangu for tense suffixes.
kaa particle. 1 • and. Category: Particles. 2 • then. Category: Particles.
kaaly noun. 1 • calmness (referring to feelings). Category: Mood and Character. 2 • coolness (referring to feelings). Category: Mood and Character.
kaalypuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to feel coldness come over one. Category: Stative Verbs, Bodily Functions.
kaana noun. axe. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. kaanpa noun. garden. From: English. Category: Elements. kaapu noun. cup. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. kaarlala verb, transitive (la class). used to break something. Category: Impact. kaarlapu noun. suit of clubs in cards. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
kaarlpuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to break something. Category: Impact. kaarnka noun. crow. Young crows are said to be eaten. Corvus orru. Category: Birds. kaartala verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to break or smash with an axe. Category: Impact. 2 • used to smash by throwing stones. Category: Impact.
kaatanmaya noun. garden. Category: Elements. kaatanpa noun. garden. Category: Elements. kaja noun. 1 • son. For a man, his own son or a son of his brothers; for a woman, her own son or a son of her sisters. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • nephew. For a man, a son of his sisters; for a woman, a son of her brothers, however, this could be her daughter's husband, i.e. son-in-law, and an avoidance relationship. Category: People and Kinship. 3 • offspring. A general term for children, kajakaja son-plural. Category: People and Kinship.
kajala verb, transitive (la class). used to lie. Paki kajarnu. He lied to him. Mayinju kajan. He is lying. Category: Vocalising and Thought. Gram: Used with paki no/nothing.
-kaja1 verb suffix. already. Yanukaja. He has already gone. Category: Time. -kaja2 suffix. emphatic suffix. Yiltakaja. Weve proved that its true! Wirrurrukaja. It was really fast! -kaja3 noun suffix. plural suffix. martukaja the Aborigines. ngaakaja these. Category: Number and Quantity. kajapirti noun. all the sons. Category: People and Kinship. kajararra noun. kin term for a man and his son or a woman and her son. Category: People and Kinship. kaji particle. 1 • query. Category: Particles. 2 • question marker. Kaji-n Karimarra? Are you a member of the Karimarra kinship section? Kajinjananya wanyjalmanu? What did you do to them? Kaji-n puntany? Are you O.K.? Category: Particles.
kaju noun. axe. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. kaka noun. uncle (mother's brother). Category: People and Kinship. kakal-kakalpuwa verb, intransitive (wa class). used to bounce along. As a person in a car on a rough road. Category: Motion.
kakalpuwa verb, transitive (wa class). 1 • used to hit something accidentally. Category: Impact. 2 • used to bump someone accidentally. Category: Impact.
kakalyalya noun. species of cockatoo. Category: Birds. kakari descriptor. 1 • drunk. Category: State. 2 • staggering. Category: Manner and Posture.
Kakari-kakarirringu wamajanu phrase. He was staggering back and forth from too much wama. kakarirri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become drunk/dizzy or begin staggering. Category: Stative Verbs.
kakarra noun. east. Category: Direction and Location. kakarrakarta descriptor. easterly direction. Wilinypa wangkani kakarrakarta. The wind is blowing from an easterly direction. Category: Direction and Location.
kakarramalu noun. the mob from the east. Category: People and Kinship. kakarramarni descriptor. the one farther on in the east. Category: Direction and Location. kakarrara descriptor. east. Category: Direction and Location. kakarrara descriptor. toward the east; eastwards. Category: Direction and Location. kakarrarni descriptor. from the east. Category: Direction and Location. kakarrarturl noun. marsupial mole. Notoryctes typhlops. Category: Animals. kakarrawarraku descriptor. 1 • back east. Category: Direction and Location. 2 • pointing eastward. Category: Direction and Location.
kakatayilpa noun. crocodile. From: English. Category: Reptiles and Snakes. kakinypa noun. white clay. Used as paint in ceremonies. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Elements, Colour Pattern and Texture.
kakipuwi noun. 1 • cocky-boy. From: English. Category: Birds.
2 • galah. The Martu Wangka word for this bird is not used due to the death of a person with a name that sounds similar to that word. Cacatua roseicapilla. Category: Birds.
kakiri descriptor. dizzy. Category: State. kakirirri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become dizzy. Category: Stative Verbs, Healing Sickness and Ailments.
kakuputu descriptor. 1 • for a long time. Category: Time. 2 • for good. Category: Time. 3 • always. Kakuputu yanu. He went for keeps. Category: Time.
kala noun. lower back. Category: Body Parts and Products. kalaru noun. 1 • species of plant. This plant has black seeds. It grows near Karlamilyi (Rudal River). Grubs may be found in this plant. Category: Plants. 2 • species of seed food. Category: Food Cooking and Fire, Plants.
kalayimula verb, (la class). used to claim. Category: Vocalising and Thought. kaliki noun. calico or canvas for shelter or groundsheet. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
Kaliliya noun. Galilee lake and area name. Category: Names and Place Names. kalipurra descriptor. precious. Thing or person. Kalipurra-ju. This is very precious to me. Category: Value. kalirtura noun. young thing. Of animals, one that can be outside as well as inside the pouch of a marsupial. Category: Animals.
kaljala verb, intransitive (la class). used to be filled up. Category: Stative Verbs, Number and Quantity. kalkurnijarra descriptor. coming this way. Category: Direction and Location. kalkurnirri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to turn around. Category: Motion. kalkurniwarrakurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to turn toward someone. Kalkurniwarrakurringurna. I turned toward him. Category: Motion.
kalungarnarra noun. policeman. Category: People and Kinship. kaluyarntu noun. big person. Category: People and Kinship. kalyapuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to make someone ill. Of a spirit of a dead person punishing someone for bad behaviour; it will make you vomit. Kalyapungku-nta. He will make you sick. Category: Impact, Healing Sickness and Ailments.
kalyarra noun. uncle and nephew. Karimarra/Milangka or Panaka/Purungu. Category: People and Kinship. kalyartu noun. belonging to the same kinship group. Kalyartukaja-ya. They are all the same "colour". (That is, they all belong to the same kinship group.) Category: People and Kinship.
kalyjala verb, transitive (la class). used to fill up. As a soak. Kalyjarnu-lu. It filled it up. Category: Stative Verbs, Number and Quantity.
kalyjirr descriptor. 1 • bitter. Category: Food Cooking and Fire, State. 2 • sour. Category: Food Cooking and Fire, State.
kalyjirrpa 1 • descriptor. sour. Category: Food Cooking and Fire, State. 2 • noun. bad tasting water. Category: Elements, Food Cooking and Fire. 3 • descriptor. correct. Category: Value.
kalypartu descriptor. 1 • hungry. Category: State, Food Cooking and Fire. 2 • greedy. Category: Mood and Character.
kalyparturri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become hungry. Category: Bodily Functions, Food Cooking and Fire.
kalypartuwinti descriptor. with hunger; hungrily. Category: Manner and Posture. kalyu noun. 1 • water. Kalyuwapayingka, marlaku yanu. Because there was water everywhere, he went back. Category: Elements. 2 • rain. This word can be used as a colour term--a light blue. Kalyu punkarnu. Rain fell. Kalyulurni pungu. Rain fell on me. Category: Elements.
kalyu luka noun. muddy water. Category: Elements. kalyukuyarra noun. 1 • lots of water. Category: Elements. 2 • refers to pools of water lying around the country after rain. Category: Elements.
kalyupara descriptor. wet. As a shirt or a book. Category: State. kalyuparni descriptor. without water. Category: State. kalyuparnirri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). 1 • used to fork (of a windmill). Category: Motion. 2 • used to dry up (water supply). Category: Stative Verbs.
kalyuparrarningka phrase. because a large amount of water prevented an action. kalyupijurlpa noun. 1 • species of plant. Category: Plants. 2 • seed food. Category: Plants.
kalyupinti noun. container for holding water. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. kalyupunajarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become without water. Category: Stative Verbs. kalyupuru descriptor. 1 • rainy. Category: State. 2 • under water. Category: Direction and Location. 3 • obscured by rain. Category: State.
kalyurninti noun. one who knows where the waterholes are; a countryman. Category: People and Kinship. kalyurrpa descriptor. weak. Showing no strength at all. Category: State, Healing Sickness and Ailments. kalyuwapayingka phrase. because a large amount of water prevented an action. kama descriptor. hungry. Category: State, Food Cooking and Fire. kamalpa noun. camel. From: English. Category: Animals. kamanpa noun. government. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. kami noun. 1 • grandmother. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • granddaughter. Category: People and Kinship.
kampa verb, intransitive (Ø class). 1 • used to cook. Kampangu kirtirringu. It cooked and got black. Category: Stative Verbs, Food Cooking and Fire. 2 • used to burn. Jirntulu-rni kampangu. The sun burned me. Kampanyalyurrpa. It burns (referring to fire). (With this statement is the implication that one should not touch the fire.) Category: Stative Verbs, Food Cooking and Fire.
kampala verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to cook something. Mirta-limpa kamparnu kuka. He/she didn't cook our meat/or meat for us two. Category: Impact, Food Cooking and Fire. 2 • used to burn something. Category: Impact, Food Cooking and Fire.
kamparnu noun. uncle (mother's brother). Kamparnu-ju. He is my uncle. Category: People and Kinship. kamparra descriptor. new. In the sense of new relationships, e.g. a new baby or a new wife. Category: Value.
kamparr-kamparr descriptor. 1 • upset. Category: Mood and Character. 2 • unsettled business. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. 3 • dissatisfied. Category: Mood and Character.
kampu noun. bereaved parent. Category: People and Kinship. kampukujarra noun. bereaved parents. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. kampurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to lose a child by death. Category: Bodily Functions. kampurta noun. 1 • orphan. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • bereaved parent. Category: People and Kinship.
-kamu suffix. 1 • and another. 2 • coupler. Martukamu-pula wanti yanu. The man and the woman went. Nganakamu-pula yanu. Who went with him/her? Category: Number and Quantity.
kamu-kamula verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to shepherd. Category: Holding and Transfer. 2 • used to gather into a group. Category: Holding and Transfer.
kamuru noun. uncle (mother's brother). Category: People and Kinship. kamururra noun. kin term for an uncle and his nephew or niece. Category: People and Kinship. kana descriptor. 1 • awake. Kana ngarripayi. He was lying there awake. Category: State. 2 • conscious. Category: State.
kanala verb, transitive (la class). used to wake someone up. Kanarnu-rni. He/she woke me up. Category: Impact.
Kana wangkapayi phrase. He still talked while others were sleeping. kanaja noun. bush shelter. Used during rainy time. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
kanaji noun. species of snake. This is an edible snake, possibly a carpet snake or python. Category: Reptiles and Snakes.
kanalkati verb, transitive (Ø class). used to wake everyone up. Category: Impact. Kanamarta-n phrase. Are you still awake? kanara-kanara noun. 1 • morning. Category: Time. 2 • waking-up time. When the birds are talking. Category: Time.
kanarangu noun. dawn. Category: Elements, Time. kanarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to wake up. kanarringu he woke up. Category: Stative Verbs. kangkuru noun. kangaroo. From: English. Category: Animals. kaninyjarra descriptor. 1 • inside. Category: Direction and Location. 2 • underneath. Category: Direction and Location.
kaninyjarrajanu descriptor. from the inside. Category: Direction and Location. kaninyjarrangka descriptor. 1 • in. Category: Direction and Location. 2 • under. Category: Direction and Location.
kaninyjarrawarraku descriptor. deep in. Category: Direction and Location. kaninykarti descriptor. to the inside. Category: Direction and Location. kaninykurti descriptor. 1 • inside. Category: Direction and Location.
2 • underneath. Category: Direction and Location.
kaninypa descriptor. 1 • deep. Category: State. 2 • inside. Category: Direction and Location.
kanjulpa noun. community council. Category: People and Kinship. kanka descriptor. 1 • up. Category: Direction and Location. 2 • above. Category: Direction and Location.
kankajingala verb, transitive (la class). used to raise someone's arms. Kankajingarnu. He raised up the other man's arms. Category: Motion.
kankararra descriptor. 1 • on top. Category: Direction and Location. 2 • above. Category: Direction and Location.
kankarra descriptor. on top; above; up. Category: Direction and Location. kanmarrpa descriptor. quiet; not speaking. Category: Mood and Character. kanpa particle. can't. From: English. Category: Particles. kanparrja noun. species of gecko. Category: Reptiles and Snakes. kantamula verb, transitive (rra/la class). used to count. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Number and Quantity.
kanti1 noun. stone knife. Can be embedded in the handle of the spearthrower; held in place by hardened wax. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
kanti2 interjection. interjection expressing feeling wuyurrpa. Kanti! Yakarriwa! Please! Don't say anything! Category: Interjections.
kantilirri interjection. interjection expressing excitement. Kantilirri! Jurrama-jananya! Please! Leave them alone! Category: Interjections.
kantula verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to stamp one's feet. Category: Impact, Dreaming and Ceremony. 2 • used to dance. Kanturnu-laju wintamarrakarti. We danced to the mulga tree. Category: Motion, Dreaming and Ceremony. 3 • used to tread on. Category: Impact. 4 • used to kick. Category: Impact. 5 • used to stand before a group of people (for rebuke). Kanturnu-janampa. He stood before the mob. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony.
kantulkati verb, intransitive (Ø class). used to stamp along. Category: Motion. Gram: With -ngu in PAST eg. kanya noun. groin. Category: Body Parts and Products. kanyala noun. hill kangaroo. Category: Animals. kanyanpa noun. hot cooking stones. Inserted inside a dead animal for cooking. Category: Food Cooking and Fire.
kanyila verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to have. Category: Holding and Transfer. 2 • used to keep. Kanyila-ra. Keep it for him. Category: Holding and Transfer.
kanyjamarra noun. species of plant. This plant has a carrot-like tuber. It is a native yam. Vigna lanceolata. Category: Plants.
kanyjangkuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to crush leaves. Category: Impact. kanyjikujukarti descriptor. on one leg. Kanyjikujukarti yikini. He is standing on one leg. Category: Manner and Posture.
kanyjilyi noun. species of plant. This plant grows in sandhill country. It is a favourite fruit. Solanum centrale. Category: Plants.
kapamanpa noun. 1 • Government. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • mostly refers to state Government in Perth. Category: People and Kinship. 3 • government bosses. Category: People and Kinship.
Kapaniyampa noun. Capernaum. Biblical context. Category: Names and Place Names. Kapaniyamu noun. Capernaum. Category: Names and Place Names. kapanta noun. carpenter. Category: People and Kinship. Kapara noun. Thursday. From: English. Category: Time. kapararra descriptor. 1 • shiney. 2 • smooth. Category: Colour Pattern and Texture.
kaparli noun. 1 • grandmother. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • granddaughter. Category: People and Kinship.
kaparlirra noun. kin term for a woman and her grandchild; a child and his/her grandmother. Category: People and Kinship.
kapi noun. 1 • water. Category: Elements. 2 • rain. Category: Elements.
kapu particle. 1 • introducer. Category: Particles. 2 • and you? Category: Particles. 3 • then. Kapu puwa! Well then, hit it! Category: Particles.
kapukurri noun. dream. Kapukurrilu-rna nyangu. I saw him in a dream. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Vocalising and Thought.
kapukurrila verb, (la class). used to dream. Category: Vocalising and Thought. kapulyurru noun. 1 • flank. Category: Body Parts and Products. 2 • waist. Category: Body Parts and Products. 3 • side. Category: Body Parts and Products, Direction and Location.
kapuraly Variant: kapuruly. descriptor. 1 • smooth. As a rock. Category: Colour Pattern and Texture. 2 • slippery. Category: Colour Pattern and Texture.
kapuralykawa verb, intransitive (wa class). used to slip on something slippery such as mud. Category: Motion. kapurr-kapurrjula verb, transitive (jula class). used to appear suddenly and then disappear (of a large group or horde). Category: Motion.
kapuruly Variant: kapuraly. descriptor. 1 • smooth. As a rock. Category: Colour Pattern and Texture. 2 • slippery. Category: Colour Pattern and Texture.
karala verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to sense something. Category: Stative Verbs. 2 • used to feel the presence of something (something not visible). Category: Stative Verbs.
-karala verb suffix, (la class). 1 • mistakenly. Mitu-kara-rnu-rna. I wrongly thought he was dead. Jumakararni-ngkun. You mistakenly think you are someone big! 2 • mistaken for something else. Kujupakaralpayi-rnanta. I mistook you for someone else. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
karalyala verb, intransitive (la class). used to break. Category: Impact.
karalypa descriptor. blunt. As a knife, axe or spear. Category: Colour Pattern and Texture. kararrpa noun. species of snake. Category: Reptiles and Snakes. Karimarra noun. kinship section name. Category: People and Kinship, Names and Place Names, Dreaming and Ceremony.
karla noun. 1 • fire. Category: Elements, Food Cooking and Fire. 2 • firewood. Category: Elements, Food Cooking and Fire.
Karlamilyi noun. Rudall River. Category: Names and Place Names. karlaya noun. 1 • emu. Dromaius novaehollandiae. Category: Birds. 2 • Emu People of the Dreamtime. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony.
karli1 noun. boomerang. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. karli2 noun. son or man's brother's son. This is a vocative term used for nephew; e.g., a Karimarra man may call some Milangka men this term. Category: People and Kinship.
karlingara verb, intransitive (Ø class). used to be a new moon. Category: Elements. karlipirtunu descriptor. lying on side. Karlipurtunu ngarri. Curl up and lie down on your side. Category: Manner and Posture.
karliyiki verb, intransitive (Ø class). used to be a new moon. Karliyikini. The new moon is shining. Category: Elements.
karljarrkawa verb, transitive (wa class). 1 • used to break something. Category: Impact. 2 • used to smash something. E.g. an egg, orange, tyre-- something juicy. Category: Impact. 3 • used to squeeze juice out of something. E.g. an orange. Category: Impact.
karljarrpuwa verb, transitive (wa class). 1 • used to break something. Category: Impact. 2 • used to smash something. E.g. an egg, orange, tyre-- something juicy. Category: Impact. 3 • used to squeeze juice out of something. E.g. an orange. Category: Impact.
karlji noun. white clay. Used for paint in ceremonies. Category: Elements, Colour Pattern and Texture, Dreaming and Ceremony.
karlka descriptor. big. Category: Size Shape and Weight. karlkajarra Variant: karlkanyjarra. noun. 1 • fork of a tree. Category: Plants. 2 • junction of a creek. Category: Elements. 3 • scissors. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
karlkajarrangka phrase. in the fork of a branch. This term describes the place the axe head was placed before attaching it the handle.
karlka-karlkakaja noun. big stones. Category: Elements. karlkanyjarra Variant: karlkajarra. noun. 1 • fork of a tree. Category: Plants. 2 • junction of a creek. Category: Elements. 3 • scissors. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
karlkarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become big/grow big; used to mature. As a melon or fruit. Category: Stative Verbs, Size Shape and Weight.
karlkawarta noun. heavy rain. May include hail with the rain. Category: Elements. karlki noun. 1 • the others. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • the rest. Category: People and Kinship. 3 • some. Karlki-ya marlakarti yanu. The others went behind/after. Category: Number and Quantity.
karlkin noun. 1 • the others. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • the rest. Category: People and Kinship. 3 • some. Category: Number and Quantity.
karlkinpa noun. 1 • the others. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • the rest. Category: People and Kinship. 3 • some. Category: Number and Quantity.
karlkula noun. bush banana. Also called a "silky pear"; this is the fruit of a parasitic vine which grows up trees. Category: Plants.
karlparrpa noun. nape of the neck. Category: Body Parts and Products. karlpila verb, (la class). used to trip up. Used of stones or sticks causing one to trip. Category: Motion. karlpuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to break something. E.g. a leg. Karlpungu tarrka. He broke his leg. Category: Impact.
karltaly-karltalypa noun. to go along (a goanna) with claws just touching the ground. Category: Motion. karlu-karlu noun. loaf of bread. Not in the shape of a damper. Category: Food Cooking and Fire. karluwari Variant: karluwayi. noun. honey. Category: Elements. karluwayi Variant: karluwari. noun. honey. Category: Elements. karnajarlpi descriptor. legs crossed. Nyinani karnajarlpi. He is sitting with his legs crossed. Category: Manner and Posture.
karnampi noun. yandy dish. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. karnampila verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to yandy. Category: Holding and Transfer. 2 • used to winnow. Category: Holding and Transfer.
karnila verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to yandy seeds. Category: Holding and Transfer. 2 • used to winnow seeds. Category: Holding and Transfer.
karnilpa noun. 1 • yandy dish. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. 2 • wooden dish. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
karnku noun. 1 • relations who cry for initiate. E.g. mothers, fathers, uncles and aunties. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • mourners in a ceremony. As opposed to the active "workers". Category: People and Kinship.
karnngarrpa descriptor. restless. When a person can't sleep; senses that something is wrong somewhere. Category: Mood and Character.
karnpa noun. scorpion. Category: Insects. karnpi noun. fat. Category: Body Parts and Products. karntakara noun. bull ant. Category: Insects. karntamarri noun. marriageable man. Category: People and Kinship. karntarangu noun. desert poplar. This tree is the desert poplar. It is a shrub with grubs in the roots. Codonocarpus cotinifolius. Category: Plants.
karntawarra noun. 1 • wattle tree. Category: Plants. 2 • yellow ochre; yellow ochre. Category: Elements, Dreaming and Ceremony.
karnti noun. species of plant. This root food is like mata - a bush yam. Category: Plants. karnu noun. fat. Category: Body Parts and Products.
karnuja noun. non-achiever. One who can't do something. Karnuja-n? Are you useless? Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character.
karnujalka descriptor. not skilled in a particular area. Category: Mood and Character. karnujula verb, transitive (jula class). used to feel the fat on an animal. Category: Holding and Transfer. karnumarta noun. fat one. Category: People and Kinship. -karra noun suffix. event. wangkakarra a talk (fv:wangka talk + -karra event). kunyalakarra sleepy (fv:kunyala sleep + -karra event). pinalkarra an obedient person (fv:pina ear + -l- + -karra event). rayipulkarra shooting (fv:rayipul rifle + -karra event). kuwiyikarra a hunt (fv:kuwiyi meat + karra event). matakarra the time for digging for bush potatoes (fv:mata bush potato + -karra event). mirli-mirlikarra working with papers or books, i.e., deskwork (fv:mirli-mirli paper/book + -karra event). wuukartakarra the time for getting honey ants (wuukarta honey ants). jurtakarra an argument (jurta fight/argument). maruntukarra the time for getting maruntu (maruntu a type of goanna). tiinakarra lunchtime/dinnertime (tiina dinner). turlkukarra ceremonies when singing takes place (turlku song).
karralmala verb, intransitive (mala class). used to make a rustling noise. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Sounds, Sounds.
karrany-karrany-pa noun. sunset. Category: Time. karrata descriptor. 1 • fearful. Category: Mood and Character. 2 • shock. Category: Mood and Character.
karrata-karrata noun. extreme fright. Category: State. karratanyju 1 • noun. helpful person. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. 2 • descriptor. gracious. Category: Mood and Character. 3 • descriptor. kind. Category: Mood and Character. 4 • descriptor. caring. Category: Mood and Character. 5 • descriptor. welcoming. Of a person who will always invite you into their home. Category: Mood and Character.
karratanyjuparni noun. person who is not helpful. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. karrataparni descriptor. not helpful. Category: Mood and Character. karratapayi noun. caring person/kind person. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. karratapayimunu noun. person with "no feeling"; ruthless and brutal person; a person who is a troublemaker, but gets away with it. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character.
karratarri verb, intransitive (Ø class). 1 • used to be amazed. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character. 2 • used to be frightened. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character. 3 • used to be horrified. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character.
karratarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become frightened. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character.
-karrayija noun suffix. dweller. kalyukarrayija a water-dweller, i.e., a fish (fv:kalyu water + -karrayija dweller). yapukarrayija a hill-dweller, i.e., an animal that lives in the hill country (fv:yapu hill/stone + -karrayija dweller).
karri-karri descriptor. very small. Category: Size Shape and Weight. karrila noun. daytime hunting trip. Karrila-rna yanku. I will go out for the day. Category: Animals, Motion.
karripartu noun. wind. Category: Elements. karrjapuwa verb, (wa class). used to swear at someone. Category: Vocalising and Thought. karrjulypa noun. species of plant. Category: Plants. karr-karrarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to pain. Karr-karrarringu kata. His head was paining. Category: Body Parts and Products, Healing Sickness and Ailments.
karr-karrpa noun. pain. Category: Body Parts and Products, Healing Sickness and Ailments. karrkarta noun. 1 • juice from meat. Category: Food Cooking and Fire, Body Parts and Products. 2 • gravy. Karrkartangka-la jarlajunkuni. We are dipping it into the gravy/meat juice. Category: Food Cooking and Fire.
karrku noun. red ochre. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Elements, Colour Pattern and Texture. karrpa-karrpa descriptor. tight grip. Held so tightly that it can't excape. Ngalurnu karrpa-karrpalu. He held him with a tight grip. Category: Manner and Posture.
karrparta noun. spear. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. Karrparti noun. name of place. This is the waterhole yinta of a particular "rainmaker" named Karrparti in the Dreamtime. Category: Names and Place Names.
karrpila verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to tie up something. Category: Impact. 2 • used to bandage something. Category: Impact.
karrpilpa Variant: karrpirlpa. noun. sorcerer. This person is also called a "featherfoot". Category: People and Kinship, Dreaming and Ceremony.
karrpiri noun. something visible only to a maparn. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. karrpirlpa Variant: karrpilpa. noun. 1 • feather foot. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. 2 • kudaicha man. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony.
karrpu noun. daytime. Category: Time. karrpu-karrpu noun. early morning; morning tea time. Category: Time. karrpu-karrpumarta noun. when it is lighter; early morning. Category: Time. karrpukujupa noun. 1 • another day. Category: Time. 2 • day after tomorrow. Category: Time. 3 • day before yesterday. Category: Time.
karrpukurlu descriptor. while there is daylight. Category: Time. karrpulpi 1 • descriptor. before it is too late. Category: Time. 2 • descriptor. while there is still some light. Category: Time. 3 • noun. afternoon. Category: Time.
karrpumarta descriptor. when it is light. Category: Time. karrpuminyirri descriptor. really bright. Category: Colour Pattern and Texture. karrpungka noun. 1 • yesterday. Category: Time. 2 • during daytime. Category: Time.
Karrpungkalpi! phrase. Do it while there is still some daylight! karrpurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become light/day. Category: Stative Verbs, Time. karrpurrinyja descriptor. becoming daytime. Category: Manner and Posture.
karrpuwati noun. 1 • day time. Category: Time. 2 • middle of the day; noon. Category: Time.
karrpuyampajara noun. another day. Karrpuyampajara-la yanku. We will go another day. Category: Time.
karru noun. 1 • creek. Category: Elements. 2 • river. Category: Elements.
karru wirla noun. full creek. Category: Elements. karrujurra verb, intransitive (rra class). used to walk up and down. Category: Motion. Gram: With -nu in PAST headword.
karru-karru noun. path. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. karrungara verb, intransitive (Ø class). used to go back and forth. Category: Motion. karruwanarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to come along the creek. Category: Motion. kartala verb, transitive (la class). used to chop something. Category: Impact. -karta noun suffix. directional suffix. Yankuni-rni kayilikarta. The wind was coming from the north. Wilinypa wangkani kakarrakarta. The wind is blowing from an easterly direction. ngurrakarta camping out (for more than a day). purikarta going out for a day trip. jampakarta soon/within a
short time. wirlarrakarta while the moon is shining. Category: Direction and Location, Time.
kartaku noun. container. Such as a billycan, bucket, saucepan. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
kartanypuwa verb, intransitive (wa class). used to cross over. Category: Motion. Kartaparli noun. Watchpoint windmill. Category: Names and Place Names. -karti noun suffix. 1 • to. Yanu-laju ngurrakarti. We went to camp. mulyakarti at one end (mulya nose + karti to). marlakarti back to where one started from (marla behind + -karti to). 2 • toward. Lit: left hand + to.. jampukarti toward the left side. Category: Direction and Location.
kartimala verb, transitive (mala class). 1 • used to grab something. Category: Holding and Transfer. 2 • used to hold something. Category: Holding and Transfer.
kartiya noun. white person. Category: People and Kinship. kartiyaparningka descriptor. in the days before the whitefella came. Lit: whitefella-without-in. Category: Time.
Kartujarra noun. language name. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Names and Place Names. kartungu noun. 1 • woman. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • wife. Category: People and Kinship.
karu1 particle. 1 • introducer. Category: Particles. 2 • well then. Karu, wanyja? Well then, where is it? Category: Particles.
karu2 noun. short fighting spear. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. karulypa 1 • descriptor. smooth. Category: State. 2 • noun. smooth skin. A younger smooth skinned person is seen as good looking. Category: Body Parts and Products.
karunypuwa verb, intransitive (wa class). 1 • used to vomit. Category: Bodily Functions, Healing Sickness and Ailments.
2 • used to feel nauseated. Category: Bodily Functions, Healing Sickness and Ailments.
karurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). 1 • used to take a fit. Category: Bodily Functions, Healing Sickness and Ailments. 2 • used to stagger. Category: Motion. 3 • used to get drunk from laughter. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character.
kata noun. head. Pungu katanyuku. He hit the man on the head. Kata pupati! Bow your head! Kata yurringu. He nodded his head. Category: Body Parts and Products.
kata kurirri-kurirri descriptor. bit mad. Category: Mood and Character. kata purli descriptor. bald. Category: State, Body Parts and Products. Gram: purli is stone. kata wapaju descriptor. itchy, flaky head. Category: State. katakampu noun. bald head. Category: Body Parts and Products. katakaninypa noun. head over heels. Category: Motion. katamatula verb, transitive (la class). used to separate one group of people or animals from another. Category: Impact.
katamijimiji noun. species of bird. Category: Birds. katangka wajala verb, (la class). used to say something that is not true that one has thought up. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
katangka yuwa verb, transitive (wa class). 1 • used to instruct. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 2 • used to teach. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
katapakarrpa noun. species of lizard. This lizard lives on the mulga trees. Category: Reptiles and Snakes. katapuwa verb, transitive (wa class). 1 • used to cut hair. Category: Impact. 2 • used to divide belongings. Category: Impact.
kataputa noun. mountain devil. Moloch horridus. Category: Reptiles and Snakes. katarlpa noun. top end of something. E.g. a camp, a bed. Category: Direction and Location. katawana noun. side of the head. Category: Body Parts and Products. kati verb, transitive (Ø class). 1 • used to carry. Jawala kati! Carry it along quickly! Category: Holding and Transfer. 2 • used to take. Kati ngurrakarti! Take it to camp! Category: Holding and Transfer. 3 • used to bring. Category: Holding and Transfer.
-kati verb suffix, (Ø class). verbalising suffix. Gram: Same verb suffixing as kati~. katin-katinpa noun. son (special usage). Category: People and Kinship. katu 1 • noun. top. Category: Direction and Location. 2 • descriptor. shallow. Category: Size Shape and Weight. 3 • noun. above. Category: Direction and Location. 4 • descriptor. softly. As speaking or laughing. Category: Manner and Posture.
katula verb, transitive (la class). used to lift an object. Category: Holding and Transfer. katuwa verb, transitive (wa class). 1 • used to cut. Katungu-ngku mara murtilyalu. The boy cut his hand. Category: Impact. 2 • used to chop. Category: Impact.
katujanu descriptor. from the surface of something. Category: Direction and Location.
katujula verb, transitive (jula class). used to put something on top. Category: Holding and Transfer. katukatu noun. very top of hills. Category: Elements. katulkirra descriptor. on top of another. Category: Direction and Location. katupuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to cut off a piece of something. Category: Impact. kawajawalpa noun. camel. Category: Animals. kawalya descriptor. 1 • quiet. Category: Mood and Character. 2 • well-behaved. Category: Mood and Character. 3 • peaceful. Category: Mood and Character. See: nganmi.
kawarlila verb, transitive (la class). used to lose something. Category: Holding and Transfer. kawarlirri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become lost. Category: Motion. kawarn-kawarnarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become mad; deaf; confused. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Stative Verbs, Healing Sickness and Ailments.
kawarn-kawarnpa descriptor. 1 • mad. Category: Healing Sickness and Ailments, State. 2 • deaf. Category: Healing Sickness and Ailments, State. 3 • confused. Category: Mood and Character.
kawirlpa descriptor. bitter. As the taste of very strong tea. Category: Food Cooking and Fire, State. kawu noun. body; corpse. Category: Body Parts and Products. kawuntamula verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to count. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Number and Quantity. 2 • used to work out a mathematical result. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Number and Quantity.
Kayapajpa noun. Caiaphas. Biblical context. Category: Names and Place Names. kayi interjection. well, what's up? Kayi! Well, what's up? Category: Interjections. -kayila suffix. and then. Signifies sequential action. Category: Time. kayili descriptor. north. Kayili-laju yanu. We went north. Category: Direction and Location. kayilikarta noun. north wind. Category: Elements. kayilikarti descriptor. to the north, northwards. Category: Direction and Location. kayili-kayili descriptor. northerly direction. Category: Direction and Location. kayilimalu noun. mob from the north. Category: People and Kinship. kayilirra descriptor. north. Category: Direction and Location. kayilirra descriptor. toward the north. Category: Direction and Location. kayilirrangu noun. north wind. Category: Elements. kayilirri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become in the north. Category: Stative Verbs. Kayinanpa noun. Canaan. Biblical context. Category: Names and Place Names. kayukura noun. 1 • dew. Category: Elements. 2 • fog. Category: Elements.
kiilypuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to feel coldness come over one. Category: Bodily Functions, Stative Verbs.
kiinanu noun. to skin an animal. From: English. Category: Impact. kiinirri noun. species of bird. Category: Birds. kiinjamula verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to oppose another. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 2 • used to rubbish another. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
kiinpa noun. animal skin. From: English. Category: Animals, Body Parts and Products. kiirlmala verb, intransitive (mala class). used to cry out (animal). Category: Vocalising and Thought, Sounds. kiirntarra verb, transitive (rra class). used to choke someone. Category: Impact. Gram: With -nu in PAST headword.
kiitpa noun. gate. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. kiitu noun. gate. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. -kija verb suffix. suffix indicating intent. Yankukija. He wants to go/is thinking about going. yankukijalu just as he was going. Gram: nominalises verbs
kiji-kiji noun. a tickle. Category: Body Parts and Products. kiki noun. faeces. Category: Body Parts and Products. kikirijula verb, transitive (jula class). used to throw crookedly. E.g. a boomerang. Category: Holding and Transfer.
kila noun. bullock or other animal killed for meat. Usually European type animals. Category: Animals, Food Cooking and Fire.
Kilijiya noun. Galatia. Biblical context. Category: Names and Place Names. kilinpala descriptor. 1 • clean. Category: State. 2 • person clean from washing. From: English. Category: People and Kinship.
kilinpalala verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to clean. Category: Impact. 2 • used to wash dirt off. Category: Impact.
kilu noun. mouse. Category: Animals. kilyarrkura noun. light-coloured hair. Category: Body Parts and Products. kimirikinypa Variant: kumurikinypa. noun. mosquito. Category: Insects. kingkilypa noun. animal. Category: Animals. kinilypuwa verb, intransitive (wa class). used to cough. Category: Bodily Functions, Healing Sickness and Ailments. See: wirla nguntu.
kinpa particle. again. From: English. Category: Particles. kinpirrjula verb, intransitive (jula class). used to choke on something. Get something like a bone caught in throat. Category: Bodily Functions, Healing Sickness and Ailments.
kinti descriptor. 1 • close. Category: Direction and Location. 2 • nearby. Category: Direction and Location.
kinti majala verb, transitive (la class). used to wait with patience. Category: Stative Verbs. kinti wangka verb, intransitive (Ø class). used to blow gently (wind). Category: Motion. kinti yarra verb, intransitive (rra class). used to go slowly. Category: Motion. Gram: With -nu in PAST headword. kinti-kinti noun. 1 • a cough. Category: Body Parts and Products, Healing Sickness and Ailments. 2 • a cold. Category: Body Parts and Products, Healing Sickness and Ailments.
kintilu japira kulila verb, transitive (la class). used to intensively question a person. Used of police questioning. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
kintilu kulila verb, transitive (la class). used to listen carefully. Category: Bodily Functions. Kintimarta! phrase. Get closer! kintirri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to not come close. Category: Motion. Gram: ?? kinyimulyju parnti noun. smell of skin burning. E.g. of a kangaroo. Category: Body Parts and Products. Kinyu noun. name of place. Site on the Canning Stock Route. Category: Names and Place Names. Kiriki noun. Greek. Category: Names and Place Names. -kirra noun suffix. juxtaposed. kintilkirra too close (as a relation too close for marriage). kirriji noun. 1 • single person. Man or woman. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • camp for single people. Kirrijingka-ya nyinani. They are living in the singlemen's camp. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
kirriji ngarripayi verb, intransitive (Ø class). used to be homosexual. Category: Stative Verbs. kirrki noun. hawk. Category: Birds. kirta noun. 1 • man. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • husband. Category: People and Kinship.
kirtapartanu noun. one's own man; one's husband. Category: People and Kinship. kirtapayi noun. someone attracted to men. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. kirti noun. 1 • spinifex wax. Category: Plants, Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. 2 • resin. Category: Plants, Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
kirtijula verb, transitive (jula class). used to put spinifex wax on something. Category: Impact. kirti-kirti noun. kangaroo. Category: Animals. kirtingarli noun. cabbage gum. Eucalyptus aspera. Category: Plants. See: jarturtu. kitaa noun. guitar. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. kitawu noun. guitar. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. kiti-kiti noun. armpit. Category: Body Parts and Products. kiwily-kiwilypa noun. worms (infesting kangaroos). Category: Insects. Kiyajarra noun. dialect name. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Names and Place Names. -ku1 verb suffix. will. nyinaku he will sit/be/live. kunyalarriku he will go to sleep. Category: Time. -ku2 noun suffix. dative case marker. Yanu-lajura waruku. We went for firewood. Julyjujanu-ngku nyuntuku! Yours (the hat for you) is an old one. Manku-ran jina-jina wantiku? Will you get a
dress for the woman? Parlanpa-rnara tiiku. I am disliking for tea (i.e., I don't like tea). Wajarnu-ra murtilyaku. He said it to/for the boy.
kujala verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to cook something. Ngalangu-ya mirrka kujarnuka. They ate the food after they cooked it. Category: Impact, Food Cooking and Fire. 2 • used to make a fire. Category: Impact, Food Cooking and Fire.
kuja-kujala verb, transitive (la class). used to quickly light a fire. Category: Impact, Food Cooking and Fire. kujarra descriptor. two. Category: Number and Quantity.
kujarrala verb, transitive (la class). used to split something in two. Category: Impact, Number and Quantity. -kujarra noun suffix. two. ngayukujarra we two. nyuntukujarra you two. jiikujarra these two. yirnakujarra the two men. murtikujarrawana between his knees. Category: Number and Quantity.
kujarrakarti descriptor. both sides of something. Category: Direction and Location. kujarramarriti descriptor. two at a time. Category: Number and Quantity, Manner and Posture. kujarrangka descriptor. twice. Category: Manner and Posture, Number and Quantity. kujarrarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to separate into two parts. Category: Motion. kujilarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become homesick. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character.
kujilkujilpa descriptor. 1 • very sad. Category: Mood and Character. 2 • homesick. Category: Mood and Character.
kujilpa descriptor. homesick. Kujilpa-rna nyinapayi. I was homesick. Category: Mood and Character. kuju descriptor. one. Category: Number and Quantity. kujukarti descriptor. one side. kujukarti ngarrini he is lying on one side. Category: Direction and Location. kujukartiwiyayiju descriptor. one sided only. E.g. too greedy to return a favour; someone who receives but refuses to give something back. Category: Mood and Character.
kuju-kujungkala verb, transitive (rra/la class). used to gather together. Used of a great many people meeting together. Category: Motion.
kujumarriti descriptor. one at a time. Category: Number and Quantity, Manner and Posture. kujungka descriptor. together. Category: Manner and Posture, Number and Quantity. kujungkala verb, transitive (la class). used to bring together. Category: Holding and Transfer. Kujungka puwa! phrase. He hit him once; he hit him for the last time. kujungkarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become one. E.g. two clouds becoming one or people gathering together into one mob. Category: Stative Verbs.
kujungkarriwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to gather together. Category: Motion. kujungurru noun. sea. Category: Elements. kujunguru kujunguru descriptor. one by one. Category: Manner and Posture, Number and Quantity. kujun-kujunpa descriptor. 1 • each one. Category: Manner and Posture, Number and Quantity. 2 • one by one. Category: Manner and Posture, Number and Quantity.
kujupa noun. 1 • the other one. Category: Number and Quantity. 2 • another. Kujupa-rni yuwa! Give me another one! Category: Number and Quantity.
kujupa descriptor. 1 • the other one. 2 • another. Kujupa-rni yiwa! Give me another one! Category: Number and Quantity.
kujupala verb, transitive (la class). used to make another. Category: Impact. -kujupa noun suffix. 1 • the other one. 2 • another. Category: Number and Quantity.
kujupajanu descriptor. from somewhere else. Category: Direction and Location. Kujupakararnu-rnanta. phrase. I mistook you for someone else.
kujupakarti descriptor. the other way. Category: Direction and Location. kujupakartila verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to turn something over. Category: Holding and Transfer. 2 • used to make something different. Category: Impact. 3 • used to change a message. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
kujupakartinala verb, transitive (la class). used to keep on turning something over. Category: Holding and Transfer. Gram: With -ngu PAST eg.
kujupakartirri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to go the other way. Category: Motion. kujupakartirri verb, intransitive (Ø class). 1 • used to be a different way. Category: Stative Verbs. 2 • used to think or live a different way from the norm. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
kujupa-kujupa descriptor. really different. Category: State. kujupamala verb, transitive (rra/la class). used to change another. Category: Holding and Transfer. kujuparri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become something else. Category: Stative Verbs. kujupawanala verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to cause a person to go another way. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 2 • used to cause a person to live wrongly. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
kujupawayi descriptor. another way. Category: Manner and Posture. kujurninti descriptor. on his own. I.e. one who knows about being alone. Category: Manner and Posture. kujurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become one. Kujurringu-rna. I became one (i.e., a brother or sister has passed away). Category: Stative Verbs.
kujuyiti noun. one-sided favour. Won't return the favour. Category: Mood and Character. kuka noun. 1 • meat. Category: Food Cooking and Fire, Body Parts and Products. 2 • animal. Category: Animals.
-kukala verb suffix, (la class). mistaken thought. Kujupakukalpayi-rnanta. I was mistaking you for someone else. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
kukakijalu descriptor. to be wanting meat. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Food Cooking and Fire. kukakurra noun. duck. Generic term. Category: Birds. kukaparni descriptor. without meat. Category: State. kukarninti noun. hunting dog. Lit: meat and knower. Category: Animals. kuku noun. hidden object. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. kukujarri descriptor. secretly. Category: Manner and Posture. kukujula verb, transitive (jula class). used to hide something. Category: Holding and Transfer. kukulyjula verb, transitive (jula class). used to put decorations on. Category: Impact, Colour Pattern and Texture.
kukulypa noun. men's decoration (made from wood). Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
kukurnjari Variant: kukurnjarri. noun. sheep. Category: Animals. kukurnjarri Variant: kukurnjari. noun. sheep. Category: Animals. kukurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to hide. Category: Motion. kukurrpa noun. kind of devil. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony.
kulila verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to listen to someone. Kulila-ra. Listen to him. Kulila-rniya! Hey! All of you listen to me! Category: Bodily Functions. 2 • used to hear. Category: Bodily Functions. 3 • used to understand (which implies obeying). Category: Vocalising and Thought. 4 • used to think about something. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
kulil-kulilpa noun. ear. Category: Body Parts and Products. kulirnu jurra verb, transitive (rra class). used to reject another's advice or argument. Category: Vocalising and Thought. Gram: With -nu in PAST headword.
kulirnu kati verb, (Ø class). used to hear a message and take it and give it to others. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
kultu noun. 1 • side. Of person, animal, shield, spearthrower, etc.. Category: Body Parts and Products, Direction and Location. 2 • waist. Category: Body Parts and Products.
kulula verb, intransitive (la class). 1 • used to meet up. Kululku-ngkuya. They will meet up together. Category: Holding and Transfer. 2 • used to join together. Especially at times of mourning. Category: Holding and Transfer.
kulujpa noun. 1 • clothes. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. 2 • shirt. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. 3 • trousers. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. 4 • dress. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
kuluju noun. clothes. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. kuluju juriwanpa noun. smart clothes. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. kulupalarrpa noun. 1 • stragglers. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • others who arrive after the main group has arrived. Category: People and Kinship.
kulyja noun. wad of tobacco (for chewing). Category: Food Cooking and Fire. kulyu1 descriptor. wounded. Kulyu pungu. He only wounded it. Category: Healing Sickness and Ailments, State.
kulyu2 noun. bush potato. Ipomoea sp.. Category: Plants. kumpi descriptor. 1 • secret. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Value. 2 • hidden. Category: State.
kumpila verb, intransitive (la class). used to hide. Category: Motion. kumpijula verb, transitive (jula class). used to hide something. Category: Holding and Transfer. kumpirri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become secret. Category: Vocalising and Thought. kumpu noun. urine. Category: Body Parts and Products. kumpujala verb, intransitive (jala class). used to urinate. Category: Bodily Functions. kumpupara descriptor. having urine in or on something. Category: State. kumu descriptor. together. Category: Manner and Posture. kumungkarriwa verb, transitive (wa class). 1 • used to gather together. Category: Motion. 2 • used to meet together. Category: Motion.
kumurikinypa Variant: kimirikinypa. noun. mosquito. Category: Insects.
kumurljunu verb, transitive (unclassed). put scars on someone. Category: Impact, Colour Pattern and Texture, Dreaming and Ceremony. Gram: With -nu in PAST headword.
kumurlpa noun. a scar. Category: Body Parts and Products, Healing Sickness and Ailments. kuna noun. 1 • faeces. Category: Body Parts and Products. 2 • anus. Category: Body Parts and Products. 3 • butt of spear. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
kunala verb, intransitive (la class). 1 • used to defecate. Category: Bodily Functions. 2 • used to lay an egg. Category: Bodily Functions. Gram: With -rnu in PAST headword.
kunakaja noun. waste material in the intestines. Category: Body Parts and Products. kunarta noun. hail. Category: Elements. kunaruntu noun. 1 • species of plant. Category: Plants. 2 • seed food. Category: Plants.
kunawirnka noun. 1 • rock fig. It has small yellow fruit when ripe. Category: Plants. 2 • vegetable food. Ficus platypoda. Category: Plants.
kungkungu noun. poison. From: English. Category: Food Cooking and Fire. kunka descriptor. 1 • raw. Either meat or other food. Category: Food Cooking and Fire, State. 2 • unripe. As fruit. Category: Food Cooking and Fire, State.
kunkarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become a law breaker. Category: Stative Verbs. kunmarnu noun. name substitute. A word used in place of the name of a person who has died. At present this word itself is not being used because of the death of a person who had been referred to this term for a long time. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Names and Place Names.
kunurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to hibernate. E.g. goannas and lizards. Category: Bodily Functions.
kunyala Variant: kunyarla. noun. sleep. Kunyala ngarripayi. He was lying asleep. Category: Body Parts and Products.
kunyalajanu descriptor. from sleep; after sleeping. kunyalajanu pakarnu he just got up from sleeping. Category: Manner and Posture.
kunyalakarra descriptor. sleepy. Category: State. kunyalarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to go to sleep. Category: Bodily Functions. kunyarla Variant: kunyala. noun. sleep. Category: State. kunyjala Variant: kuunyjala. verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to suck something. Category: Bodily Functions. 2 • used to sip. Category: Bodily Functions.
kunyjunyu Variant: kunyunyu. descriptor. 1 • good. Category: Value. 2 • well. Category: State, Healing Sickness and Ailments. 3 • healthy. Category: State, Healing Sickness and Ailments. 4 • pretty. Category: Value. 5 • safe. I.e. "clear"; not sacred. Category: State.
kunyjunyula Variant: kunyunyula. verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to make something good. Category: Impact. 2 • used to repair. Category: Impact.
kunyjunyumala verb, transitive (mala class). 1 • used to make something good. Category: Impact.
2 • used to fix something. Category: Impact. 3 • used to heal someone. Category: Impact, Healing Sickness and Ailments.
kunyjunyumarta noun. good one. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. kunyjunyuminyirri descriptor. really good. Category: Value. kunyjunyurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to get well; used to become good. Category: Stative Verbs, Healing Sickness and Ailments.
kunyjunyuwanpa noun. good one; good thing. Category: Value. kunyunyu Variant: kunyjunyu. descriptor. good; well. Category: Value. kunyunyula Variant: kunyjunyula. verb, transitive (rra/la class). used to make good. Category: Impact. kupirlangkawa verb, intransitive (wa class). used to turn around. Kupirlangkangu. It has turned around. Category: Motion.
kupirl-kupirlpa noun. winding. As a road. Category: Size Shape and Weight. kupirlpuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to turn something around. E.g. a car, a bullock. Category: Motion. kupurljingala verb, transitive (la class). used to turn something around. Category: Holding and Transfer. Kuraji noun. Christ. Category: Names and Place Names. kuralypuwa verb, transitive (wa class). 1 • used to brush dirt off something. Category: Impact. 2 • used to clean something with water. Category: Impact.
kuran kirtijarra noun. disobedient person. A person who cannot hear a request. Lit: an ear full of spinifex wax. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character.
kuran kujupa noun. different idea. Category: Vocalising and Thought. kuran murltu noun. disobedient person. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. kuranarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become sensible. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character.
kuranarriwa verb, (wa class). 1 • used to understand. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 2 • used to know. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
Kurangarra noun. name of a song line. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Names and Place Names. kuranjula verb, transitive (rra/la class). 1 • used to remind a person what they have been told. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 2 • used to teach; used to instruct. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 3 • used to tell. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
kuranju kanyila verb, (la class). used to keep a word in your head. Category: Vocalising and Thought. Kuranju kanyila! phrase. Keep that advice in your mind!; Remember that advice! Lit: keep it in your ear. kuranmarra verb, transitive (rra class). used to instruct a person. Category: Vocalising and Thought. Gram: With -nu in PAST headword.
kuranpa noun. ear. Category: Body Parts and Products. kurarra noun. species of tree. This is a wattle with edible seeds. The ground seeds are eaten as a paste. The wood is very hard and suitable for boomerangs and hitting sticks. Acacia tetragonophylla. Category: Plants.
Kurayijpa noun. Christ. Biblical context. Category: Names and Place Names. kuriipiji noun. grapes. Category: Plants.
kuripijpa noun. grapes. Category: Plants. kurirri descriptor. 1 • spinning. Category: Manner and Posture. 2 • going around. Kurirri yanu. It went round and round. Category: Manner and Posture.
kurirrijingala verb, transitive (la class). used to twirl something around. Like something on the end of a rope. Category: Holding and Transfer.
kurlakurla noun. one who is wanting sex. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. kurlanyju noun. one who is wanting sex very much. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. kurlarta noun. a spear. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. kurlartala verb, transitive (la class). used to make a spear. Category: Impact. Gram: With -rnu in PAST headword. kurli noun. hot time. Category: Time. kurlijarra noun. summer. Category: Time. kurljirrkurljirrpa descriptor. 1 • very sad. Category: Mood and Character. 2 • very homesick. Category: Mood and Character.
kurljirrpa descriptor. 1 • sad. Category: Mood and Character. 2 • homesick. Category: Mood and Character.
kurljula verb, transitive (jula class). used to swallow something. Category: Bodily Functions. kurlka noun. ear. Category: Body Parts and Products. kurlkawarta noun. obedient person. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. kurlkupinti descriptor. on one elbow. Category: Manner and Posture. kurlkupirti descriptor. on one elbow. Kurlkupirti ngarrini. He is lying on one elbow. Category: Manner and Posture.
kurlpajula verb, transitive (jula class). used to vomit. Category: Bodily Functions, Healing Sickness and Ailments.
kurlpa-kurlparri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to vomit. Category: Bodily Functions, Healing Sickness and Ailments.
kurlpakurlu descriptor. feeling ill; about to vomit. Category: Mood and Character, Healing Sickness and Ailments.
kurlpila verb, transitive (la class). used to trip up someone. Kurlpirnu-rnaju. I tripped up myself. Category: Impact.
kurlpirrpa noun. kangaroo. Category: Animals. kurlpula verb, transitive (la class). used to chase something. Category: Motion. kurlpura wanala verb, transitive (la class). used to chase something. Category: Motion. kurlu descriptor. later. Kurlu-li yanku. We two will go later. Category: Time. -kurlu suffix. 1 • having. 2 • possessing. 3 • with. Wantilu jawarnu pirti wanakurlulu. The woman dug the hole with a digging stick.
kurlunga descriptor. after. Category: Time. kurlunypa noun. young animals. Category: Animals.
kurlurrpa noun. testes. Category: Body Parts and Products. kurluwa noun. light winter rain. Category: Elements. kurluwalu puwa verb, (wa class). 1 • rain hitting people. Category: Impact. 2 • rained heavily on us. Category: Impact.
-kurna noun suffix. to; toward. Wanyjakurna yankuni? Where is he going? kaninyjarrakurna the bottom side. Category: Direction and Location.
kurnpu descriptor. 1 • well. Category: State. 2 • strong. Category: State. 3 • thick. As a loaf of bread. Category: Size Shape and Weight.
kurnpumarta noun. thick one. Category: Size Shape and Weight. kurnta descriptor. 1 • shy. Category: Mood and Character. 2 • shame. Category: Mood and Character. 3 • ashamed. Category: Mood and Character.
kurntala verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to cut something. Mara-rnaju kurntarnu nayipuwintilu. I cut my hand with a knife. Category: Impact. 2 • used to sever something. Category: Impact.
kurntajula verb, transitive (rra/la class). used to make another ashamed. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character.
kurntaminyirri descriptor. really shy. Category: Mood and Character. Kurntangka! phrase. He is shy! kurntaparni descriptor. shameless; brash; rude; improper. Category: Mood and Character. kurntapayi noun. someone who is always shy. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. kurntarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become ashamed; used to get shy. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character.
kurntarringu-lura phrase. he felt shame towards the man. kurnti noun. hitting stick. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. kurntili noun. 1 • auntie. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • father's sister. This father's sister is not avoided like a yumari. Category: People and Kinship.
kurntirrpuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to massage a sore muscle. Category: Healing Sickness and Ailments, Impact.
kurnturru noun. a boil. Category: Body Parts and Products, Healing Sickness and Ailments. kurnu descriptor. quiet. Category: Mood and Character, Sounds. -kurnu noun suffix. 1 • family member. Pajarnu-ngku nyuntukurnu. It bit a member of your family (e.g., your father, child or dog). Category: People and Kinship. 2 • relative. Category: People and Kinship.
kurnumala verb, transitive (mala class). used to quieten someone. Category: Vocalising and Thought. kurnurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become quiet. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Sounds. kurranyi Variant: kurranyu. descriptor. 1 • ahead. Category: Manner and Posture. 2 • first. Category: Manner and Posture.
kurranyirra verb, transitive (rra class). used to cause someone to go ahead. Category: Motion. Gram: With -nu in PAST Headword.
kurranyu Variant: kurranyi. descriptor. 1 • ahead. Category: Direction and Location. 2 • first. Category: Number and Quantity. 3 • in front. Kurranyu yanu. He went first. Category: Direction and Location.
kurranyujanu verb, intransitive (unclassed). fell back from the lead. Category: Motion. Gram: With -nu in PAST headword.
kurranyu-kurranyu descriptor. really ahead. Category: Direction and Location. kurranyurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become ahead; used to take the lead. Category: Motion. kurrarlka descriptor. long ago. Category: Time. kurrin-kurrin descriptor. pitiless. Kurrin-kurrinju-n pungu. What a pity you hit that poor fellow. Category: Mood and Character.
kurrkalpa noun. branches (of trees). Category: Plants. kurr-kurrpa noun. owl. Category: Birds. kurrpanyji noun. magpie. Category: Birds. kurrparu noun. magpie. Category: Birds. kurrpila verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to sprinkle with water. Category: Holding and Transfer. 2 • used to spray water on someone. Category: Holding and Transfer.
kurrpi-kurrpila verb, transitive (la class). used to sprinkle water with hand. Category: Holding and Transfer. Gram: With -rnu in PAST Headword.
kurrpuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to crush something. Category: Impact. kurru noun. stick for scraping out seeds. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects, Elements.
kurruwa verb, intransitive (wa class). 1 • used to enter. E.g. into a house. Kurrungku-rnanta? Shall I come inside the house? Category: Motion. 2 • used to dive in water. Category: Motion. 3 • used to set (of sun). Jirntu kurrungkunyjangka, wankarnu. When the sun went down, he healed the man. Category: Motion, Time. 4 • used to dress (put on clothes). Category: Impact. 5 • used to bathe. Category: Impact.
-kurru noun suffix. characterising suffix. yukurikurru a grassy place. purlikurru a rocky place. warlpukurru lengthy. Category: State. Gram: Marsh lists as M in headword and K in subentry for -lyukurru.
kurrujula verb, transitive (jula class). 1 • used to put something in. Category: Holding and Transfer. 2 • used to insert. Category: Holding and Transfer.
kurrulyu noun. species of eucalyptus tree. Eucalyptus terminalis. Category: Plants. kurrurnjarra noun. something that is one's own; something one doesn't want to part with. Category: Body Parts and Products, Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
kurrurnpa noun. 1 • feelings. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character. 2 • spirit. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. See: juni.
kurrurnpa kalyurringu descriptor. won't listen. He doesn't want to listen to the argument anymore. Category: Mood and Character.
kurrurnpa kuju descriptor. determined. Lit: one feeling. Category: Mood and Character. kurrurnpa maju descriptor. sad feeling. Lit: big feeling. Category: Mood and Character. kurrurnpa marr-marr descriptor. feeling lonely for one's relatives. Category: Mood and Character, People and Kinship.
kurrurnpa palyjalypa descriptor. paralysed with fear. Lit: paralysed feeling. Category: Mood and Character.
kurrurnpa parlanpa descriptor. dislike. Lit: disliking feeling. Category: Mood and Character. kurrurnpa wiltu descriptor. 1 • brave; no worries. Lit: hard feeling. Category: Mood and Character. 2 • confident. Category: Mood and Character. 3 • unafraid. Category: Mood and Character.
kurrurnpa wirrilyi descriptor. wild; raging. Lit: angry feeling. Category: Mood and Character. kurrurnpa yalta descriptor. peaceful. Lit: cold feeling. Category: Mood and Character. kurta noun. older brother. Category: People and Kinship. Kurtakurta noun. name of water place. Category: Names and Place Names. kurtalya noun. star. Category: Elements. kurtalyapurungka descriptor. beneath the stars; in the starlight. Category: Manner and Posture. kurtangkala verb, transitive (rra/la class). used to cause to be ashamed. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character.
kurtanpa noun. bag. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. kurtapartanu noun. his/her own older brother. Category: People and Kinship. kurtararra noun. kin term for a person and his/her older brother. Category: People and Kinship. kurtiwa verb, transitive (wa class). 1 • used to send. Kurtingu-rni mirli-mirli. He sent me a letter. Category: Holding and Transfer. 2 • used to free. Category: Holding and Transfer. 3 • used to release. Category: Holding and Transfer. 4 • used to let something go. Category: Holding and Transfer.
kurti-kurtiyarra verb, intransitive (rra class). used to roll downhill. Category: Motion. kurtirl-kurtirlpa descriptor. black and white (of a dog). Category: Colour Pattern and Texture. kurturtu noun. heart. Category: Body Parts and Products. kurtururru descriptor. middle. kurtururrungka in the midst. Category: Direction and Location. kuru1 noun. eye. Category: Body Parts and Products. kuru2 noun. drop of nectar. Category: Plants. kuru jumarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to be surprised; amazed. Lit: eyes grew big. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character.
kuru majurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to be surprised; amazed. Lit: eyes grew big. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character.
kuru pakala verb, intransitive (la class). used to be surprised. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character.
kuru wajala verb, transitive (la class). used to accuse another face to face. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
kurujumula verb, intransitive (rra/la class). used to cross a creek or road. Category: Motion. kurujutu descriptor. blind. Lit: eyes shut. Category: State, Healing Sickness and Ailments. kurujuulypa descriptor. swollen eyes; "bung eye". Category: State, Healing Sickness and Ailments. kurukujukartirri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to wink. Lit: eye became one-sided. Category: Bodily Functions.
kurumiji noun. pigeon. Category: Birds. kurumijimiji noun. pigeon. Category: Birds. kururri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to be born. Category: Bodily Functions. kuta descriptor. short. Of a person. Category: Size Shape and Weight. kuti-kutiyarra verb, intransitive (rra class). used to roll (used of a drum rolling). Category: Motion. Gram: With -nu in PAST headword.
kutu descriptor. 1 • middle. Category: Direction and Location. 2 • part way. Category: Direction and Location.
kutu verb, transitive (Ø class). 1 • used to cause to be in the middle. Category: Motion. 2 • surround(?) Category: Motion.
-kutu noun suffix. to; toward. Yanu-laju wintamarrakutu. We went to the mulga tree. Category: Direction and Location.
kutungka descriptor. in the middle; half-way; in between. Category: Direction and Location. kutunjanu kanarri verb, (Ø class). used to suddenly realise something important happening. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
kuturri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to come to the centre of the mob. Category: Motion. kutuwanajanu descriptor. from the middle. Category: Direction and Location. kutuwartini Variant: kutuwatini. noun. midnight. Category: Time. kutuwatini Variant: kutuwartini. noun. middle of the night; midnight. Category: Time. kuu verb, intransitive (unclassed). go. From: English. Category: Motion. kuulpa noun. school. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. kuulu noun. gold. Category: Elements. kuuluwanpa noun. gold thing. Category: Elements. kuulypa noun. a stretch. From tiredness. Category: Body Parts and Products. kuumula verb, transitive (la class). used to comb hair. Category: Impact. kuunyjala Variant: kunyjala. verb, transitive (la class). used to suck something out. E.g. the nectar from a honey ant. Category: Bodily Functions.
kuuri noun. species of plant. Like a tarrun. Category: Plants. kuurljulkuurljulpa noun. throat. Category: Body Parts and Products. kuurljulpa noun. throat. Category: Body Parts and Products. kuurrpuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to crush something. E.g. to crush dried pura; it can then be mixed with water and eaten cooked or uncooked. Category: Impact.
kuurti noun. spirit of any living thing. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony.
kuurtiparnirri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to lose one's spirit. Category: Vocalising and Thought. kuurtu Variant: kuutu. noun. coat. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. kuutpa1 noun. coat. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. kuutpa2 noun. goat. Category: Animals. kuutu Variant: kuurtu. noun. coat. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. kuwarrara descriptor. later. Category: Time. kuwarri noun. 1 • now. Category: Time. 2 • today. Category: Time.
kuwarrijanu descriptor. recent; new one. Category: Value. kuwarri-kuwarri descriptor. recently. Category: Time. kuwarrilyu descriptor. about now. Category: Time. kuwarringulyu descriptor. right away. Category: Manner and Posture. kuwayitpala noun. 1 • quiet person. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. 2 • one who does not fight. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character.
kuwiyi noun. 1 • meat. Category: Body Parts and Products, Food Cooking and Fire. 2 • edible animal. Category: Animals, Food Cooking and Fire.
kuya descriptor. bad. Category: Value. kuyurnpa noun. young girl. Category: People and Kinship.
L-l -la1 pronoun suffix. we all (including those spoken to). Yanu-la nyangu. We went and saw it. Mirta-la yanu. We didn't go. Nyampa-la pungu maruntu. Recall how we killed that goanna? Category: Pronouns.
-la2 verb suffix. imperative tense. Majala! Wait! Jikila puujala! Drink it until it's all gone! Pakala! Get up! -la3 verb suffix. used to. Past habituative tense. Wakala-laju. We used to spear it. Category: Time. laampa Variant: laampu. noun. lamp. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
laampu Variant: laampa. noun. lamp. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
laja noun. seeds from grinding stone (the bits of seeds that fall off). Category: Food Cooking and Fire. Lajarajpa noun. Lazarus. Biblical context. Category: Names and Place Names. -laju pronoun suffix. we all (not including those spoken to). Yanu-laju karrukarti. We went to the creek. Pungu-lajujananya. We hit them. Jila-laju nyangu. We saw a snake. Category: Pronouns.
Laka noun. ceremony relating to funeral. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Names and Place Names. lakamapula verb, transitive (rra/la class). used to lock up a person in goal. Category: Holding and Transfer. lakarnkawa verb, transitive (wa class). used to peel off something. Category: Holding and Transfer. lakarnpuwa verb, transitive (wa class). 1 • used to peel something off. Category: Holding and Transfer. 2 • used to tear something off. Category: Impact.
3 • used to open something. E.g. a gate. Category: Holding and Transfer.
lakarnyarra verb, intransitive (rra class). used to be peeled off. Category: Holding and Transfer. lalawa verb, intransitive (wa class). 1 • used to split up (into groups). Category: Impact, Number and Quantity. 2 • used to separate (into groups). Category: Impact, Number and Quantity.
lalalajula verb, intransitive (jula class). used to sound like swift water flowing. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Sounds.
lalapa noun. 1 • fork. Category: Elements. 2 • branch. Category: Plants.
lalapuwa verb, transitive (wa class). 1 • used to split up (into groups). Category: Impact, Number and Quantity. 2 • used to fork (as a road). Category: Stative Verbs.
lalayarra verb, intransitive (rra class). used to be split up. E.g. a group. Lalayanu-pula. Those two were separated. Category: Impact.
laltu descriptor. 1 • many. Category: Number and Quantity. 2 • plenty. Category: Number and Quantity.
laltujarra descriptor. having a great deal of something. Category: State, Number and Quantity. laltukuyarra descriptor. great many. Category: Number and Quantity. lalypa descriptor. 1 • too big. Category: Size Shape and Weight. 2 • loose fitting. Category: Size Shape and Weight.
lalyurrangka verb, (Ø class). used to splash down into water quickly by jumping off some object. Category: Motion.
-lampa pronoun suffix. ours; for us all (including those spoken to). Wangkani-lampaya. They are asking for us, i.e., they want us. Nyamu-lampa. He is our grandfather. Category: Pronouns.
-lampaju pronoun suffix. ours; for us all (not including those spoken to). Walykurringu-lampaju. Our (clutch) broke. Wajarnu-lampajuya. They spoke to us. Category: Pronouns.
-lampajulura pronoun suffix. away from us all (not including you). Category: Pronouns. -lampalura pronoun suffix. away from us (including you). Category: Pronouns. langa noun. 1 • ground. Category: Elements. 2 • earth. Category: Elements.
langupala descriptor. long. From: English. Category: Size Shape and Weight. lani noun. wound in thigh. Category: Body Parts and Products, Healing Sickness and Ailments. -lanya pronoun suffix. us all; to us all (including those spoken to). Ka-lanya wajarnu kalyu juma ngarripayi. And he told us that there was a lot of water there. Yanu-lanya. He came to us. Category: Pronouns.
-lanyaju pronoun suffix. us all; to us all (not including those spoken to). Nyakujaku-lanyaju. He might see us. Yungu-lanyajun mirrka. You gave us food. Category: Pronouns.
lanyma noun. a tease. Mirta puwa lanymalu. Don't hit teasingly. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character.
laparli noun. female kangaroo (with a joey in the pouch). Category: Animals. -lara suffix. suffix indicating progress in growth. ngarrilara a child too small to sit up. nyinalara a child who can sit alone. yankulara a child who is able to walk alone.
larrja noun. species of snake. Edible. Category: Reptiles and Snakes.
larrku noun. 1 • valley. Category: Elements. 2 • a plain. Category: Elements. 3 • flat country between sandhills or mountains. Category: Elements.
latu-latu noun. bunches (of fruit). Category: Plants. layikamu noun. one who loves or likes something. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. layikamurri verb, transitive (Ø+wa class). used to like or love someone or thing. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character.
layinpa noun. lion. From: English. Category: Animals. layiti noun. light. Mainly electric light. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. layitningpa noun. lightning. Category: Elements. -li pronoun suffix. we two (including the one spoken to). Yankura-li ngurrakarti. let's two go to camp. Kurlulijananya yanku. We two will go to them later. Category: Pronouns.
liijipaka noun. lazy person. From: English: lazy bugger. From: English. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character.
liipanpa descriptor. eleven. Category: Number and Quantity. liiti noun. thing causing sickness. This is removed by the maparn so the patient can recover. It is often discribed as a "coil of wire". Category: Dreaming and Ceremony.
-liju pronoun suffix. we two (not including those spoken to). Nyinangu-liju karrungka. We two sat in the creek. Pungu-lijungku ngaparrku. We two hit each other in return. Mirta-lijunta pungu. We two didn't hit you. Category: Pronouns.
likarra noun. 1 • bark of tree. Likarra tikirlarringu. The bark of the tree dried up. Category: Plants. 2 • skin of fruit. Category: Plants.
likarrala verb, transitive (la class). used to get bark from tree. Category: Holding and Transfer. likarrapuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to strip bark off tree. Category: Holding and Transfer. likiri descriptor. empty. E.g. a camp. Category: Number and Quantity. Likirinji noun. La Grange. Category: Names and Place Names. lilula verb, transitive (la class). used to move food with a stick (while it is cooking on the fire). Category: Impact, Food Cooking and Fire.
lilulypa noun. stick for moving food on the fire. While it is cooking on the fire. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
lilyirrmala verb, transitive (mala class). used to vibrate. Category: Motion. lilyirrwangka verb, intransitive (Ø class). used to make a vibrating noise. E.g., when someone hits a tin with a stone. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Sounds.
limi noun. a wound. Category: Body Parts and Products, Healing Sickness and Ailments. -limpa pronoun suffix. for us two (including the one spoken to). Tii-limpa kujalku ngayukujarraku. He will make tea for us two. Nyamu-limpa. He is our (two) grandfather. Category: Pronouns.
-limpaju pronoun suffix. ours; for us two (not including those spoken to). Manku-limpajun? Will you get it for us two? Category: Pronouns.
-limpajulura pronoun suffix. away from us two (not including hearer). Category: Pronouns. -limpalura pronoun suffix. away from us two (including hearer). Category: Pronouns.
limpi-limpi noun. flat stone. Category: Elements. linmurru noun. hitting stick. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. -linya pronoun suffix. us two; to us two (including the one spoken to). Yungu-linya mirrka. He gave food to us two. Pungu-linya. He hit us two. Yanku-linya. He will come to us two. Category: Pronouns.
-linyaju pronoun suffix. us two; to us two (not including the one's spoken to). Nyaangkamarra-linyajun yungkarnu? Why did you hit us two? Category: Pronouns.
linyji noun. claypan. Category: Elements. Lipayi noun. Levi. Biblical context. Category: Names and Place Names. Lipayimili wangkapurluka noun. Levite. Biblical context. Category: Names and Place Names. lipi descriptor. wide. Category: Size Shape and Weight. lipuriji noun. leprosy. Biblical context. From: English. Category: Body Parts and Products, Healing Sickness and Ailments.
liwarrpuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to pour out something. E.g. tea leaves from a can. Category: Holding and Transfer.
-lkija verb suffix. wants to do something. Intentive verb suffix. Wakalkija. He is thinking about spearing it. -lku verb suffix. will. Nyaarta-ya pakalku? When will they arrive? Kalyu-laju jikilku. We will drink water. Category: Time.
-lkura verb suffix. let's do something; ought to do something. Hortative verb suffix. Ngampurrkanyilkurapulanyaya. They should take care of those two.
-lkuraku verb suffix. for doing something; in order to do something. Purposive suffix. Yanu-rni wakalkuraku. He came here to spear it.
-lmarranypa verb suffix. completive suffix. Wakalmarranypa. He has already speared it. -lngara verb suffix. 1 • would have, but didn't. 2 • almost, but not quite. Wakalngara. He almost speared it (but didn't). 3 • ought to, but didn't.
-lpayi verb suffix. was doing something. Warrkilpayi-jananya. He growled them. Purtu ngalulpayi. He couldn't hold on to it. Category: Time.
-lpi noun suffix. suffix indicating duration. Jurilpi! [That photograph shows him] while he was still goodlooking. Wangkakurlulpi. [That event happened] when he still had his voice [lit.: speech-with]. Category: Time.
-lu1 pronoun suffix. 1 • him. 2 • her. 3 • it. Juturnu-lu. He covered it over. Category: Pronouns. 4 • at/with/to/off/on/in him. Nyakuni-lu. He is looking at him. Yanu-lu. He went to him. Mamalalu. Grab it off him. Jurra-lu. Put it on him. 5 • at/with/to/off/on/in her. Nyinani-lu wantingka. He is sitting with the woman. 6 • at/with/to/off/on/in it. Category: Pronouns.
-lu2 noun suffix. 1 • ergative case suffix. Nganalu-jananya pungu. Who hit them? Jarntulu maru-marulu pajarnu murtilya. The black dog bit the boy. Wululu puwa! Keep on hitting him! 2 • instrument. Maralu-rna pungu. I hit him with my hand. Wartawintilu-rni pungu. He hit me with a stick. Gram: This suffix is used after a word ending in a vowel. Gram: used by some speakers after any
word ending in a consonant; others use it after a word ending in ly, ny or rr Gram: used by some speakers after a word ending in rl or rn Gram: used by some speakers after a word ending in l or n
luka noun. muddy water. Category: Elements. luka-luka noun. small puddle of muddy water. Just a bit left. Category: Elements. lukarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become muddy water. Category: Stative Verbs. luku noun. 1 • ankle. Category: Body Parts and Products. 2 • heel. Category: Body Parts and Products.
lukuti noun. grub. Category: Insects. luma noun. species of lizard. Category: Reptiles and Snakes. lungkarta Variant: lungkurta. noun. bluetongue lizard. Category: Reptiles and Snakes. -lungkura pronoun suffix. away from you (singular). Category: Pronouns. lungkurta Variant: lungkarta. noun. bluetongue lizard. Category: Reptiles and Snakes. lungu noun. clot of blood. Category: Body Parts and Products, Healing Sickness and Ailments. lunki noun. edible grub. Appears to be a generic term. Category: Insects. lunngu noun. hot coals. kuka lunngujanu meat from the coals (refers to bush meats cooked in the traditional way). Category: Elements, Food Cooking and Fire.
lupu1 descriptor. 1 • bent. Category: Size Shape and Weight. 2 • twisted. Category: Size Shape and Weight. 3 • warped. Category: Size Shape and Weight.
lupu2 noun. yandy dish. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. lupurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become twisted. Category: Stative Verbs. lupurr-lupurrpa noun. dried pus. In eyes or on sores. Category: Body Parts and Products, Healing Sickness and Ailments.
-lura pronoun suffix. away from someone/something. Kayila-lijujanampalura yanu ngurrakujupakarti. Then we (two) went away from them to another place. Category: Pronouns.
lurrju descriptor. together (two or a few). Lurrju-pula yarra malpungkamarra! You two go together in case you meet up with a devil! Category: Number and Quantity.
-lurrju noun suffix. also; too. Jijiparakulurrju. The children also did it. Category: Manner and Posture. lurrpala verb, transitive (la class). used to spoil something. E.g. a shot, someone's work. Category: Impact. luujarriwa verb, intransitive (wa class). used to be lost. Category: Stative Verbs. luujwanpa descriptor. loose; not tight. Category: State. Luukpa noun. Luke. Category: Names and Place Names. luurnpa noun. kingfisher. Alcyone sp.. Category: Birds. luutu noun. a load. Especially on a vehicle. Category: Size Shape and Weight. luutumula verb, transitive (la class). used to load a truck or vehicle. From: English. Category: Holding and Transfer.
luwu noun. 1 • law. From: English. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. 2 • customs. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony.
luwu wanala verb, (la class). used to live in accordance to the law. Aboriginal ceremonial law. Category: Stative Verbs.
-lwara verb suffix. was doing something. Jikilwara kalyu. He was drinking water. Category: Time. -lyjaku verb suffix. 1 • possibility. 2 • might do something. Pajalyjaku-nta. He might bite you. Punkalyjaku. He might fall. Warrkilyjaku-rni. He might growl me.
-lyjirri noun suffix. 1 • numeraliser. Category: Number and Quantity. 2 • how many? Nyaalyjirri? How many? Category: Number and Quantity, Interrogatives.
-lyu noun suffix. 1 • terminative suffix. Palulyu. That's all/that's the lot. 2 • really.
-lyukurru noun suffix. suffix indicating a kind of place. yapulyukurru a rocky place (yapu rock). Category: State. Gram: Marsh lists as M in headword and K in subentry for -kurru.
M-m marra verb, transitive (rra class). 1 • used to get something. Yanu manu jurntarnu. He went and collected it. Category: Holding and Transfer. 2 • used to take something. Ngulyu-ju manu. He stole mine. Category: Holding and Transfer. 3 • used to choose something. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 4 • used to marry. Karimarralu manku Panaka wanti. A Karimarra man will marry a Panaka woman. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
-mala dsuff-mala. 1 • to make. kunyjunyumanu he made him well (i.e., he healed him) (kunyjunyu good). 2 • to do. Causative verbalising suffix. Putamanu. He did a bad thing. (puta bad). Gram: Takes same suffixes as kartima~.
-ma1 verb suffix. keep on doing something. Imperative continuous tense. Wangkama! Keep on talking! Ngarrima! Keep on lying down! Category: Time.
-ma2 verb suffix. used to be doing something. Past habituative continuous tense. Mirta-laju martu wangka wangkama. We were not talking Martu Wangka (in school). Category: Time.
maa- prefix. away from the speaker. Maa-yarra! Go away! Maa-jurra! Put it away! Category: Direction and Location, Motion.
maaja noun. 1 • boss. Possibly from English master. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • leader. Category: People and Kinship. 3 • instructor. Category: People and Kinship.
Maajurru noun. Mathew. Category: Names and Place Names. maa-kati verb, transitive (Ø class). used to take it away. Category: Holding and Transfer. Gram: With -ngu in PAST subentry.
maapu noun. mob. From: English. Category: Number and Quantity, People and Kinship. maarra descriptor. 1 • somewhere. Category: Direction and Location. 2 • unknown. Category: Mood and Character. 3 • ignorant of something. Category: Mood and Character.
maarranyu particle. 1 • maybe. Category: Particles. 2 • might be. Category: Particles.
maa-takala verb, intransitive (la class). used to climb away from where the speaker is. Category: Motion. Maa-yiki! phrase. Stop! Maa! phrase. Get away! E.g. command to a dog to go away. majala verb, intransitive (la class). 1 • used to wait. Purtu-laju majurnu majurnu majurnu. In vain we waited and waited. Category: Stative Verbs. 2 • used to wait for something. Majarninpa-ra kujupaku martuku. He is waiting for the other man. Category: Stative Verbs. Gram: With dative case.
majapurti noun. edible fungus. When fresh, majapurti may be eaten like a mushroom. Category: Plants. maju descriptor. big. Category: Size Shape and Weight. majula verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to make a large amount. Category: Impact, Number and Quantity. 2 • used to multiply. Category: Impact, Number and Quantity.
majujara noun. the biggest one. Comparing two or more things. Category: Size Shape and Weight. majumarra verb, transitive (rra class). 1 • used to grow a baby up. Category: Impact. 2 • used to make large. Category: Impact. 3 • used to make big. Category: Impact. Gram: With -nu in PAST headword.
majunyjarri noun. 1 • big boy. Post primary age - not yet initiated. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • biggest one (of two lots). Category: Size Shape and Weight.
majurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to get big. Category: Stative Verbs, Size Shape and Weight. majuwarta noun. big one. Category: Size Shape and Weight. majuwartala verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to make large. Category: Impact, Size Shape and Weight. 2 • used to increase the size of some material. Category: Impact, Size Shape and Weight.
makurnta Variant: makurta. noun. 1 • brother-in-law. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • cousin. Category: People and Kinship.
makurta Variant: makurnta. noun. 1 • brother-in-law. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • cousin. Category: People and Kinship.
mala noun. Rufous Hare-wallaby. Lagorchestes hirsutus. Category: Animals. Maliki noun. name of Law ceremony. For training young men in further areas of the law. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Names and Place Names.
malka-malka noun. rabbit. Oryctolagus cuniculus. Category: Animals. malkapiri noun. 1 • bark sandles. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. 2 • green birdflower bush. The bark is stripped from the plant and used for plaiting sandles. Crotalaria cunninghamii. Category: Plants.
-malpa verb suffix. will be doing something. Future continuative tense. Nyinamalpa-ya. They will be sitting. Category: Time.
malpu noun. devil. Appears to be generic. Yarra-ya malpungkamarra. You all go away because of the devils that are here. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony.
-malu noun suffix. 1 • mob. Nganamalu-ya pakarnu? Whose mob arrived? Kayilimalu-ya pakarnu. The Northern Mob arrived. Category: Number and Quantity. 2 • group. Category: Number and Quantity, People and Kinship.
malurrpa noun. 1 • bowed head. Showing respect, as a marlurlu does. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. 2 • nodding. Category: Motion.
malya1 noun. 1 • star. Malya punkarnu. A star fell. Category: Elements. 2 • meteor. Category: Elements.
malya2 descriptor. greedy. Category: Mood and Character. malypa noun. rattlepod grevillea. This is the Rattlepod Grevillea. The bark is used for ashes to mix with tobacco. The dry seeds are edible and are said to taste like a peanut. Grevillea stenobotrya. Category: Plants.
malyurta noun. middle child or children (in a family). Often used as a name. Category: People and Kinship. mama noun. father. Also includes the brothers of a person's father. Category: People and Kinship. mamala verb, transitive (la class). used to grab something off someone. Mamala-lu! Grab it off him! Category: Holding and Transfer.
mamamili ngurlunintipurluka noun. prophet. Biblical context. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. mamapartanu noun. person's real father. Category: People and Kinship. mamapirrayi noun. respectful reference to a person's father. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. mamarti noun. respectful way of addressing your father. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. mamartura noun. big toe. Category: Body Parts and Products. mami noun. mother. From: English. Category: People and Kinship. mamipartanu noun. person's real mother. Category: People and Kinship. mamipunaja descriptor. motherless. Category: State. mamu noun. devil. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. mamurlpa yarra verb, intransitive (rra class). used to twist (of a spear as it flies through the air). Category: Motion. Gram: With -nu in PAST headword.
manarr descriptor. tired. Can be applied to the tiredness of an expectant mother. Manarrju junu yanu. He left it because he was too tired. Category: State.
manarrarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become tired. Category: Bodily Functions. Mangala noun. language name. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Names and Place Names. manganpa noun. bucking (on a horse). Category: Motion. manganya noun. echidna or anteater. Category: Animals. mangarri noun. food. Including berries and fruit. Category: Food Cooking and Fire. mangarrpa noun. 1 • bark sandles. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. 2 • green birdflower bush. The bark is stripped from the plant and used for plaiting sandles. Crotalaria cunninghamii. Category: Plants.
mangka noun. head hair. Category: Body Parts and Products. mangkaja noun. shelter. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects, Elements. mangkalyi noun. initiator of a young man. There is respectful avoidance between this man and the initiate and their families. Category: People and Kinship, Dreaming and Ceremony.
mangu noun. sorcerer. This person is also called a "featherfoot". Category: People and Kinship, Dreaming and Ceremony.
manguji noun. 1 • thorn. Category: Plants. 2 • prickle. Category: Plants.
3 • spine of echidna. Category: Body Parts and Products, Animals.
Mangunypa noun. Dreaming. The creative force of the Dreamtime. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. mani noun. money. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. Manjiljarra Variant: Manyjiljarra; Manyjilyjarra. noun. language name. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Vocalising and Thought, Dreaming and Ceremony, Names and Place Names.
mannga descriptor. 1 • still. Category: Manner and Posture. 2 • yet. Category: Manner and Posture. 3 • even though. Category: Manner and Posture.
mannganyju descriptor. 1 • persistent. Category: Mood and Character. 2 • stubborn. Category: Mood and Character.
manngarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become determined. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character.
-manta noun suffix. from where? Suffix indicating origin. Nganamanta? Where is that man from? Category: Direction and Location.
mantalyngara verb, intransitive (Ø class). used to be stuck on. Category: Stative Verbs. mantarrirri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to laugh. Category: Vocalising and Thought. Mantuwinti noun. Mundiwindi. From mantu meat [Nyiyaparli word]. Category: Names and Place Names. manyalyjula verb, transitive (jula class). used to put wax on something. Manyalyjula-lu! Put resin on it (in order to waterproof it)! Category: Impact.
manyalypa noun. 1 • resin. From spinifex plant. Category: Plants. 2 • wax. From spinifex plant. Category: Plants.
manyarrpa descriptor. 1 • illogical. Category: Mood and Character. 2 • for no reason. Manyarrju pungu. For no apparent reason, he hit the man. Category: Mood and Character.
manyjarra descriptor. away from one's family. Nyinani manyjarra. He is a long way from his folks. Category: Direction and Location, People and Kinship.
Manyjiljarra Variant: Manyjilyjarra; Manjiljarra. noun. language name. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Vocalising and Thought, Dreaming and Ceremony, Names and Place Names.
Manyjilyjarra Variant: Manyjiljarra; Manjiljarra. noun. language name. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Vocalising and Thought, Dreaming and Ceremony, Names and Place Names.
manyjirrpa noun. food (vegetable or seed). Category: Food Cooking and Fire. manyjurrpa noun. 1 • termite. Category: Insects. 2 • white ant. Category: Insects.
manypuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to shoo something away. E.g. dog, flies. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
manyu-manyu descriptor. 1 • starving. Category: Food Cooking and Fire, State. 2 • extreme hunger. Category: Food Cooking and Fire, State.
manyuru noun. ants. Category: Insects. mapa verb, transitive (Ø class). 1 • used to copy an action. Category: Motion. 2 • used to imitate someone. Category: Motion.
maparnjanu descriptor. with the doctor's help. Lit: from the doctor. Category: Manner and Posture, Healing Sickness and Ailments.
maparnjula verb, transitive (rra/la class). 1 • used to heal. Category: Impact, Healing Sickness and Ailments. 2 • used to make well. Particularly of a traditional doctor's activity. Category: Impact, Healing Sickness and Ailments.
maparnmala verb, transitive (rra/la class). used to make well. Category: Impact, Healing Sickness and Ailments.
maparnpa noun. 1 • traditional doctor. Maparnju wankarnu. The doctor cured the man. Category: People and Kinship, Dreaming and Ceremony, Healing Sickness and Ailments. 2 • object with power (for healing or sorcery). Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects, Healing Sickness and Ailments.
maparnwinti descriptor. possessing a maparn. Category: Healing Sickness and Ailments, State. Mapulpa noun. Marble bar. Category: Names and Place Names. mara noun. 1 • hand (including fingers). Maralu pungu. He hit the man with his hand (i.e., not with a weapon). Mara-rnajanampa wangkangu. I used hand-signs to talk to them. Mara-rnaju kurntarnu. I cut my hand. Category: Body Parts and Products. 2 • arm. Category: Body Parts and Products.
marala verb, intransitive (la class). 1 • used to flow. As a creek. Category: Motion. 2 • used to crawl. Category: Motion.
mara tirnu Variant: maratiinu. noun. fist. Category: Body Parts and Products. mara wangka verb, (Ø class). used to indicate an action to another with a hand signal. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
maralpa noun. one who has no food or clothing. Category: People and Kinship. maramulyji noun. fist. Category: Body Parts and Products. marangka kanyila verb, transitive (la class). used to look after someone. Category: Impact. maranypa particle. 1 • no. Category: Particles. 2 • nothing. Category: Particles.
marapaku noun. spearthrower. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. maratiinu Variant: mara tirnu. noun. fist. Category: Body Parts and Products. maratuti noun. hand with a finger missing. Category: Body Parts and Products. mariji noun. brother-in-law. Category: People and Kinship. marijirra noun. two kinship groups. Category: People and Kinship, Names and Place Names, Dreaming and Ceremony.
marirra noun. kinship groups that can intermarry. I.e., Purungu and Milangka; Karimarra and Panaka. Category: People and Kinship.
marla descriptor. 1 • behind. Category: Direction and Location. 2 • back (direction). Category: Direction and Location. 3 • after. Marlalu pungu. He hit him afterwards. Category: Direction and Location.
marlajanu noun. descendant. Category: People and Kinship. marlaju noun. younger brother or sister. marlaju-ju he is my younger brother. Category: People and Kinship.
marlajunu verb, transitive (unclassed). put it back. Category: Holding and Transfer. Gram: With -nu in PAST headword.
marlakarti descriptor. behind; afterwards; later. Category: Time. marlaku descriptor. 1 • return. Category: Direction and Location. 2 • back (direction). Category: Direction and Location.
marlakula verb, intransitive (la class). 1 • used to turn back. Category: Motion. 2 • used to turn a vehicle around to go back the same way. Category: Motion.
Marlaku walykukarti yanu. phrase. He went back to doing wrong things. marlakurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). 1 • used to return. Category: Motion. 2 • used to come back. Category: Motion.
marlangka yarra verb, intransitive (rra class). used to follow behind. Category: Motion. Gram: With -nu in PAST headword.
marlangu noun. younger brother or sister. Category: People and Kinship. marlanypa noun. younger sibling. Category: People and Kinship. marlapuwa verb, intransitive (wa class). 1 • used to arrive following another. Category: Motion. 2 • used to arrive after some incident. Category: Motion.
marlarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to get behind. Category: Motion. marlarrpa noun. 1 • end of something. E.g. a swag or a camp. Category: Direction and Location. 2 • foot of something. E.g. a swag or a camp. Category: Direction and Location.
marlayarra verb, intransitive (rra class). used to go back. Category: Motion. Gram: With -nu in PAST headword. marlirrpa descriptor. stubborn. Someone who won't take notice of what he/she is told. Category: Mood and Character.
marlkarri 1 • descriptor. dead. Category: State. 2 • noun. dead person. Category: People and Kinship.
marlkarrirri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to die. Category: Stative Verbs. marlpa noun. 1 • companion. Can be human or a weapon. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • mates. Marlpayirra-pula yanu. Those two mates went together. Category: People and Kinship.
marlu noun. plains kangaroo. Macropus rufus. Category: Animals. marlukururrpa noun. Sturts Desert Pea. Clianthus formosus. Category: Plants. marlurlu noun. initiate. Category: People and Kinship, Dreaming and Ceremony. marlurlu-marlurlu noun. processional caterpillars. Category: Insects. marna noun. 1 • bottom. Category: Body Parts and Products. 2 • buttocks. Category: Body Parts and Products.
marnin-marninpa noun. 1 • praising person. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. 2 • boasting person. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character.
marninpuwa verb, transitive (wa class). 1 • used to praise oneself. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 2 • used to brag about oneself. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
marnkal noun. 1 • species of seed. Ground into flour for bread. Category: Plants, Food Cooking and Fire. 2 • species of spinifex. Troidia sp.. Category: Plants.
marnkarrpa noun. bandicoot. Category: Animals. marnkurrpa descriptor. 1 • few. Sometimes used for three. Category: Number and Quantity. 2 • some. Category: Number and Quantity.
marnma noun. small dish (for scooping). Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. marnmala verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to scoop. As sand or water from a soak. Category: Holding and Transfer. 2 • used to fetch water. Category: Holding and Transfer.
marntamarangka noun. police. Category: People and Kinship. marntarru noun. species of acacia tree. This was called the "miji tree". Acacia rhodophloia. Category: Plants. marntila noun. black gidgee. It is a wattle with edible yellow sap. Acacia pruinocarpa. Category: Plants. Marntiyarra noun. group made up of Karimarra and Panaka people. Category: People and Kinship, Names and Place Names, Dreaming and Ceremony.
-marntu suffix. suffix indicating instantaneous action. ngaamarntu suddenly. Category: Time. marnturrmala verb, intransitive (mala class). used to kick up dust. Category: Impact. marraka noun. nestling bird. Category: Birds. -marranypa suffix. completive suffix. Wangkamarranypa. He already talked. Category: Time. Gram: Nominalises verbs.
marriti descriptor. married. From: English. Marriti-pula nyinani. Those two are married. Category: State. -marriti noun suffix. suffix indicating turns or sequence. kujumarriti one at a time. kujarramarriti two by two. Category: Time.
marrjula verb, intransitive (jula class). 1 • used to get a shock. Sense of something unexpected. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character. 2 • used to get a fright. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character.
marrka-marrka noun. 1 • mirage. Category: Elements. 2 • heat haze. Category: Elements.
marrku descriptor. thirsty. Marrkulu kalyu jikirnu. He drank the water because he was very thirsty. Category: State, Food Cooking and Fire.
marrkula verb, transitive (la class). used to stop someone or something. Category: Impact. marrku-marrkula verb, transitive (la class). used to steady someone down during a fight. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
marruku noun. 1 • mother-in-law. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • son-in-law. Category: People and Kinship.
-marta suffix. characterising suffix. Wiltumarta! Louder! Wankamartarringu-rna. I got well. Jikilkuramarta! Drink it (don't refuse)! Kanamarta-n? Are you awake? Category: Manner and Posture.
-martaji noun suffix. 1 • resident. 2 • native of a particular place. Suffix indicating inhabitant. Ngaamartaji-rna. I am from this place. Jikulyungumartaji a resident of Jigalong.
marta-marta noun. person of Aboriginal and European descent. Category: People and Kinship. marti noun. axe. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
martu noun. 1 • Aborigine. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • person. Category: People and Kinship. 3 • people. Yarnnga-ya martu yanu karruwana. All the people went along the creek. Nyangulajujananya martukaja. We saw the people. Category: People and Kinship. 4 • man. Category: People and Kinship.
Martu Wangka noun. general term used to refer to the language spoken at Jigalong. Lit: Aboriginal language. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Names and Place Names.
Martujanu noun. in the language spoken by the Martu. Lit: from the Martu Aborigines. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
martu-martu noun. 1 • devil. A giant from the Dreamtime period. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. 2 • cannibal. Category: People and Kinship, Dreaming and Ceremony.
martungu noun. 1 • spouse. Use of term determined by kinship section of person speaking and the one being spoken to. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • husband. Category: People and Kinship. 3 • wife. Category: People and Kinship.
marturri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become a man. I.e. he was initiated. Category: Stative Verbs. maru descriptor. dark-coloured. Category: Colour Pattern and Texture. marululpi descriptor. precious. Can refer to a person or a thing. Category: Value. marumala verb, transitive (la class). used to make black. Category: Impact, Colour Pattern and Texture. maru-maru descriptor. 1 • black. Category: Colour Pattern and Texture. 2 • dark-coloured. Category: Colour Pattern and Texture.
marumpu noun. 1 • arm. Category: Body Parts and Products. 2 • hand. Category: Body Parts and Products.
maruntu noun. goanna. Varanus panoptes. Category: Reptiles and Snakes. See: yalapara. marurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become dark-coloured. Category: Stative Verbs, Colour Pattern and Texture.
mata noun. bush potato. Ipomoea sp.. Category: Plants. mawu descriptor. away from. Direction away from the speaker which applies to the following verb. Category: Direction and Location.
mawu- prefix. away. Prefixed with directional verb stems. Mawu-yarra! Go away! Category: Direction and Location.
mawurra particle. 1 • maybe. Category: Particles. 2 • might be. Category: Particles.
maya noun. house. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. mayajarri noun. a visit. Category: Motion. mayi noun. food. Category: Food Cooking and Fire. mayinajpa noun. miners. From: English. Category: People and Kinship. mayinpa noun. a mine. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. mayinyju Variant: mayunyju. noun. 1 • liar. Mayinyju-n nyuntu. You are a liar. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character.
2 • a lie. Mayinyju wangkin. He is telling a lie. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
mayiparni descriptor. without food. Category: State, Food Cooking and Fire. mayipunaja descriptor. without food. Category: State, Food Cooking and Fire. mayiti particle. might be. From: English. Category: Particles. mayitpi particle. 1 • might. Category: Particles. 2 • maybe. Category: Particles.
mayula verb, intransitive (la class). used to tell lies. Category: Vocalising and Thought. mayujula verb, (la class). used to tell lies. Category: Vocalising and Thought. mayunyju Variant: mayinyju. noun. 1 • deceiver. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. 2 • liar. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character.
miijaramula verb, transitive (rra/la class). 1 • used to measure something with some calculating device. Category: Impact, Size Shape and Weight. 2 • used to measure with a tape or ruler. Category: Impact, Size Shape and Weight.
miijinpa noun. mission. Usually refers to Jigalong at the time it was a mission. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
miikamula verb, transitive (la class). used to make something. Category: Impact. miilpuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to shave off rough edges. As on a spear. Category: Impact, Colour Pattern and Texture.
miintamula verb, transitive (la class). used to mend something. From: English. Category: Impact. miinwanpa noun. most important. Used of people or subjects. Category: Value. Miiri noun. Mary. Category: Names and Place Names. miirnti noun. charcoal. Category: Elements, Food Cooking and Fire. miitingpa noun. meeting. From: English. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. miitingu noun. meeting. From: English. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. mijarrpa noun. bloodwood tree. This tree grows in the flat country. It has galls with edible grubs. Eucalyptus terminalis. Category: Plants.
miji noun. blood. Category: Body Parts and Products. mijiji noun. white woman. From: English. Category: People and Kinship. mijikirti noun. food like mushroom. Category: Food Cooking and Fire, Plants. miji-miji descriptor. red. Category: Colour Pattern and Texture. miji-mijirri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become red. Category: Stative Verbs, Colour Pattern and Texture.
mijinpa noun. mission. Usually refers to Jigalong. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
Mika noun. name of spring. Category: Names and Place Names. miku descriptor. jealous. Mikulu pungu. Because of jealousy he hit the man. Category: Mood and Character. mikujaka noun. 1 • jealous person. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. 2 • one who jealously guards his things. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character.
mikupayi phrase. he's always jealous. mikurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become jealous. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character.
Milangka noun. kinship section name. Milangkalu manku Purungu wanti. A Milangka man will marry a Purungu woman. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Names and Place Names.
-mili noun suffix. belonging to someone or something. Pakarnu-laju palumilingka jirlpimilingka ngurrangka. We arrived at the old mans camp. Yarra-ra marra nyuntumiliku papartuku. Go get it
for your brother.
mili-mili noun. 1 • paper. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. 2 • book. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. Gram: Marsh's original was 'mirlimirli' but Joshua Booth felt it would be better spelt as 'mili-mili'.
mili-milikarra descriptor. working with papers or books. I.e. desk work. Category: Manner and Posture. Gram: Marsh's original was 'mirli-mirlikarra' but Joshua Booth felt it would be better spelt as 'mili-milikarra'.
milirrjula verb, transitive (jula class). 1 • used to put wax on something. For waterproofing or repair. Category: Impact. 2 • used to put resin on something. For waterproofing or repair. Category: Impact.
milkarrpa noun. bitch or female dog. Category: Animals. milki noun. milk. From: English. Category: Food Cooking and Fire. milpinypa noun. fingernail. Milpinyju-rni jawarnu. He scratched me with his fingernail. Category: Body Parts and Products.
milya descriptor. wet. Category: State. milyangkulypa noun. greeting ceremony. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. milyarnpa noun. tears. Category: Body Parts and Products. milyulyu noun. mistletoe. A parasitic plant with edible berries. Category: Plants. minala verb, transitive (la class). used to dip grass sop into nectar (for sucking out). Category: Holding and Transfer, Food Cooking and Fire.
minga noun. ant. Means white ants as well. Category: Insects. mingari noun. mountain devil. Moloch horridus. Category: Reptiles and Snakes. mingarrju noun. strong dislike. Category: Mood and Character. mingarrjurra verb, transitive (rra class). used to reject someone or something. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character. See: nyurnimala; tirtila. Gram: With -nu in PAST headword.
mingarr-mingarrarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to dislike something/someone. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character.
mingarr-mingarrpa descriptor. 1 • dislike. Category: Mood and Character. 2 • disgust. Category: Mood and Character.
mingarrpa descriptor. 1 • dislike. Parlanpa-rnara jiiku. I don't like that one. Parlanju junu. He left it in disgust. manner. Category: Mood and Character. 2 • disagreeable toward someone/something. Category: Mood and Character.
mingkurlpa noun. traditional chewing tobacco. Category: Food Cooking and Fire. minguwa noun. anteater or echidna. Category: Animals. mininyjula verb, transitive (la class). used to fight someone. Category: Impact.
minirrngara verb, intransitive (Ø class). used to shake with fear. Category: Bodily Functions. minmirrmala verb, intransitive (la class). 1 • used to tremble. Category: Bodily Functions. 2 • teeth chattering. Category: Bodily Functions.
minyarra noun. wild onion. Cyperus bulbosus. Category: Plants. minyawu noun. pussy-cat. Category: Animals. minyi 1 • noun. strong smell. Category: Elements. 2 • descriptor. stinking. Category: State.
minyi-minyi noun. corpse. Category: Body Parts and Products. minyingalku noun. pig. Category: Animals. Minyipurru noun. women from Dreaming. Part of the Tingarri cycle; the "Seven Sisters". Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Names and Place Names.
minyirrarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become serious. E.g. what started out as a joke became a serious fight. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character.
-minyirri suffix. suffix indicating intensity. Martunga jiinga kalypartuminyirri. This man is really hungry. ngamuminyirri very close to something/someone.
minyirrju descriptor. 1 • very deliberate. Category: Manner and Posture. 2 • one who acts deliberately. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. 3 • forcefully without mercy. Category: Manner and Posture.
minyirr-minyirrpa descriptor. very serious. Category: Mood and Character. minyirrpa descriptor. 1 • serious. Category: Mood and Character. 2 • solemn. Minyirrju junu. He put it down solemnly. Category: Mood and Character.
minyirrpuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to teach someone. Particularly a "cheeky" person. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
minyjilarri Variant: minyjilyarri. verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). 1 • used to become bereft of family. Category: Stative Verbs. 2 • used to become alone. Kampurta minyjilarringu. The bereaved person is nobody's now (i.e., she is alone). Category: Stative Verbs.
minyjiljula verb, transitive (rra/la class). 1 • used to speak disparagingly about another. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 2 • used to rubbish a person. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
minyjilpa noun. 1 • orphan. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • unrelated situation. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony.
minyjilyarri Variant: minyjilarri. verb, intransitive (Ø class). 1 • used to become rubbish. Category: Stative Verbs. 2 • used to be unrelated. Category: Stative Verbs.
minyjilymala verb, transitive (rra/la class). used to rubbish; used to criticise. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
minyjilymala verb, transitive (rra/la class). 1 • used to rubbish another. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 2 • used to cause something to be rubbish. Category: Impact.
minyjilypa jurra verb, transitive (rra class). 1 • used to criticise. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 2 • used to gossip. Category: Vocalising and Thought. Gram: With -nu in PAST headword.
minyjilypa warni verb, transitive (Ø class). 1 • used to speak disparagingly of another. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 2 • used to disown another. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
minyji-minyji descriptor. itchy. Category: State. minyju noun. pistol. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. miny-miny descriptor. red. Category: Colour Pattern and Texture. miparrpa noun. face. Category: Body Parts and Products. mipi noun. leaf. Category: Plants. mirajula verb, transitive (jula class). 1 • used to signal someone. E.g. with a smoke signal. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 2 • used to show something. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
miralarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become visible. Category: Stative Verbs. miralmala verb, transitive (rra/la class). 1 • used to expose. Category: Impact. 2 • used to make known. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 3 • used to uncover. Category: Impact.
miralpa descriptor. visible. Includes the idea of having freedom to view someone/something. Category: State. mira-mira noun. 1 • waiting. Category: State. 2 • expectation. Category: State, Mood and Character.
mirangara verb, intransitive (Ø class). used to wait for someone. Mirangarinpa-ra. He is waiting for the man. Category: Vocalising and Thought. Gram: Used with referential pronominal suffixes.
mirangarra descriptor. 1 • clearly visible. Category: State. 2 • plainly seen. Category: State.
mirangka noun. witness in the sight of another. Category: People and Kinship. mirla noun. flesh. Category: Body Parts and Products. mirliki noun. liver. Category: Body Parts and Products. mirlka noun. groin. Category: Body Parts and Products. mirna noun. 1 • arm. Category: Body Parts and Products. 2 • hand. Category: Body Parts and Products.
mirnalarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to branch out. Category: Motion. mirnijurra verb, (rra class). used to lie; used to deceive. Category: Vocalising and Thought. Gram: With -nu in PAST headword.
mirra verb, intransitive (Ø class). 1 • used to call out. Mirrani-ngku. He is calling out for you. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Sounds. 2 • used to sing out. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Sounds. 3 • used to call for someone. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Sounds. Gram: Used with referential pronominal suffixes.
mirrilyi noun. rope. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. mirri-mirri descriptor. itchy. Category: State. mirrjula verb, transitive (la class). used to cause a gathering together. Category: Holding and Transfer, Motion. mirrjurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). 1 • used to gather together. Category: Holding and Transfer.
2 • used to meet. Category: Motion.
mirrka noun. vegetable food. Category: Food Cooking and Fire. mirrka kampa~ phrase. the berries become ripe. Gram: This is a modern language idiom. mirrkajarra noun. woman. Lit: one who possesses food. Category: People and Kinship. mirrkamala verb, transitive (la class). used to make food. Category: Impact, Food Cooking and Fire. mirta particle. not. Mirta-n puwa. Don't hit him! mirta juli big. mirta yumu for a good reason. Category: Particles.
mirta-mirta descriptor. white. Category: Colour Pattern and Texture. mirtayirti noun. ceremonial meat or food gift offering. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Food Cooking and Fire.
mirti noun. friend. From: English. Category: People and Kinship. Mirtikanya noun. Watchpoint Hill. To the north of Jigalong. Category: Names and Place Names. mirtilya noun. hunting dog. Category: Animals. mitijinpa noun. medicine. Category: Healing Sickness and Ailments. mitirlarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become calm. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character.
mitirlpa descriptor. 1 • calm. Category: Mood and Character. 2 • quiet. Category: Mood and Character.
mitu descriptor. dead. Can be used of a person who is alive but close to death. Category: State. mitu puwa verb, transitive (wa class). 1 • used to kill. The use of pungu without mitu can mean fight. Category: Impact. 2 • used to hit. Category: Impact.
mitujurra verb, transitive (rra class). 1 • used to say another should die. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 2 • used to condemn to death. Category: Vocalising and Thought. Gram: With -nu in PAST headword.
mitunyjanirri Variant: mitunyjarri. noun. dead ancestors. Usually within the memory of the living. Category: People and Kinship.
mitunyjarri Variant: mitunyjanirri. noun. dead ancestors. Category: People and Kinship. mituny-mitunypa noun. lifeless person. A person who just drags along as if almost dead. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character.
miturntala verb, transitive (la class). used to kill someone or something. Category: Impact. miturri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become dead. I.e. to die. Category: Bodily Functions. -mpa suffix. 1 • suffix indicating doubt. 2 • suffix indicating focus. 3 • benefactive focus suffix. 5 • might be. Jiingampa wirrilyipayiminyirri. This man might get wild quickly--you'd better not tease
him! Ngurrpampa-rna! I don't think I know anything about that! ngulampa maybe later. Kurlumpa! Wait a bit! Yirnampa-rna ngayunga! I most certainly am an initiated man!
-mula dsuff-la. to do something. Verbalising suffix. Jampa kujulu miijamula mirrka, jiinga-ya puwa marawana. When someone would miss a meal, they would hit that one on the hands. [miija miss]. Riitamula Martu Wangka. You read Martu Wangka! [riita read]. luujamunu lost [luuja lose].
waajamula washed [waaja wash]. Category: Impact. Gram: Usually a transitive action. Gram: This suffix is used with nominals taken from English to form verbs. This suffix takes the same tense suffixes as -ma~.
mujarri descriptor. cowardly. A person who runs away for no apparent reason. Mujarri yanu. He ran away for no reason. Category: Mood and Character.
mujurnpa descriptor. short. Of a person. Category: Size Shape and Weight. muku-muku descriptor. 1 • satisfied. Category: Mood and Character. 2 • proud of one's accomplishment. Category: Mood and Character.
muku-mukurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become satisfied. Category: Stative Verbs. mukuntu descriptor. 1 • lame. Category: State, Healing Sickness and Ailments. 2 • crippled. Category: State, Healing Sickness and Ailments. 3 • limping. Category: State, Healing Sickness and Ailments.
mularrpa descriptor. true. Category: Value. mulula verb, transitive (la class). used to shave. Category: Impact. mulumaru noun. species of lizard. Egernia sp.. Category: Reptiles and Snakes. mulya noun. 1 • nose. Category: Body Parts and Products. 2 • edge. Category: Size Shape and Weight. 3 • end. Category: Direction and Location.
mulya yikini descriptor. at the edge. Category: Direction and Location, Size Shape and Weight. mulyajanu descriptor. from one end. Category: Manner and Posture. mulyajula verb, transitive (jula class). used to put ends of wood into fire. Waru mulyajunu. He put the firewood into the main fire. Category: Holding and Transfer, Food Cooking and Fire.
mulyajutu noun. boy whose nasal septum has not been pierced. Lit: nose closed. Category: People and Kinship.
mulyakarti descriptor. at one end. Category: Direction and Location, Size Shape and Weight. mulyamulpa noun. young girl. Category: People and Kinship. mulyamunmulpa noun. young girl. Category: People and Kinship. mulyangamu noun. pussy-cat. Category: Animals. mulyaparu noun. the end of a stalk of wama. Like a nipple. Category: Elements, Plants. mulyarrarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to sulk. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character.
mulyarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to settle down; used to calm down. Category: Stative Verbs. mulyjarra descriptor. swollen. Category: State. mulyjarrarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become swollen. Category: Stative Verbs. mulyji descriptor. curled up. Category: Manner and Posture, Size Shape and Weight. mulyjila verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to fold up. Category: Impact. 2 • used to roll up swag. Category: Impact. 3 • used to squeeze orange. Category: Impact.
mulyju descriptor. deep. E.g. a hole. Category: Size Shape and Weight. mulypa descriptor. 1 • calm. Category: State.
2 • settled. Mulypa nyina! Settle down! Category: State.
munarta noun. ear. Category: Body Parts and Products. munga noun. 1 • night. Category: Elements, Time. 2 • darkness. Category: Elements.
mungajarra noun. 1 • nighttime. Category: Time. 2 • dark. Category: Time.
mungajarrarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). 1 • used to become night. 2 • used to become dark. Category: Stative Verbs, Time.
Mungajarrarringu-rni phrase. I was there when it became night. Lit: it became night to me. mungalypa noun. 1 • early morning. Category: Time. 2 • tomorrow. Category: Time.
mungangka descriptor. at night. Category: Time. mungapuru descriptor. black. Category: Colour Pattern and Texture. mungarri+Ø verb, (Ø class). 1 • used to darken. Category: Impact, Colour Pattern and Texture. 2 • used to become dark. Category: Stative Verbs, Time.
mungarr-mungarrpa descriptor. 1 • getting dark. Category: Time. 2 • after sunset. Category: Time.
mungawana descriptor. early morning when it is still dark. Category: Time. mungayanu noun. kind of devil (a female spirit that travels at night). Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. mungka noun. stick. Category: Plants. mungkilypa noun. 1 • species of plant. Category: Plants. 2 • species of seed. Category: Plants. See: wilyki.
munkarra descriptor. 1 • beyond. Category: Direction and Location. 2 • distant. Category: Direction and Location.
munkarrajula verb, (rra/la class). used to notice something beyond one's immediate concentration. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
munkarrarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to get to a distant place. E.g. beyond a certain landmark. Category: Motion.
munku descriptor. full stomach from eating. Category: State, Food Cooking and Fire. See: jarrulyu. munkurra verb, (rra class). 1 • used to feed. Category: Bodily Functions, Food Cooking and Fire. 2 • used to cause to be satisfied. Category: Vocalising and Thought. Gram: With -nu in PAST headword.
munkurri verb, intransitive (Ø class). 1 • used to be satisfied. Category: Stative Verbs. 2 • used to become pregnant. Category: Bodily Functions.
munkurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become full or satisfied from eating. Category: Stative Verbs, Number and Quantity.
munta noun. person without a maparn. Category: People and Kinship, Dreaming and Ceremony. muntala verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to take something off someone. Muntaljaku-rnin. You might take it away from me. Category: Holding and Transfer. 2 • used to grab something from someone. Category: Holding and Transfer.
muntulngunyjarri verb, transitive (Ø class)?. used to loosen a small shrub and pull it out. Looking for grubs. Category: Holding and Transfer.
muntungu noun. whiteman. Category: People and Kinship. munturu noun. species of plant. This plant has an edible gall. Category: Plants. munu noun. nothing. Category: Number and Quantity. munula verb, transitive (la class). used to finish something. Category: Impact. -munu suffix. not. wangkaramunu speechless (either from defect or amazement). yirna jukumunu a big man. Nyinapayi-laju Nalakayinja--Nalakayinmunu--Maapalpangka. We were staying in Nullagine--not Nullagine--Marble Bar. wangkapayimunu a person who doesn't talk much.
munurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become nothing. Category: Stative Verbs. munya Variant: munyja. descriptor. generous; not greedy. Munyalu-rni yungu. Out of generosity he gave it to me. Category: Mood and Character. See: yirnipayi.
munyarri noun. species of mouse. Category: Animals. munyja Variant: munya. descriptor. generous. Category: Mood and Character. munyjanpa noun. species of tree. This tree has an edible fruit like a fig. Category: Plants. munyjapayi noun. person who is always generous. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. munyjulyarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become ripe. Category: Stative Verbs, Food Cooking and Fire.
munyjulypa descriptor. 1 • cooked. Category: State, Food Cooking and Fire. 2 • done. As meat that has been cooked. Category: State, Food Cooking and Fire. 3 • ripe. As fruit. Category: State, Food Cooking and Fire.
munyurnpa noun. native plum bush. This has an edible fruit. Santalum lanceolatum. Category: Plants. murli-murlila verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to stir something. E.g. food, water. Category: Impact. 2 • used to swirl something. Category: Impact.
murljila verb, transitive (la class). used to wrap up something. E.g. a swag. Category: Impact. murlkurrpa descriptor. hungry. Category: State, Food Cooking and Fire. murlpirrju descriptor. very confident. Category: Mood and Character. murlpirrmarra verb, transitive (rra class). 1 • used to make strong. Category: Impact. 2 • used to make confident. Category: Impact. 3 • used to empower. Category: Impact. Gram: With -nu in PAST headword.
murlpirrpa descriptor. strong. Category: State. murltu descriptor. closed. kuran murltu disobedient person. Category: State. murnaji noun. 1 • reciprocal gift. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. 2 • in return. Karrpukujupangka-ya murnaji wantikajalu waajamula purlitikaja. On other days the girls took a turn and would wash the plates. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony.
murnila verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to get firewood. Category: Holding and Transfer, Food Cooking and Fire. 2 • used to break off firewood. Category: Impact, Food Cooking and Fire.
murrarni descriptor. 1 • customarily. Category: Manner and Posture.
2 • habitually. Category: Manner and Posture.
murrjala verb, transitive (la class). used to crunch on something. E.g. toast, a bone. Category: Impact. murrjinarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to lose weight; used to get thin. Category: Stative Verbs, Size Shape and Weight.
murrjinpa descriptor. 1 • thin. Of a person or animal. Category: Size Shape and Weight. 2 • skinny. Of a person or animal. Category: Size Shape and Weight.
murrkangunya noun. first-born child (in a family). Category: People and Kinship. murrpu noun. back of body. Category: Body Parts and Products. murrpu-murrpu noun. ripples on the water. Category: Elements. murru descriptor. backwards. Yanu murru. He went backwards. Category: Manner and Posture. murrujula verb, transitive (jula class). used to place something upright. Can be used of transplanting trees. Category: Holding and Transfer.
murru-murru descriptor. in a straight direction (of a boomerang). Category: Size Shape and Weight. murrungarati verb, intransitive (Ø class). used to be standing upright. Category: Stative Verbs, Manner and Posture.
murrurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to back something up; used to back something out. Category: Motion.
murti noun. knee. Category: Body Parts and Products. murti jurrpu-jurrpu Variant: murtijurrpu-jurrpu. descriptor. kneeling. Category: Manner and Posture. murtijurrpu descriptor. kneeling. Category: Manner and Posture. murtijurrpu-jurrpu Variant: murti jurrpu-jurrpu. descriptor. kneeling. Category: Manner and Posture. murtilya noun. boy. Category: People and Kinship. murtilya-murtilya noun. group of small boys, at least three. Category: People and Kinship. murtirrpa noun. lips. Category: Body Parts and Products. murtitikirlpa noun. camel. Camelus dromedarius. Category: Animals. murtula verb, transitive (la class). used to hug. Category: Holding and Transfer. murturrpa noun. young man (new initiated). Category: People and Kinship. muru descriptor. clear following punishment for breaking the law. Category: State. mururri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become clear. Category: Stative Verbs. mutula verb, transitive (la class). used to conceal quickly. Category: Impact. mutuka noun. motorcar. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. muu descriptor. more. From: English. Category: Manner and Posture. Muuja noun. Moses. Category: Names and Place Names. Muujajpa noun. Moses. Biblical context. Category: Names and Place Names. muujamili luwuku ninti noun. scribes. Biblical context. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. muungu noun. a fly. Category: Insects. muunpuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to persuade another. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
muunurrku noun. a fly. Category: Insects. muunurrku-nurrku noun. buzzy insect or a fly. Category: Insects. muurrkati verb, transitive (Ø class). 1 • used to shift something away. 2 • used to shift something over. Category: Holding and Transfer.
muurrpuwa verb, transitive (wa class). 1 • used to shift something. Category: Holding and Transfer. 2 • used to move something. Category: Holding and Transfer.
muyurra noun. desire to have sex. Category: Mood and Character. muyurrarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become envious for something. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character.
muyurrpa descriptor. envious. Category: Mood and Character.
N-n -n pronoun suffix. you (singular). Yanku-n kalyu manku. You will go and get water. Kaji-n kalypartu? Are you hungry? Mirta-n puwa! Don't you hit him! Walyku-n nyuntu! Youre bad! Category: Pronouns.
-na~ verb suffix. 1 • repeatedly. Suffix indicating repetition. 2 • again and again. Kujupakartinaku-n! You keep on turning it over!
naapa descriptor. never. From: English. Category: Time. naja descriptor. blunt. As a knife, axe or spear. Category: Colour Pattern and Texture. Najarijpa noun. Nazareth. Category: Names and Place Names. Najarra noun. name of spring (water). Category: Names and Place Names. najawanpa descriptor. another one. From: English. Category: Number and Quantity. naka noun. men's costume (made of cloth, for dancing). Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
Nalakayinpa noun. Nullagine. Category: Names and Place Names. nalya descriptor. blunt. As a knife, axe or spear. Category: Colour Pattern and Texture. -nama verb suffix. keep on doing something. Imperative continuous tense. Junama! Keep on putting it there! Yanama-ya! All of you keep on going!
-namalpa verb suffix. will be doing something. Future continuous tense. Yanamalpa. He will be going. Manamalpa. He will be getting it. Category: Time.
nampa noun. number. Category: Number and Quantity. namurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become dumb. Category: Stative Verbs, Healing Sickness and Ailments.
nana noun. 1 • nanna. From: English. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • grandmother. Category: People and Kinship. 3 • granddaughter. Category: People and Kinship.
nani noun. rabbit. Category: Animals. nanpa noun. hair belt. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
nanpajurra verb, transitive (rra class). 1 • used to tie up. Category: Impact. 2 • used to buckle up. Originally used of tying a hair belt. Category: Impact. Gram: With -nu in PAST headword.
nantirrpa descriptor. 1 • hard. Category: State. 2 • tough (of meat). Category: State, Food Cooking and Fire.
nanturrpuwa verb, transitive (wa class). 1 • used to knock against something. Category: Impact. 2 • used to push someone. Category: Impact.
nanyjarnpa noun. species of python. Edible. Category: Reptiles and Snakes. narnma noun. lower back. Category: Body Parts and Products. narnngu noun. a hook. Of spearthrower, spear, wire, stick. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
narnngula verb, transitive (la class). used to hook something from a hole. E.g. honeyants. Category: Holding and Transfer.
narntarlpina noun. species of lizard. Category: Reptiles and Snakes. narntatiwa verb, intransitive (wa class). 1 • used to tip-toe. Category: Motion. 2 • used to limp along. Category: Motion.
narntungula verb, (la class). 1 • used to make paralysed. Category: Impact, Healing Sickness and Ailments. 2 • used to become stiff (of a dead body). Category: Stative Verbs.
nawu descriptor. now. From: English. Category: Time. nayipu noun. knife. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. ngala verb, transitive (irregular). 1 • used to eat something. Category: Bodily Functions, Food Cooking and Fire. 2 • used to consume. E.g., the creek ate the garden, i.e., the water destroyed the plants. Category: Impact.
-nga suffix. stative focus marker. Palunga kunyjunyungulyu. That is a really good one. Warta warlpukurrumartanga. It is a really tall tree. Palunyalunga-rni ngurlumankupayi ngayunga.
That one really gave me a fright.
ngaa demonstrative. this one (nearby). Ngana jina ngaa? Whose track is this? Category: Direction and Location.
ngaajanu demonstrative. from here. Category: Direction and Location. ngaakaja demonstrative. these people/things. Category: Direction and Location. ngaakarti demonstrative. to this place. Category: Direction and Location. ngaakujarra demonstrative. these two. Category: Direction and Location, Number and Quantity. ngaamarntu descriptor. suddenly. Category: Manner and Posture. ngaamartaji noun. inhabitant of this place. Category: People and Kinship. ngaampa particle. contrary to expectation. Ngaampa palunyanga martu. Contrary to expectation, this was the very man! Category: Particles.
ngaampa demonstrative. this one (nearby). Category: Direction and Location. ngaanga demonstrative. this one (focus on it). Category: Direction and Location. ngaangka demonstrative. right here. Category: Direction and Location.
ngaangkalyu demonstrative. this is the place. Category: Direction and Location. ngaangulyu demonstrative. this one (focus on it). Category: Direction and Location. ngaankura noun. species of frog. Category: Aquatic Creatures. ngaanpa demonstrative. 1 • this person or thing. Category: Direction and Location. 2 • these persons or things. Category: Direction and Location.
ngaanya demonstrative. this one (nearby). Category: Direction and Location. ngaanymala verb, intransitive (mala class). used to breathe. Category: Bodily Functions. ngaany-ngaanypa noun. soft spot on babys head; fontanelle. Category: Body Parts and Products. ngaanypa noun. breath. Ngaanypa-rna pakirringu. I held my breath. Category: Body Parts and Products. ngaanypa kurtiwa verb, intransitive (wa class). 1 • used to sigh. Category: Bodily Functions. 2 • let out a big breath. Category: Bodily Functions.
ngaapa interrogative. 1 • what. 2 • this one, too? Category: Interrogatives.
ngaapakala verb, intransitive (la class). used to fill with water. As a soak or a boat. Category: Stative Verbs, Number and Quantity.
ngaawana demonstrative. along here. Category: Direction and Location. ngaawati demonstrative. beside here. Category: Direction and Location. ngaayiku demonstrative. like this one. Category: Direction and Location. ngajarri noun. stranger. Category: People and Kinship. ngajila verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to ask (usually for food). Category: Vocalising and Thought. 2 • used to beg. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
ngajijaka noun. beggar. Someone who is always asking for something. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character.
ngajirri verb, transitive (Ø class). used to borrow. Category: Impact. ngakaji noun. wrong marriage relationship. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. ngakajipayi noun. someone who is always having a wrong relationship. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character.
ngakajirra noun. couple in a wrong relationship. Category: People and Kinship. ngakalyalya noun. species of cockatoo. Category: Birds. ngakarlpa descriptor. fat. Category: Size Shape and Weight. ngakumpa descriptor. 1 • deaf. Category: State, Healing Sickness and Ailments. 2 • mad; insane. Category: Healing Sickness and Ailments, State. 3 • simple-minded. Category: State.
ngakumpala verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to cause madness. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Healing Sickness and Ailments. 2 • used to confuse. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
ngakumpajaru descriptor. typically simple. Category: State. ngakumparri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). 1 • used to become deaf. Category: Stative Verbs, Healing Sickness and Ailments.
2 • used to become mad. Category: Stative Verbs, Healing Sickness and Ailments. 3 • used to become simple-minded. Category: Stative Verbs, Healing Sickness and Ailments. 4 • used to forget. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
Ngakumparringu-rnalura. phrase. I forgot about it. ngalkari noun. heart. Category: Body Parts and Products. ngalkula verb, (rra/la class). used to eat food. Category: Bodily Functions, Food Cooking and Fire. ngalkupinti noun. the material that can be eaten. Category: Food Cooking and Fire. ngalparra noun. 1 • line. E.g. coming along in a line. Category: Direction and Location. 2 • a row. E.g. standing in a row. Category: Direction and Location.
ngalula verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to hold on to something. Purtu ngalulpayi murtilyalu. The boy couldn't hold on to it. Category: Holding and Transfer. 2 • used to grab something. Category: Holding and Transfer.
ngalunyjapinti noun. thing used for holding things. E.g. a net. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
ngalya1 noun. forehead. Category: Body Parts and Products. ngalya2 noun. stubborn person. Lit: hard forehead. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. See: juni marlirr-marlirrpa; marlirrpa.
ngalya pararra noun. receding hairline; bald. Category: Body Parts and Products. ngalya rarru noun. angry person. Lit: hot forehead. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. ngalya wiltu noun. stubborn person. Lit: hard forehead. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character.
ngalya yinyja-yinyja descriptor. head up. Category: Manner and Posture. ngalyangamu noun. pussy-cat. Category: Animals. ngalyangkarrka particle. against. Used mainly of the wind blowing against one's progress in walking. Category: Particles.
ngalyarlpa descriptor. short of the mark. Category: Manner and Posture. ngalyarni demonstrative. 1 • to this place; here; in this direction. 2 • this side. Category: Direction and Location.
ngalyi noun. 1 • throat. Category: Body Parts and Products. 2 • neck. Category: Body Parts and Products.
ngalyikarrpilpa noun. policeman. Lit: one who ties the neck. Category: People and Kinship. ngalyiwilirrpa noun. species of lizard. Category: Reptiles and Snakes. ngalyjurrmala verb, (la class). 1 • used to talk continually. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 2 • used of a dog barking continually. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
ngalypa descriptor. 1 • good. Category: Value. 2 • well. Category: Value.
ngalypangulyu descriptor. really good. Category: Value. ngama noun. 1 • breast. Category: Body Parts and Products. 2 • breast milk. Category: Body Parts and Products.
-ngama verb suffix. imperative continuous tense. Pungama! Keep on hitting him! -ngamalpa verb suffix. future continuous tense. Pungamalpa. He will be hitting it. Category: Time. ngampa verb, (Ø class). used to question one's self. Category: Vocalising and Thought. ngampaku noun. 1 • surprise. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character. 2 • questioning. Yanku-ran ngampaku. You will go to find out what happened. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
ngampapuwa verb, transitive (wa class). 1 • used to corner something. Jarntukajalu-yajananya ngampapungu wumurnu. The dogs cornered them [the pigs] and got them in a group. Category: Holding and Transfer. 2 • used to capture something. Category: Holding and Transfer. 3 • used to jostle. Category: Motion. 4 • used to hem in. Category: Holding and Transfer.
ngamparljula verb, transitive (jula class). used to place something face-downward. Category: Holding and Transfer.
ngamparl-ngamparl ngarri verb, intransitive (Ø class). used to lie face-downward. Category: Stative Verbs, Manner and Posture. Gram: With -ngu in PAST eg.
ngamparlpa descriptor. face-downward. Category: Manner and Posture. ngampu noun. egg. Category: Body Parts and Products, Birds. ngampurrarri verb, (Ø+wa class). used to teach or give a discourse. Category: Vocalising and Thought. ngampurrju kanyila verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to look after. Category: Impact. 2 • used to care for. Category: Impact. 3 • used to rule as a boss. Category: Impact.
ngampurrmala verb, transitive (mala class). 1 • used to take care of someone. Category: Impact. 2 • used to look after someone. Category: Impact.
ngampurrpa descriptor. 1 • care. Ngampurrpa nyina! Be careful! Ngampurrju kanyirni. She is taking care of that man. Category: Manner and Posture. 2 • caution. Category: Manner and Posture.
ngamu descriptor. 1 • nearby. Category: Direction and Location. 2 • close. Category: Direction and Location.
ngamulkirra descriptor. close together. Used of two roads close to each other and running parallel. Category: Manner and Posture.
Ngamumarta! phrase. Come closer! ngamunpa kata noun. top of the head. Category: Body Parts and Products. ngamurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to get closer. Category: Motion. ngamurru noun. charcoal. Category: Elements, Food Cooking and Fire. ngana interrogative. 1 • who. Jampa ngana mirta marlakurriwa tayimungka, puwa-ya jiinga. When someone didn't return in time, they would hit that one. Nganalu wajarnu? Who said it? Category: Interrogatives. 2 • what. Ngana jiji punkarnu? What child fell down? Category: Interrogatives. Gram: This word can be used as an indefinite pronoun, anybody, someone
ngana wajarnu phrase. what he said. Eg to hear what he said. Gram: English literal translation of relative pronoun
nganajanu interrogative. from what source. Category: Interrogatives. nganaju interrogative. what relation is that person to me. Category: Interrogatives. nganakamu interrogative. with what other person. Category: Interrogatives. Nganaku-ran wangkinpa? phrase. For what are you asking?/What do you want? nganalu interrogative. who did something to someone. Category: Interrogatives. nganamalu interrogative. how many. Category: Interrogatives, Number and Quantity. nganamili interrogative. whose is it. Category: Interrogatives. ngananga interrogative. what is it. Category: Interrogatives. nganangka interrogative. on what (did he come). Category: Interrogatives. nganangkamarra interrogative. why; for what reason; from what. Nganangkamarra-ya yanu ngurrajanu? Why did they leave camp? Category: Interrogatives.
nganangku interrogative. what relation is that person to you. Category: Interrogatives. nganapa interrogative. what was that. Category: Interrogatives. nganarnpuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to fail to recognise someone. Nganarnpungu-rniya. They couldn't recognise me (with my beard). Category: Vocalising and Thought.
nganartinpa interrogative. what group was it. Category: Interrogatives. nganawa interrogative. what. Category: Interrogatives. nganawintilu interrogative. with what instrument (was the action done)? Category: Interrogatives. nganayuru interrogative. what is it like. Category: Interrogatives. ngangkula verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to hear. Category: Bodily Functions. 2 • used to listen. Ngangkula-rni! Listen to me! Category: Bodily Functions. 3 • used to think about. Ngangkulpayi-rna, "Wirriliminyirri!" I was thinking, "Its a very long way!" Category: Vocalising and Thought.
ngankala verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to look after. Category: Impact. 2 • used to throw out rubbish. Category: Holding and Transfer.
nganmarlpa noun. hollow log. Category: Plants. nganmi 1 • noun. person known. Not a stranger. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • descriptor. quiet. Category: Mood and Character. 3 • noun. neighbor. Category: People and Kinship. 4 • noun. relations. Category: People and Kinship. See: ngulyju; kawalya.
nganpila verb, transitive (la class). used to peek at something. Nganpila! Take a peek at it! Category: Bodily Functions.
nganungu noun. species of berry. The ripe fruit is like "sticky sultanas". Canthium latifolium. Category: Plants.
nganyjarrpa descriptor. 1 • alone. On its own, as a camp to one side. Category: Number and Quantity. 2 • singly. On its own, as a camp to one side. Category: Number and Quantity.
nganyjila verb, intransitive (la class). used to warm oneself (at a fire). Category: Impact. nganyju noun. calf of leg. Category: Body Parts and Products.
nganykuru noun. food for in-laws (gifts from a son-in-law). Category: Food Cooking and Fire, Dreaming and Ceremony.
ngaparri noun. returning person. Category: People and Kinship. ngaparrji descriptor. in return. Category: Manner and Posture. ngaparrku noun. 1 • join up. Category: Holding and Transfer. 2 • meet up. Category: Holding and Transfer.
ngaparrpa descriptor. in turn. Category: Manner and Posture. ngaparrpuwa verb, intransitive (wa class). used to return to a certain place. Category: Motion. ngaparti descriptor. south. Ngaparti-rniya pakarnu Wirlurnajanu. They came here from the south, from Wiluna. Category: Direction and Location.
ngapi pronoun. what's its name. Hesitation word (often indicates pause). Ngapi-rni yanu. So and so (a persons name) came to me. Ngapi-laju nyangu. We saw a what-do-you-call-it (a kangaroo). Ngapilu murtilya pungu. So and so (a persons name) hit the boy. Yanu-ya ngapingkamarra kukurrjamarra. They went because of the what-do-you-call-it, because of the devil. Category: Pronouns.
ngapila verb, transitive (la class). used to do something. Based on the proword ngapi, thus representing an action for which the speaker cannot recall the name at the moment. Ngana-n ngapirni? What are you doing? Ngurra ngapilpayi. He was making a camp. Category: Impact.
ngapurlu noun. 1 • breast. Category: Body Parts and Products. 2 • breast milk. Category: Body Parts and Products.
ngapurrju descriptor. in return. Category: Manner and Posture. ngara verb, intransitive (Ø class). 1 • used to stand. Ngarapayi ngurrangka. He was standing in camp. Wartakaja-ya ngarani yarnnga. Many trees are standing there. Category: Stative Verbs, Manner and Posture. 2 • used to be (in a vertical position). Category: Stative Verbs, Manner and Posture.
ngarajula verb, transitive (jula class). used to stand upright. Category: Stative Verbs, Manner and Posture. ngarlirrpa noun. barbs on a spear. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. ngarlkila verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to block a blow. Category: Impact. 2 • used to stop someone fighting. Category: Impact.
ngarlkilmala verb, transitive (rra/la class). used to protect a person from harm. Particularly in a fight. Category: Impact.
ngarlpu noun. play. Category: Motion. ngarlpungarlpu descriptor. very playful. Category: Mood and Character. ngarlpu-ngarlpu noun. person who is always playful. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character.
ngarlpunyji noun. bush turkey; bustard. Eupodotis australis. Category: Birds. ngarlpupinti noun. plaything. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. ngarlpurri verb, intransitive (Ø class). used to play. Category: Motion. ngarlpurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to play a game. Category: Motion. ngarlpuyuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to play a musical instrument. Category: Impact, Dreaming and Ceremony.
ngarna noun. stick. Category: Plants. ngarnanpuwa verb, transitive (wa class). 1 • used to speak against. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 2 • used to rubbish. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
ngarnawarra descriptor. 1 • up. Category: Direction and Location. 2 • high. Junu wartangka ngarnawarra. He put it high up in the tree. Category: Direction and Location. 3 • above. Category: Direction and Location.
ngarnawarrala verb, transitive (la class). used to lift someone up. Category: Holding and Transfer. ngarnawarrajingala verb, transitive (la class). used to raise someone's arms. Category: Motion. ngarnawarramala verb, transitive (rra/la class). 1 • used to raise something. Category: Holding and Transfer. 2 • used to raise an arm. Category: Holding and Transfer.
ngarnawarrapurluka noun. 1 • belongs above. Category: Direction and Location. 2 • inhabits above. Category: Direction and Location. 3 • God. Biblical context. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony.
ngarnawarrarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to rise higher; used to become high up. Category: Motion. ngarnka noun. sky. Category: Elements. ngarnkangka warningu phrase. to throw dirt up into the air when angry. ngarnkawana noun. along the sky. Category: Direction and Location. ngarnkurrjarra noun. 1 • person with a beard. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • ten dollar note. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
ngarnkurrpa noun. beard. Category: Body Parts and Products. ngarnta descriptor. sick. Category: State, Healing Sickness and Ailments. ngarntakaja noun. sick people. Category: People and Kinship, Healing Sickness and Ailments. ngarntamala verb, transitive (rra/la class). used to cause sickness. Category: Impact, Healing Sickness and Ailments.
ngarntaminyirri descriptor. really sick. Category: State, Healing Sickness and Ailments. ngarntangara verb, (Ø class). used to be sickness there. Category: Stative Verbs, Healing Sickness and Ailments.
ngarntaparni descriptor. without sickness; well. Category: State, Healing Sickness and Ailments. ngarntapirla descriptor. sick all the time. Category: State, Healing Sickness and Ailments. ngarntarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to get sick. Category: Stative Verbs, Healing Sickness and Ailments.
ngarnurti noun. bush turkey; bustard. Eupodotis australis. Category: Birds. ngarrala verb, intransitive (la class). used to get caught in something. For example, a door. Category: Holding and Transfer.
ngarranpa noun. group of people. Category: People and Kinship. ngarranpuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to divide into portions. Particularly of grain. Category: Impact. ngarranypuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to share around. Category: Holding and Transfer. ngarrarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to return. Category: Motion.
ngarri verb, intransitive (Ø class). 1 • used to lie down. Ngarringu-lu jijingka She lay down with the child. Ngarripayi-laju parlkarrangka. We were lying on the flat. Category: Stative Verbs, Manner and Posture. 2 • used to camp. Category: Stative Verbs. 3 • used to be horizontal in position. Category: Stative Verbs, Manner and Posture.
ngarrilara noun. baby at the lying stage. A child who must lie down all the time (can't sit alone yet). Category: People and Kinship.
ngarriti verb, intransitive (Ø class). used to lie down. Specifically the act of lying down. Category: Motion. ngarrka noun. chest. Category: Body Parts and Products. ngarru descriptor. 1 • industrious. Goes about his job without complaints. 2 • busy. Always busy. 3 • willing. Agreeable. Category: Mood and Character.
ngarrurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to be willing to do a job. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character.
ngarrurta descriptor. energetic; ready to work. Category: State. ngarruta noun. one who doesn't care about others. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. Phon: may be ngarrurta
ngata-ngata descriptor. meeting up. ngawula verb, transitive (la class). used to gather berries or other objects. Category: Holding and Transfer. ngawujula verb, transitive (jula class). used to place the initate on the backs of the mourners. Category: Holding and Transfer, Dreaming and Ceremony.
ngayikarla noun. meat for old people. It is killed by the young fellows. Category: Food Cooking and Fire. ngayu pronoun. I; me. Pukurlpa-rna nyinapayi ngayu I was the happy one. Ngayulu-rna nyangu kalyu I was the one who saw the water. Ngayu-rni pungu. I'm the one he hit. Jiingampa-ju ngayumili marlpa. This one is my mate. Ngayu-rna Panaka. I am a member of the Panaka kinship group. Yiki-rni ngayuwati! Stand beside me! Warta-rni punkarnu ngayungka. The tree fell on me. Ngayunyanga! It's me! Category: Pronouns.
ngayukujarra pronoun. we two. Ngayukujarra-li yanku kuwarri. We two will go right now. Yanu-linya jii martu ngayukujarakarti. That man came to us two. Nyangu-liju ngayukujarralu nyuntumili yakurti. We two saw your mother. Category: Pronouns. Gram: Inclusive or exclusive of you.
ngayun pronoun. we all (three or more). Ngayunju-laju pungu marlu. We killed a kangaroo (speaking to someone who did not kill it). Ngayunpa-la yulapayi. We were crying (speaking to someone who cried with them). Yanu-lanya ngayunkarti. He came to us (speaking to someone who was with them when he came). Category: Pronouns.
ngayurtin pronoun. we all (three or more). Ngayurtiinpa-laju kurranyu yanu We went on ahead (speaking to someone who did not go on ahead with them). Ngayurtinju-laju ngalkupayi mirrka. We were eating food (speaking to someone who had not been eating with them). Yarltingu-lampaju ngayurtinku. He called out for us (speaking to someone who had not been with them). Ngayutinpala marlakarti pinirripayi. We were running along behind (speaking to someone who had been running with them). Category: Pronouns.
ngayurtinpa pronoun. we all. Category: Pronouns. ngijirri noun. firestick. Category: Food Cooking and Fire.
ngijirrijula verb, transitive (jula class). used to give someone a firestick. Category: Holding and Transfer, Food Cooking and Fire.
ngilypi noun. woman. Category: People and Kinship. -nginpa verb suffix. is doing something. Punginpa. He is hitting it. Category: Time. ngintarlpa descriptor. white. Of a dog. Category: Colour Pattern and Texture. ngiri descriptor. side look. Look out the corner of one's eyes. Ngirilu-rnara nyangu. I looked for him out of the corners of my eyes. Category: Manner and Posture.
ngirrmala verb, transitive (mala class). used to grind teeth. Category: Bodily Functions. ngirr-ngirrpa descriptor. grinding of teeth. Category: Sounds. ngitarnmala verb, intransitive (mala class). 1 • used to burp. 2 • used to hiccough. Category: Bodily Functions.
ngiyari noun. mountain devil. Moloch horridus. Category: Reptiles and Snakes. -ngka1 suffix. subordinate clause suffix. Munyjulyarrinyjangka-n manku. When the meat is done, you will get it. Waru nyarra tilirrinyjangka majurrinyjangka, warningku-n katu marlu tilingka. When the fire over there is really burning, throw the kangaroo on top of the flames. Gram: Follows nominalised verbs.
-ngka2 noun suffix. 1 • on. Jurra parnangka! Put it on the ground! 2 • in. Kurrungu pirningka wujungka. He entered the narrow cave. Mutukangka-ya yanu. They
went in the car. 3 • at. 4 • with. Nyinapayi-lu yirnangka wanti jiinya. That woman was sitting with that man (just a visit). 5 • from. Jarru-lun manku marlungka. You will remove the intestines from the kangaroo. 6 • off. Category: Direction and Location.
-ngkamarra suffix. 1 • cause. 2 • because of. 3 • affected by. Nganangkamarra-ya yanu? Why (because of what) did they go? Pukurrangkamarrangku-ya kata putalpayi. They were hitiing their heads because of the dead
person (ie grief). Waru tilila malpungkumarra! Light a fire - there could be devils about! Gram: Used after words ending in a vowel.
-ngku1 verb suffix. will do something. Pungku-ntaya. They will hit you. Yungku-nta mani. He will give you money. Kurtingku-rni mirli-mirli. He will send me a letter. Category: Time.
-ngku2 pronoun suffix. 1 • for you. Lit: They are talking for you.. Wangkani-ngkuya. They want you. Gram: There is ambiguity here with the suffix -ngku 'reflexive' and this could also mean 'They are talking among themselves.' 2 • yours. Mama-ngku. It is your father. Category: Pronouns.
-ngku3 pronoun suffix. 1 • himself. 2 • herself. 3 • itself. 4 • yourself. Pampula-ngku! Touch yourself! 5 • yourselves. 6 • each other. Pungkuni-ngkuya. They are hitting each other. Jurtalu-ngkupula punginpa. Those
two are fighting each other. 7 • ourselves.
8 • themselves. Pukurrangkamarra-ngkuya kata putalpayi. They were hitting themselves on the head because of the dead person (ie in grief). Category: Pronouns. Gram: Reflexive other than 1sg.
-ngkujaku verb suffix. might do something. Pungkujaku-nta martulu. The man might hit you. Warlangkujaku. It might break.
-ngkukija suffix. wants to do something. Pungkukija. He is thinking about hitting him. Gram: Nominalises verbs.
-ngkumarranypa verb suffix. suffix indicating completion. Pungkumarranypa. He already hit him. Category: Time. Gram: completive suffix
-ngkungara verb suffix. 1 • would have done something but didn't. 2 • almost did. Pungkungara. He almost hit him (but didn't).
-ngkuni verb suffix. is doing something. Pungkuni. He is hitting it. Yungkuni-rnajananya mirrka. I am giving them food. Category: Time.
-ngkupayi verb suffix. was doing something. Pungkupayi. He was hitting the man. Kangkupayi-ya kuwiyi. They were carrying the meat. Category: Time.
-ngkupula pronoun suffix. 1 • for you two. Manu-ngkupula. He got it for you two. 2 • yours (two people). Category: Pronouns.
-ngkura1 pronoun suffix. away from you. Category: Pronouns. -ngkura2 verb suffix. 1 • let's do something. Pungkura-li. Let us two hit it. 2 • ought to do something. Gram: Hortative suffix.
-ngkura3 verb suffix. 1 • having done something. 2 • doing something. Category: Time.
-ngkuraku verb suffix. 1 • in order to do something. Martu-lu yanu, pungkuraku. The man went to him in order to hit him. 2 • for doing something. Gram: Purposive suffix.
-ngkurapula pronoun suffix. away from you two. Category: Pronouns. -ngkuwara verb suffix. was doing something. Pungkuwarra. He was hitting it. Category: Time. -ngu verb suffix. 1 • did something. Pungu-rni. He hit me. Yungu-rnara. I gave it to him. Marlakurringu. He returned. Nyinangu rawa. He sat for a long time. Wangkangu-rni. He spoke to me. Category: Time. 2 • has done something. Jirntu kurrungu. The sun has set. Category: Time. Gram: For -zero and -wa class verbs.
Ngujapunkanu noun. name of rockhole (near Jigalong). Category: Names and Place Names. ngujurlpuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to make a fire (using a friction method). Category: Impact, Food Cooking and Fire.
ngukala verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to swallow something. Ngukarnu ngalangu. He swallowed it and ate it. Category: Bodily Functions, Food Cooking and Fire. 2 • used to blame someone. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
ngukarri descriptor. aimless. Category: Mood and Character. ngukarrila verb, intransitive (la class). 1 • used to be uncertain. About a certain action. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character. 2 • used to be unsure. About doing something. Nyampa-li yankupayi ngukarrirnu. Remember how we two were going along, not too sure of what to do. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character.
ngukurnmala verb, transitive (mala class). 1 • used to congratulate. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 2 • used to compliment. Ngukurnmanu. He complimented him, "Yes, that's a good job!". Category: Vocalising and Thought.
ngula descriptor. later. Category: Time. ngulampa descriptor. later. Ngulampa-rni yanku. He will come here later. Category: Time. ngulawiyayiju descriptor. only at a later time - not now. Category: Time. ngulpurru noun. tail. Category: Body Parts and Products. ngulyi noun. 1 • child. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • offspring. Can be used to refer to anyone in the generation below the speakers. Category: People and Kinship.
ngulyju 1 • descriptor. tame (of animal). Category: Animals, Mood and Character. 2 • noun. pet. Category: Animals. 3 • descriptor. friendly. Category: Mood and Character. 4 • noun. countryman. Martu-ya ngulyju. Those people are friendly--they are relatives. Category: People and Kinship. See: nganmi.
ngulyjula verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to make a friend. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 2 • used to domesticate a wild animal. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
ngulyu noun. 1 • possession. Including a person's wife or husband. Ngulyu-ju. That is my possession. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. 2 • something belonging to someone. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
ngulyula verb, transitive (la class). used to steal. Category: Holding and Transfer. -ngulyu suffix. suffix indicating certainty. Palunyangulyu! That's the lot! Ngalypangulyu! That's really good!
ngulyu marra verb, transitive (rra class). used to steal someone's property. Ngulyu-ju manu wanti. He stole my wife. Category: Holding and Transfer. Gram: With -nu in PAST eg.
ngulyujaka noun. thief; robber. Category: People and Kinship. ngulyunyju noun. one who steals all the time; thief. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. ngumpa noun. 1 • face. Category: Body Parts and Products. 2 • relationship. Category: People and Kinship.
ngumpala verb, (la class). 1 • used to scold. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 2 • used to tell off. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
ngumpa juri phrase. good looking face. ngumurlpa noun. child. Category: People and Kinship. ngunjularriwa verb, intransitive (wa class). 1 • used to be puzzled. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character. 2 • used to be undecided about some problem. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character.
ngunjul-ngunjulpa descriptor. 1 • very perplexed. Category: Mood and Character. 2 • puzzled. Category: Mood and Character.
ngunjurlpa descriptor. 1 • undecided. Category: Mood and Character. 2 • puzzled. Category: Mood and Character.
3 • stumped. Category: Mood and Character.
nguntirrila verb, intransitive (la class). 1 • purring noise. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Sounds. 2 • noise of a car engine running. Category: Sounds.
nguntu noun. 1 • head-cold. Category: Body Parts and Products, Healing Sickness and Ailments. 2 • phlegm. Category: Body Parts and Products.
nguntujurra verb, (rra class). used to feel another's touch or close presence. Category: Bodily Functions. Gram: With -nu in PAST headword.
ngunu noun. spirit (within a person). Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. ngunyarri noun. 1 • daughter-in-law (man speaking of his son's wife). Category: People and Kinship. 2 • father-in-law (woman speaking of her husband's father). Category: People and Kinship.
ngupanu noun. dingo. Category: Animals. ngurinyji descriptor. 1 • undecided. Category: Mood and Character. 2 • uncertain. Category: Mood and Character.
ngurinyjirri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). 1 • used to become undecided. Nganaku-ran ngurinyjirringu? What is it you are uncertain about? Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character. 2 • used to be surprised. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character. 3 • used to be uncertain. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character. 4 • used to be perplexed. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character.
ngurlturr-ngurlturrpa Variant: ngurnturr-ngurnturrpa. noun. pig. Category: Animals. ngurlu noun. 1 • fear. Ngurlu kukurripayi. He was hiding because he was afraid. Ngurlu pinirringu. He ran away in fear. Category: Mood and Character. 2 • sacred (of object or ceremony). Maa-yarra ngurlungkamarra. Go away because of the sacred activities. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. 3 • taboo. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. 4 • the sacred area. Yanu-ya ngurlukarti. They went to the sacred area. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony.
ngurlula verb, transitive (la class). used to chase something. Ngurlura wanarnu. He chased after it. Category: Motion.
ngurlujaka noun. 1 • coward or fearful person. 2 • very frightened person. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character.
ngurlujula verb, transitive (rra/la class). 1 • used to frighten another. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character. 2 • used to warn of frightening consequences. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character.
ngurlumala verb, intransitive (rra/la class). used to be frightened. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character.
ngurluninti Variant: ngurlurninti. noun. one who is knowlegable about taboo ceremony. Category: People and Kinship, Dreaming and Ceremony, Mood and Character.
ngurluny-ngurlunypa descriptor. very afraid. Category: Mood and Character. ngurluparni descriptor. fearless; brave. Category: Mood and Character. ngurlura kurti verb, transitive (Ø class). used to frighten something away. Category: Impact. ngurlurninti Variant: ngurluninti. noun. person who knows about sacred things. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character, Dreaming and Ceremony.
ngurlurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to be afraid, used to become frightened. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character.
ngurlutingu verb, intransitive (unclassed). got a fright. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character. Gram: with -ngu in PAST eg.
ngurluwinti descriptor. frightened; with fear. Category: Mood and Character. -ngurninyji suffix. 1 • limitational suffix. 2 • focus marker. Ngayungurninyji! I'm the bloke! Ngayungurninyjilu-rna kanyilku. I'm the one
who will keep it.
ngurnjularri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to be undecided; used to become puzzled. E.g., in a courtroom when a person doesn't know all the details-- not having enough proof. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character.
ngurnjulpa descriptor. 1 • undecided. Category: Mood and Character. 2 • puzzled. Category: Mood and Character. 3 • stumped. Ngurnjulpa-rna. I'm stumped--I can't do it. Category: Mood and Character.
ngurnku noun. elbow. Category: Body Parts and Products. ngurnti noun. 1 • shoulder. Category: Body Parts and Products. 2 • shoulders. Category: Body Parts and Products.
ngurntilya noun. young tree. Generic term. Category: Plants. ngurntingka descriptor. on a person's shoulders. Katipayi-rna ngurntingka. I carried it on my shoulders. Category: Manner and Posture.
ngurntirrirri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to start up (of an engine). Category: Impact. ngurnturr-ngurnturrpa Variant: ngurlturr-ngurlturrpa. noun. pig. Category: Animals. ngurra noun. 1 • camp. Nyingangu-laju ngurrangka. We sat in camp. Ngurrakujarra-liju ngarringu. We camped there for two days. Nyangu-lajupulampa ngurra. We saw the camp of those two people. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. 2 • shelter. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects, Elements. 3 • day. Time can be measured by the number of times a person camps at a place or along the way. Category: Time, Elements.
ngurrakarta phrase. camping out. For at least one night. ngurrakarti noun. to the camp. Category: Direction and Location. ngurrangkarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to come into camp. Category: Motion. ngurrara1 noun. person's home country. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. ngurrara2 descriptor. belongs to a thing or place. Category: State. ngurrila verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to search for something. Ngurrila-ra murtilyaku! Search for the boy! Category: Motion. Gram: The object of the search is marked with the dative case marker -ku. 2 • used to look for something. Parra-ngurrilku-ra. He will go about looking for it. Nganaku-ran ngurrirni? What are you looking for? Category: Motion. Gram: The object of the search is marked with the dative case marker -ku.
ngurrinpa noun. a fly. Category: Insects. ngurr-ngurrpa Variant: nguurr-nguurrpa. noun. pig. Category: Animals. ngurrpa descriptor. 1 • unknowing. Category: Mood and Character.
2 • ignorant of something. Ngurrpa! It is unknown! Ngurrpa-rna. I don't know. Ngurrpa-rnara mutukaku. I know nothing about motor-cars. Ngurrpa-lajura. We don't know anything about it. Ngurrpakanu-rnanta. I thought you didn't know it. Ngurrpajanulu manu. Out of ignorance he got it (i.e., he didn't know any better). Category: Mood and Character.
ngurrpajula verb, (la class). used to say one is ignorant or inexperienced. Category: Vocalising and Thought. ngurtarla noun. ceremonial decorations of white cockatoo feathers. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
ngurtila verb, transitive (la class). used to clamp knees around something. E.g. when riding a horse. Category: Holding and Transfer.
Ngurtulypa noun. name of place. Category: Names and Place Names. ngurtuma noun. 1 • species of tree. Category: Plants. 2 • species of grub. Found in the ngurtuma tree. Eucalyptus microtheca. Category: Insects.
-nguru suffix. from. Category: Direction and Location. See: jiiyurungkamarra. ngururrjanu descriptor. from the inside. Category: Direction and Location. ngururrpa descriptor. 1 • inside. Category: Direction and Location. 2 • underneath. Category: Direction and Location.
nguunjula verb, (la class). used to try to get past a barrier. Category: Motion. nguunypuwa verb, (wa class). used to talk continually. Category: Vocalising and Thought. nguurrmala verb, intransitive (mala class). used to grunt. Nguurrmanu. He said "huh?". Category: Vocalising and Thought, Sounds.
nguurr-nguurrpa Variant: ngurr-ngurrpa. noun. pig. Category: Animals. nguwanpa descriptor. 1 • almost. Category: Manner and Posture. 2 • just about. Category: Manner and Posture.
nguyalpa descriptor. stance to receive a sentence. As standing ready to take ones punishment/standing "before the judges". Category: Manner and Posture.
nguyu descriptor. raw. Of eggs or meat. Food and Cooking. Category: State. nguyuwarra noun. 1 • dead person. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • unconscious person. Category: People and Kinship.
-ni verb suffix. is doing something. Wangkani. He is talking. Ngarrini. He is lying down. Category: Time. niijpa noun. bird's nest. From: English. Category: Birds. niilamula verb, transitive (la class). used to drive a nail. Category: Impact. niilpa noun. nail. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. niitingpa noun. 1 • fish net. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. 2 • wire netting. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
niitulpa noun. needle. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. nikilijpa noun. necklace. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. nikitpala descriptor. naked. Category: State. -ninpa verb suffix. is doing something. Yaninpa-rna. I am going. Category: Time. ninti noun. 1 • knowledge. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
2 • knowing. Ninti-rnara. I know about that. Ninti-ju? Do I know that person? Category: Vocalising and Thought.
nintila verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to show someone something. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 2 • used to teach someone. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
nintijula verb, transitive (jula class). used to show someone something. Category: Holding and Transfer. nintikaja noun. really clever person. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. nintilumarta noun. one who knows certain information. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character.
nintimala verb, transitive (mala class). used to teach someone. Kaji-ran nintimanu nyuntulu yawartaku? Did you teach him about horses? Category: Vocalising and Thought.
nintipuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to teach someone something. Category: Vocalising and Thought. nintipuka noun. 1 • clever person. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. 2 • knowledgeable person. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. 3 • scribes. Biblical context. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony.
nintipurluka noun. teacher. Biblical context. Category: People and Kinship. nintirri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to get to know something; used to learn something. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
ninyji-ninyji noun. a dance. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. -nirra verb suffix. completive suffix. Yungkunyjanirrangka-la nyaku. After we give it all away, well see something. Yanunirra-ya. The whole mob has gone. Ngalangunirra-ya. They ate the lot. Kampakunirra wurnakaja. He will burn off all the kangaroos fur. Category: Time. Gram: Follows inflectional suffix on verb.
-nku verb suffix. will do something. Panakalu manku Karimarra wanti. A Panaka man will marry a Karimarra woman. Ka-li manku marlu junku pirrpilyangka. And we two will get the kangaroo and put it on the leaves. Mirta-rna yanku. I won't go. Category: Time.
-nkujaku verb suffix. 1 • possibility. 2 • might do something. Mankujaku mirrka. He might get the food. Yankujaku. He might go.
-nkukija derivational suffix. wants to do something. Nominalises verbs. Yankukija. He is thinking about going.
-nkumarranypa verb suffix. 1 • completive suffix. 2 • already did something. Yankumarranypa. He has already gone. Category: Time.
-nkungara verb suffix. 1 • would have done something. 2 • should have done something. Yankungara. He should have gone. Junkungara-n marlaku. You
should have put it back.
-nkuni verb suffix. is doing something. Kuwarri yankuni. He is going now. Mankuni-pula kalyu karrungka. Those two are getting water at the creek. Category: Time.
-nkupayi verb suffix. was doing something. Ka-rna maa-yankupayi. And I was going away. Mankupayi. He was getting it. Category: Time.
-nkura1 verb suffix. 1 • let's do something. Yankura-la. Let's go. Junkura-la pilkirrinyja. Since it is rotten, let's leave it. 2 • ought to do something. Hortative suffix.
-nkura2 verb suffix. 1 • having done something.
2 • doing something. Suffix indicating serial action. Category: Time.
-nkuraku verb suffix. 1 • for doing something. 2 • in order to do something. Suffix indicating purpose. Yanku-pula mirrka mankuraku. Those two
went in order to get some food.
-nkuwara verb suffix. was doing something. Past continuous tense. Yankuwara. He was going. Category: Time.
-nma verb suffix. keep on doing something. Imperative continuous tense. Wakanma! Keep on spearing! Wajanma wululu! Keep on saying it forever!
-nmalpa verb suffix. will be doing something. Future continuous tense. Wakanmalpa. He will be spearing it. Kanyinmalpa. He will be keeping it. Category: Time.
-npula pronoun suffix. you two. Ngalangu-npula? Did you two eat something? Nyaarta-rninpula pakarnu? When did you two arrive here? Category: Pronouns.
-npulampa pronoun suffix. yours (two people); for you two. Manu-npulampa? Did he get it for you two? Category: Pronouns.
-npulampalura pronoun suffix. away from you two. Category: Pronouns. -npulanya pronoun suffix. you two; to you two; at you two. Pungu-npulanya? Did he hit you two? Category: Pronouns.
-nta1 suffix. having done something. Nominalising suffix. Nyaku-n ngarrintajanu. You will see the kangaroo when it has laid down. Category: Time.
-nta2 pronoun suffix. 1 • you. Nganalu-nta pungu? Who hit you? 2 • to you. Yanu-ntaya? Did they come to you? 3 • at you. 4 • off you. Nyinapayi-nta. He was sitting with you. Category: Pronouns.
-nu verb suffix. did something. Past tense suffix. Pakarnu-laju yanu ngurrakarti. We got up and went to camp. Manu-pulanya. He got those two. Junu-rna yanu. I left it behind. Category: Time.
nunupuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to tap someone. Category: Impact. nurru-nurru descriptor. 1 • round. Like a stone. Category: Size Shape and Weight. 2 • spherical. Category: Size Shape and Weight.
Nuuwa noun. Noah. Biblical context. Category: Names and Place Names. nyawa verb, transitive (irregular). 1 • used to see. Nyangu-laju marlu. We saw a kangaroo. Purtu nyangu. He couldn't see it. Category: Bodily Functions. 2 • used to look at. Nyakupayi-lanyaju. The kangaroo was looking at us. Nyawa-lu pilurnja! Look at the bird! Parra-nyawa! Look all about! Category: Bodily Functions. 3 • used to look for. Nyawa-ra jilaku! Look for the snake! Category: Bodily Functions. Gram: The object of the looking is marked with dative case.
-nya noun suffix. focus (goal). Jiinya kalyu kunyjunyu. That water is good to drink. Ngaanya-ju. This one is mine.
nyaa interrogative. what. Category: Interrogatives. nyaaku interrogative. why; for what reason. Category: Interrogatives. nyaalyjirri interrogative. how many. Category: Interrogatives. nyaangkamarra interrogative. why; for what reason. Category: Interrogatives.
nyaangula interrogative. when. Category: Interrogatives. nyaarnirrirnirri demonstrative. everything. Category: Number and Quantity. nyaarta interrogative. when. Nyaarta pakalku? When will he arrive? Category: Interrogatives. nyakupunajangka descriptor. without having seen him. Category: Manner and Posture. nyalyka noun. species of wattle shrub. With edible seeds which are ground into a paste and eaten. The tree provides good shade. Acacia ampliceps. Category: Plants.
nyamanypa noun. young animal. Category: Animals. nyami noun. 1 • grandmother. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • granddaughter. Category: People and Kinship.
nyampa particle. remember. Something previously referred to. Nyampa-li yankupayi. Do you remember that we were going there? Category: Particles.
nyampali noun. 1 • boss. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • leader. Category: People and Kinship.
nyamu1 particle. 1 • enough. Category: Particles. 2 • that far! Category: Particles. 3 • the end (of a discourse). Category: Particles.
nyamu2 noun. 1 • grandfather. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • grandson. Category: People and Kinship.
nyamurtuka particle. thats all! Category: Particles. nyangi noun. head-ring. Usually made of twisted grass and hair string; used for carrying containers on one's head. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
nyangka particle. conjunction. Probably shortened from palunyangka; often involves different subjects. Category: Particles.
Nyangumarta noun. language name. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Names and Place Names. nyanka noun. back part of neck; nape of neck. Category: Body Parts and Products. nyankanyuku descriptor. on the back of the neck. Category: Direction and Location. nyankarra noun. 1 • a backward look. Category: Bodily Functions. 2 • a turning around. Category: Motion.
nyanpinypa noun. eyebrow. Category: Body Parts and Products. nyanyjarla noun. tongue. Category: Body Parts and Products. nyanyjarnpa1 noun. species of snake. Edible. Category: Reptiles and Snakes. nyanyjarnpa2 noun. pussy-cat. Category: Animals. nyanyjula verb, transitive (la class). used to lick something. Category: Bodily Functions. Nyaparu noun. substitute name. Replaces the name of someone who has the same name or a name similar to that of a person who has died. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Names and Place Names.
nyaparu noun. name substitute. A word used in place of the name of a person who has died. At present this word itself is not being used because of the death of a person who had been referred to this term for a long time. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Names and Place Names.
nyara descriptor. jealous. Category: Mood and Character.
nyararri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become jealous. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character.
nyarlinypa noun. tongue. Category: Body Parts and Products. nyarlpi noun. 1 • wings (of a bird). Category: Body Parts and Products. 2 • feathers. Category: Body Parts and Products, Birds.
nyarlpijarra noun. feathered creature; a bird. Category: Birds. Nyarnayi noun. name of ceremony. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Names and Place Names. nyarnpi verb, intransitive (Ø class). used to dance. Normally applies to traditional dance style of women. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Motion.
nyarnpipuwa verb, intransitive (wa class). used to dance. Traditional style of women's dancing. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Motion.
nyarra demonstrative. 1 • yonder. Category: Direction and Location. 2 • that, in distance. Nyangu-rna martu nyarra. I saw that man. Nyarrakajalu-ya wajarnu. That mob said so. Nyarralu-rni pungu. That one hit me. Category: Direction and Location.
nyarrakarti demonstrative. to that distant place; to there. Category: Direction and Location. nyarrakartirri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to get to a distant place. Category: Motion. nyarrakartitingu verb, intransitive (unclassed). got to a distant place. Possibly with interruptions along the way. Category: Motion. Gram: With -ngu in PAST headword.
nyarrangka demonstrative. at that distant place. Category: Direction and Location. nyarrangulyu demonstrative. right there. Category: Direction and Location. nyarranya demonstrative. that one. Category: Direction and Location. nyarranypuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to share around a group. Category: Holding and Transfer. nyarrawaka demonstrative. in that direction. Category: Direction and Location. nyarrawana demonstrative. along that way. Category: Direction and Location. nyarru interjection. poor fellow! Lit: Poor fellow. Leave him alone!. Nyarru. Jurra! Don't even mention that poor fellow! Category: Interjections.
nyarrumpa noun. 1 • sister (of a man). Nyarrumpa-ju. It is my sister. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • brother (of a woman ). Category: People and Kinship.
nyarrurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to feel sorry for someone; used to be sympathetic. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character.
nyayalypa noun. small dish. For scooping things out such as water. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
nyii interjection. here! Category: Interjections. nyiijula verb, transitive (jula class). used to give something to someone. Category: Holding and Transfer. nyiilamurra verb, transitive (rra class). used to nail an object to another. Category: Impact. Gram: With -nu in PAST headword.
nyiinyinka noun. species of finch. Possibly the zebra finch. Category: Birds. nyiirnka noun. hole in nasal septum. Category: Body Parts and Products. nyiirnkajarra noun. person with his nasal septum pierced. Category: People and Kinship.
nyilyjijula verb, transitive (jula class). used to touch someone with a burning stick. Category: Impact, Food Cooking and Fire.
nyimiri noun. rib. Category: Body Parts and Products. nyimparra noun. pubic covering. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. nyimparrala verb, transitive (rra/la class). used to make pubic coverings. Category: Impact. nyina verb, intransitive (Ø class). 1 • used to sit. Nyinama-ya! Keep on sitting! (often used when a person leaves others in camp). Category: Stative Verbs, Manner and Posture. 2 • used to live at a place. Category: Stative Verbs. 3 • used to be. Kunyjunyu-rna nyinani. I am well. Ngurrangka-laju nyinangu. We were in camp. Category: Stative Verbs. 4 • used to stay at a place. Category: Stative Verbs.
nyinajula verb, transitive (jula class). used to make someone sit down. Katingu-lajujananya nyinajunu. We took them there and made them sit down. Category: Impact.
nyinalara Variant: nyinalurru. noun. child that can sit alone. Category: People and Kinship. nyinalurru Variant: nyinalara. noun. baby at the sitting stage. Category: People and Kinship. nyinanyjarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to get up to a sitting position. Category: Motion. nyinapinti noun. chair. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. nyinatingu verb, intransitive (unclassed). sat intermittently. Category: Stative Verbs, Manner and Posture. Gram: With -ngu in PAST headword.
nyinganyinga descriptor. upset; embarrassed. Particularly because of a son who has been caught stealing. Category: Mood and Character.
nyingka particle. remember (the person previously mentioned). Category: Particles. Gram: Non-demonstrative determiner.
nyininyjanpa phrase. while sitting (something happened). nyinkilpa descriptor. generous; not greedy. Category: Mood and Character. See: yirnipayi. nyinyjarrpa descriptor. serious. Category: Mood and Character. nyinyji noun. spear. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. nyipilyjala verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to sample food. Category: Bodily Functions, Food Cooking and Fire. 2 • used to try something. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
nyira descriptor. 1 • reformed. "Won't do wrong again"--after punishment. Category: Mood and Character. 2 • submissive to authority. Category: Mood and Character.
nyirarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become submissive to authority. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character.
nyirla noun. roots. Category: Plants. nyirri descriptor. 1 • down. Category: Direction and Location. 2 • low. Category: Direction and Location.
nyirrirri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become lower; used to get down. Category: Motion. nyirrki noun. species of hawk. Category: Birds. nyirrkulyu noun. species of hawk. Category: Birds.
nyirrmala verb, intransitive (mala class). used to make a buzzing noise. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Sounds.
nyirrparnpa descriptor. serious. Category: Mood and Character. nyirru noun. sex desire. Category: Mood and Character. nyirti noun. youngest child in a family. Category: People and Kinship. nyirtila verb, transitive (la class). used to spread something. Category: Impact. nyirtingunya noun. youngest child in a family. Category: People and Kinship. Nyiyaparli noun. language name. Category: Names and Place Names, Vocalising and Thought. Nyiyarnunya noun. name of place. A rockhole near Jigalong. Category: Names and Place Names. -nyja derivational suffix. the one doing the action indicated by the verb. Nominalising suffix (may be suffixed to verb stems as well as inflected verbs). Marlu nyangu puringka ngarrinyja. He saw a kangaroo lying in the shade. Nyangu karlaya pupanyjanpa. He saw an emu squatting down. Munyjulyarrinyangka-n manku. When the meat is done, you get it. Pakarnu punkarnunyja. Having fallen, he got up. Junkura-la pilkirrinyja. Since it got rotten, let's leave it alone. ngalunyjapinti a thing for holding, i.e., a handle. Ngalkunyjalu yumulu nyanyjurni. Having eaten something [bad], [the dog] is just licking him. Punkanyjajanu ngarringu parnangka. After he fell, he lay on the ground. Gram: After -rra class verb stems: -nkunyja; after -wa class verb stems: -ngkunyja; after -la class verb stems: nyja; after (- ) class verb stems: -nyja.
-nyjarri noun suffix. suffix indicating plural. yirnanyjarri the group of elders. Category: Number and Quantity.
-nyu noun suffix. of course! Suffix indicating assertion. Walyjinyu! Of course, it's a walyji tree--what did you expect!
nyuka noun. creation place. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. nyukapuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to give birth. Category: Bodily Functions. -nyuku noun suffix. 1 • suffix indicating target. 2 • on (usually suffixed to a body part). Pungu-rni mulyanyuku. He hit me on the nose.
nyukunu noun. 1 • spouse. Use depends on relationship of the speaker. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • husband. Category: People and Kinship. 3 • wife. Category: People and Kinship.
nyukurni descriptor. long ago. Category: Time. nyuma noun. flour from ground seeds. Category: Food Cooking and Fire. Nyumanpa noun. Mount Newman. Category: Names and Place Names. nyumpurlpa descriptor. white (of gum trees). Category: Colour Pattern and Texture. nyungkula verb, (la class). used to gather. Category: Holding and Transfer. nyungkurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to gather together. Used of large groups gathering. Category: Motion.
nyuntu pronoun. you. Nyuntu-n walyku! You are the one that's no good! Ngana-ngku nyuntuku mama? Who is your father? Kaji-n ngalangu kuka nyuntulu? Are you the one who ate the meat? Yankurali mayakarti nyuntumilikarti. Let's two go to your house. Nyunturta! Youre the one! Category: Pronouns.
nyuntukujarra pronoun. you two. Yula-pula nyuntukujarra! You two cry! Puwa-pula nyuntukujarralu! You two hit it! Category: Pronouns.
nyuntunpa pronoun. you mob; you (plural). Category: Pronouns. nyuntupunajangka descriptor. when you weren't here; before you came. Category: Time. nyunturtin pronoun. you mob; you (plural). Nyaarta-nyurra pakarnu nyunturtinpa? When did you all arrive? Category: Pronouns.
nyunurra descriptor. amazed. Category: Mood and Character. nyunyjirnpa noun. 1 • navel. Category: Body Parts and Products. 2 • umbilicus. Category: Body Parts and Products.
nyunyjula verb, transitive (la class). used to kiss someone. Category: Bodily Functions. nyunyjurnpa noun. marrow. Category: Body Parts and Products. nyunyunyu noun. brain. Category: Body Parts and Products. nyupa noun. 1 • spouse. Use depends on relation of the speaker. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • husband. Category: People and Kinship. 3 • wife. Category: People and Kinship.
nyupajarra descriptor. with a spouse. Category: Manner and Posture. nyupajarrarri verb, transitive (Ø+wa class). used to get married; used to take a spouse. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
nyupakurlu descriptor. with a spouse. Category: Manner and Posture. nyupararra noun. person and his/her spouse. Nyupararra-liju yanu. My wife and I went. Category: People and Kinship.
nyupawinti descriptor. with a spouse. Category: Manner and Posture. nyupila verb, transitive (rra/la class). used to press grapes or the like to produce juice. Category: Impact, Food Cooking and Fire.
nyuri descriptor. 1 • still. Purtu-laju wajarnu.Nyurilu-rni pungu. In vain we spoke to him--he still went ahead and hit me. Nyuri nyinapayi yapungka. He was still sitting on the hill. Category: Manner and Posture. 2 • yet. Category: Manner and Posture. 3 • persistent. Category: Manner and Posture. 4 • nevertheless. Category: Manner and Posture.
nyurirri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become persistent about something. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character.
nyurni noun. teasing. Category: Vocalising and Thought. nyurni yikarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to laugh in derision. Category: Vocalising and Thought. nyurnimala verb, transitive (mala class). used to tease someone. Category: Vocalising and Thought. nyurnipayi noun. one who despises, teases, rejects another or their talk. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character.
nyurntilirri noun. blackboy tree. Category: Plants. -nyurra pronoun suffix. all of you; you (plural). Wanyjakarti-nyurra yanu? Where did all of you go? Walyku-nyurra! You are a bad lot! Category: Pronouns.
-nyurrampa pronoun suffix. yours (plural); for you all. Lit: he is talking for you. Wangkani-nyurrampa. He wants you all. Majarni-nyurrampa. He is waiting for you all. Category: Pronouns.
-nyurrampalura pronoun suffix. away from you (plural). Category: Pronouns. -nyurranya pronoun suffix. 1 • you (plural); all of you. Pungku-rnanyurranya. I am going to hit the lot of you. 2 • to all of you. Yanu-nyurranya? Did he come to you? Category: Pronouns.
nyurrartin pronoun. you (plural); all of you. Marlakurringu-nyurra mungajarra nyurrartinpa. You all are the ones that came in last night. Category: Pronouns.
nyurrartinpa pronoun. you all. Category: Pronouns. Gram: Intransitive independent plural pronoun. nyurrjipuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to sneeze. Category: Bodily Functions. nyurrmala verb, intransitive (mala class). 1 • used to doze off. Category: Bodily Functions. 2 • used to nod head in sleep. Category: Motion.
nyurru-nyurru noun. bridge of nose. Category: Body Parts and Products. nyurtula verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to gather and winnow (of seeds). Category: Holding and Transfer, Food Cooking and Fire. 2 • used to husk seeds. Category: Impact, Food Cooking and Fire.
nyuru noun. 1 • stomach. Category: Body Parts and Products. 2 • abdomen. Category: Body Parts and Products.
nyurujarra noun. woman who is expecting a child. Category: People and Kinship. nyurukirta1 noun. species of kangaroo. Category: Animals. nyurukirta2 noun. pot-bellied person. Category: People and Kinship. nyuruti verb, intransitive (Ø class). used to nod off to sleep. Category: Bodily Functions. nyutila verb, transitive (la class). used to rub ashes onto the skin. Category: Impact, Food Cooking and Fire. nyuulkula verb, (la class). used to swallow something. Category: Bodily Functions. nyuurrarri verb, intransitive (Ø class). used to hang your head sleepily. Category: Bodily Functions. nyuwanmala verb, transitive (rra/la class). used to make something new. Category: Impact. nyuwanpa descriptor. new. Category: Value. nyuwijiki noun. 1 • music. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. 2 • musical sound from an instrument. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Sounds.
nyuwurrarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to bow one's head. Category: Motion. nyuwurrpa descriptor. 1 • head bowed. sign that a person doesn't want to fight. Category: Manner and Posture. 2 • nodding head. Category: Manner and Posture.
nyuyula verb, transitive (la class). used to build up a fire. Category: Impact, Food Cooking and Fire.
P-p -pa1 noun suffix. augment. Added to a word ending in a consonant to produce an open syllable. manarrpa tired (from manarr + -pa). kurrurnpa spirit/feelings. tikirlpa dry. milpinypa finger nail. yungunpa morning/tomorrow/next day.
-pa2 suffix. interrogative suffix. Nyuntupa? What about you? Nganapa? Who is it? Category: Interrogatives, Interrogatives.
paa interjection. 1 • oh! Category: Interjections. 2 • oops! Category: Interjections. 3 • sorry! Category: Interjections.
paala verb, transitive (la class). used to cook something. Paarnu-laju parnaparnti. We cooked the lizard. Category: Impact, Food Cooking and Fire.
paajayi noun. birthday. From: English. Category: Time. paali noun. barley. Category: Food Cooking and Fire. paalpa noun. cook; one who has the task of cooking an animal or damper. Category: People and Kinship, Food Cooking and Fire.
paalypaalypa descriptor. 1 • blurry. Category: Healing Sickness and Ailments, State. 2 • indistinct sight. Category: Healing Sickness and Ailments, State. 3 • poor sight. Category: Healing Sickness and Ailments, State.
paampa noun. farm. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. paampumula verb, transitive (la class). used to bump into something. Category: Impact. paangka noun. bed. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. paanypuwa verb, transitive (wa class). 1 • used to discuss together. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 2 • used to argue, turning the wishes of the opposition. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
paarlala verb, intransitive (la class). used to open one's eyes after sleep. Category: Bodily Functions. paarlarnpa descriptor. open eyes. Category: State. paarlarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to be poor sighted. Category: Stative Verbs, Healing Sickness and Ailments.
paarlarriraku phrase. in order to see. paarlkawa verb, transitive (wa class). used to open eyes. Category: Bodily Functions. paarlpa descriptor. eyes open. Paarlpa ngarrini. He is lying with his eyes open. Category: State. paarlpuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to open something. Paarlpuwa-ngku kuru! Open your eyes! Category: Impact.
paarrmala verb, intransitive (rra/la class). used to blink (of an eye). Category: Bodily Functions. Gram: This may be Jim's parrmanu
paatulpa noun. bottle. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. pajala verb, transitive (la class). used to bite something. May refer to a sharp pain also. Jilalu-rni pajarnu julyju. Long ago a snake bit me. Pajalngara-rni. It almost bit me. Category: Bodily Functions, Food Cooking and Fire.
pajipuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to make fire (using the friction method). Category: Impact, Food Cooking and Fire.
Pajuwupa noun. 1 • Passover. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Names and Place Names. 2 • Jewish festival. Biblical context. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Names and Place Names.
pakala verb, intransitive (la class). 1 • used to get up. Ka-laju pakarnu yanu. Then we got up and went. Category: Motion. 2 • used to appear. Category: Motion. 3 • used to arrive. Category: Motion.
paka-pakala verb, intransitive (la class). 1 • large group arrived. Category: Motion. 2 • large group got up. Category: Motion. 3 • large group appeared. Category: Motion. Gram: With -rnu PAST in headword.
-pakayi noun suffix. interrogative suffix. Martupakayi? Is it an Aborigine? Category: Interrogatives. paki 1 • noun. nothing. Paki-rna. I have nothing. Paki-lanyaju wajarnu. He lied to us. Pakilyu! Its nothing really! Pakiyampa-ra nyangu. He got nothing for all his looking. Category: Number and Quantity. 2 • particle. no. Paki! No! Pakiwiyayiju-lura pungu. He tried to shoot it, but he missed. Category: Particles.
pakila verb, transitive (la class). used to finish something. E.g. a job. Category: Impact. paki kajala verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to tell lies. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 2 • used to deceive. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
paki kajalkaja noun. group which goes around telling lies. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character.
paki kajalpa noun. one who goes around telling lies. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. pakikajalpa noun. deceiving ones. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. pakikarala verb, (la class). used to mistakenly think something is not true or unimportant. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
pakiku jiilja jarrpa~ phrase. to go to jail for no reason. pakikukala verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to think mistakenly that something is unimportant. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 2 • used to disbelieve. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
pakingka phrase. if a certain action fails (then another course will be taken). Kartimalku-ntaya; pakingkantaya pungku. They will grab you for initiation, and if they don't they'll kill you.
pakipayi noun. 1 • "good bloke" who doesn't like to fight. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. 2 • person who tells lies. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character.
pakirri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). 1 • used to become nothing. Category: Stative Verbs. 2 • used to be finished. Kalyu pakirringu. The water has all gone. Pakirringu-lura. His mate has
died./His mate has disappeared. Pakirrinyja warningu. Since it was used up, he threw it away. Category: Stative Verbs.
pakita noun. bucket. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. pakiti noun. pocket. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. pakiwana descriptor. wrong way. Category: Direction and Location. pakulyarra noun. species of wallaby. Category: Animals.
pala demonstrative. there. May be used as an interjection. Pala! It's there! Look out! Category: Direction and Location.
-palaji noun suffix. first. Suffix indicating initial. Ngayupalaji-rna yanku. I'll go first. Category: Number and Quantity.
palanya demonstrative. there. Category: Direction and Location. palawanarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to go along there. Category: Motion. palawarraku demonstrative. that way (in the distance). Category: Direction and Location. palipuwa verb, transitive (wa class). 1 • used to recognise. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 2 • used to met up with. Category: Motion.
paljula verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to prepare camp. Category: Impact. 2 • used to settle. Category: Impact.
Palpatawunpa noun. Balfore Downs. Category: Names and Place Names. palu pronoun. 1 • he. Palulu-rni yungu. He gave it to me. Ngarntarrijaku palu. He might get sick. 2 • she. 3 • it. 4 • him. 5 • her. Category: Pronouns.
palukaja pronoun. they (plural); them (plural). Category: Pronouns. palukujarra pronoun. they (two); them (two). Category: Pronouns. palulyu interjection. 1 • that's it! 2 • good-bye! 3 • the end (of a story). Category: Interjections.
palumili pronoun. 1 • his. 2 • hers. 3 • its. Category: Pronouns.
palunya pronoun. 1 • he. 2 • she. 3 • it. 4 • him. 5 • her. Category: Pronouns.
palunyajanu descriptor. after that; then. A sentence introducer. Category: Time. palunyakaja pronoun. they (plural); them (plural). Category: Pronouns. palunyamili pronoun. 1 • his. 2 • hers. 3 • its. Category: Pronouns.
palunyangka descriptor. at that time; then. Category: Time. Gram: A sentence introducer. palunyangkayilampa descriptor. then. A sentence introducer. Category: Time. Palunyangulyu! phrase. 1 • That is really it! 2 • Good-bye! 3 • The end (of a story)!
palunyanpa pronoun. 1 • they (plural); them (plural). 2 • those same ones (plural). Category: Pronouns.
palurtin pronoun. they (plural); them (plural). Category: Pronouns. palutayimu descriptor. that time. Category: Time. palya descriptor. 1 • good. Category: Value. 2 • well. Category: Value. 3 • clear (ie not taboo). Category: Value.
palyala verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to make something. Category: Impact. 2 • used to do something. Category: Impact. 3 • used to create something. Category: Impact.
palyalpayi noun. 1 • good person. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. 2 • repairman. Category: People and Kinship.
palyamala verb, transitive (la class). used to make well. Category: Impact, Healing Sickness and Ailments. palyamala verb, transitive (mala class). 1 • used to fix something. Category: Impact. 2 • used to repair something. Category: Impact. 3 • used to heal someone. Category: Impact.
palyarri descriptor. fat. Category: Size Shape and Weight. palyarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become well or good. Category: Stative Verbs, Healing Sickness and Ailments.
Palyayirra nyinati! phrase. Sit down the proper way! palyjalypa descriptor. weak. Loss of strength. Category: State, Healing Sickness and Ailments. palyjarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become full. Category: Stative Verbs, Number and Quantity. paly-palyarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become dull or dim or blurred. As when the lights go out. Category: Stative Verbs.
paly-palypa descriptor. 1 • dim. Category: State. 2 • blurred. Category: State. 3 • not too clear. Category: State.
pampa noun. kind of devil (a female spirit that travels at night). Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. pamparrju noun. 1 • one who gives quickly when asked. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. 2 • obedient to another. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. See: yirni.
pampula verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to touch something. Category: Bodily Functions. 2 • used to feel something. Category: Bodily Functions. 3 • used to manipulate for healing. Category: Bodily Functions, Healing Sickness and Ailments.
pampuru descriptor. 1 • blind. Category: Healing Sickness and Ailments, State. 2 • poor vision. Category: Healing Sickness and Ailments, State.
pampurula verb, transitive (la class). used to make blind. Category: Impact, Healing Sickness and Ailments. pampururri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become blind or have impaired vision. Category: Stative Verbs, Healing Sickness and Ailments.
pamuli noun. family. Category: People and Kinship.
Panaka noun. kinship section name. Panakalu manku Karimarra wanti. A man in the Panaka section will marry a woman in the Karimarra section. Category: People and Kinship, Names and Place Names, Dreaming and Ceremony.
Panaka-Panaka noun. all the Panaka people. Category: People and Kinship, Names and Place Names, Dreaming and Ceremony.
panaka-panaka noun. species of snake. Category: Reptiles and Snakes. Panapajpa noun. Barnabas. Biblical context. Category: Names and Place Names. pangkapuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to split something in half. E.g. a log, game. Category: Impact, Number and Quantity.
pangula verb, transitive (la class). used to carry an object on the head. Category: Holding and Transfer. panijimunu noun. to punish another. From: English. Category: Impact. panikinpa noun. 1 • cup. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. 2 • mug. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
panka noun. level ground. Category: Elements. panku noun. hair. Category: Body Parts and Products. pankuly-pankulypa descriptor. 1 • hairy. Category: State. 2 • woolly. Category: State.
panma noun. species of succulent plant. Both the plant and the seeds may be eaten. The plant is placed on the hot ashes for cooking. Portulaca oleracea. Category: Plants.
panta interjection. 1 • oops! Category: Interjections. 2 • sorry! Category: Interjections. 3 • oh! Category: Interjections.
pantiji noun. bandage. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects, Healing Sickness and Ailments.
pantimula verb, transitive (la class). used to bandage a wound. Category: Impact, Healing Sickness and Ailments.
Pantinti noun. name of place (at Wiluna). Category: Names and Place Names. pantupuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to brush off something. E.g. dust, ashes. Category: Impact. panyalpa noun. moon. Category: Elements. panyanyju descriptor. 1 • confident. Category: Mood and Character. 2 • strong. Category: Mood and Character. 3 • brave. Category: Mood and Character.
panyja noun. wad of tobacco. Category: Food Cooking and Fire. panyjarrpa descriptor. unreasonable. Panyjarrju pungkupayi. He kept hitting his wife for no apparent reason. Category: Mood and Character.
panypura verb, transitive (Ø class). 1 • used to speak against. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 2 • used to rubbish. Category: Vocalising and Thought. Gram: With -nu in PAST headword.
papanyji noun. mulgara. Dasycerus cristicauda. Category: Animals. papanymaru noun. species of lizard. Varanus panoptes. Category: Reptiles and Snakes. paparnarra noun. rabbit. Category: Animals.
papartu noun. older brother. A woman can call her yinkarni this term also. Category: People and Kinship. papu noun. hollow. As a tree or log. Majuwartangka papungka kurrungu minguwa. The echidna went into a big hollow log. Category: Plants, Elements.
parawa verb, intransitive (wa class). used to play. Includes card playing. Parawa-pula! You two go play! Parangkuni-ya. They are playing. Category: Motion.
-para noun suffix. characterising suffix. jinyjipara with fat all over it. kumpupara with urine on it. parnapara dirty. pujurrpara with red ochre on it. kalyupara with water on it (like a shirt or piece of
paper). wurnapara covered with hair (like a blanket with dogs hair on it). Jiji jiinya kikipararringu. That child got faeces all over him. Category: State.
Paraji noun. Pharisee. Biblical context. Category: Names and Place Names. Parajikaja noun. Pharisees. Biblical context. Category: Names and Place Names. -paraku noun suffix. plural (more than two). Parangkuni-ya jijiparaku. The children are playing. wantiparaku the women. Category: Number and Quantity.
Parapajpa noun. Barabbas. Biblical context. Category: Names and Place Names. pararra noun. 1 • plains country. Category: Elements. 2 • barren country. Category: Elements.
parlala verb, transitive (la class). used to open something. Category: Impact. Parlala-ngku kuru! phrase. Open your eyes! parlanarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become disinclined toward something. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character.
parlanpa descriptor. 1 • dislike. Parlanpa-rnara jiiku. I don't like that one. Parlanju junu. He left it in disgust. manner. Category: Mood and Character. 2 • disagreeable toward someone/something. Category: Mood and Character.
parlan-parlanpa descriptor. 1 • ignoring something. Category: Manner and Posture. 2 • in a slow zigzag. Category: Manner and Posture.
parlanpayi noun. disagreeable person; one who doesn't like something. E.g. fighting. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character.
parlanyju jurra verb, transitive (rra class). used to say something is bad against another. Category: Vocalising and Thought. Gram: With -nu in PAST headword.
parlanypayi noun. those who dispise. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. parla-parla noun. species of lizard. Category: Reptiles and Snakes. parlila verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to put pressure on something. Category: Impact. 2 • used to lean on something. Category: Impact. 3 • used to weigh down something. Category: Impact.
parlja descriptor. full stomach. Category: State, Food Cooking and Fire. parljamala verb, transitive (rra/la class). used to make satisfied (usually by feeding). Category: Impact, Food Cooking and Fire.
parljarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to get full. Category: Stative Verbs, Number and Quantity. parlkarra noun. flat country. Category: Elements. parlkarrayampajarangku phrase. on a different/another flat.
parlkarrayija noun. species of kangaroo. Category: Animals. parlkurta noun. 1 • flood water. A really big amount of water. Category: Elements. 2 • running full (of creek). Category: Elements.
parlmala verb, intransitive (mala class). used to call out for someone. Parlmanu-lampa. He called out for us. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
parl-parljula verb, intransitive (jula class). used to flash. Category: Motion. parlparri descriptor. all over the place. Category: Direction and Location. parlpiny noun. species of acacia tree. This tree grows in spinifex country--a wattle shrub with edible seeds eaten as paste. Acacia ancistrocarpa. Category: Plants.
parlpirr noun. species of acacia tree. This tree grows in spinifex country--a wattle shrub with edible seeds eaten as paste. Acacia ancistrocarpa. Category: Plants.
Parlpuwa-ngku kuru phrase. Open your eyes! parlti-parlti descriptor. hot. Category: State. parna noun. 1 • ground. Category: Elements. 2 • earth. Category: Elements. 3 • dust. Category: Elements. 4 • sand. Category: Elements. 5 • country. Jurra parnangka. Put it on the ground. Category: Elements.
parna murntala verb, transitive (la class). used to take other's the land. Category: Impact. parna yukurirri verb, intransitive (Ø class). used to be spring time. Category: Stative Verbs, Time. parnajarrpa noun. species of lizard. Varanus gouldii. Category: Reptiles and Snakes. parnalyji noun. widow. Category: People and Kinship. parnapara descriptor. dirty. Category: State. parnaparnti noun. species of lizard. Category: Reptiles and Snakes. parnapuru descriptor. dusty. Can't see because of the dust. Category: State. parnawana noun. along the ground. Category: Direction and Location. -parni noun suffix. without. Privative suffix. Lit: without happiness. kurntaparni shameless/not shy. pukurlparni sad. yirraparni toothless. marlpaparni lonely. yiniparni nameless. jurtaparni peaceful. ngarntaparni well. Category: Number and Quantity.
parnka1 noun. rough ground. Category: Elements. parnka2 noun. species of lizard. Category: Reptiles and Snakes. Parnngurrpa noun. Parnngurr. Category: Names and Place Names. Parnpajinya noun. Parnpajinya. Near Newman. Category: Names and Place Names. parn-parnpa noun. warm place. Sheltered from the wind of a cold day. Category: Elements. parntalpa noun. species of grevillea tree. Grevillea nematophylla (?). Category: Plants. parntanypa noun. old woman. Category: People and Kinship. parnti noun. smell either good or bad. Category: Body Parts and Products. parntila verb, transitive (la class). used to smell something. Category: Bodily Functions.
parntijula verb, transitive (rra/la class). used to cause an odour. Category: Stative Verbs. parntilkatiwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to smell the track (of an animal). Category: Bodily Functions. parntingara verb, intransitive (Ø class). 1 • used to smell. Category: Stative Verbs. 2 • used to give off an odour. Category: Stative Verbs. Gram: With -ngu in PAST headword.
parnti-parnti noun. smell. Category: Elements. parntirrpa descriptor. good. Category: Value. parntiyiki verb, intransitive (Ø class). 1 • used to smell. Category: Stative Verbs. 2 • used to give off an odour. Category: Stative Verbs.
parntupuwa verb, transitive (wa class). 1 • used to shake something out. Making sure nothing is left. parntupungkuraku in order to shake everything out (e.g. of a swag). Category: Impact. 2 • used to clean something out. Making sure nothing is left. Category: Impact.
parnu-parnu descriptor. 1 • hot-tempered. A person who can't hold their feelings in. Category: Mood and Character. 2 • shameless. Category: Mood and Character.
parra- prefix. 1 • around. Can occur as a prefix to a verb or before a pronominal suffix. Category: Direction and Location, Direction and Location. 2 • about. Parra-ra nyawa! Look around for it! Parra-ra majarnu. He waited around for him. Parra-ra ngurrilpayi. He was searching about for it. Parra-yanu. He went about. Parra-ya yanu.
They went about. Parra-nyinangu. He sat about. Parra-pinirrini-ya. They are running around. Parra-kurirringu. It circled back. Parra-yarun. The boomerang comes right back. Category: Direction and Location.
parralaji descriptor. 1 • paralysed. Category: Healing Sickness and Ailments, State. 2 • person who is too sick or sore to move. Category: Healing Sickness and Ailments, State, People and Kinship.
parralayiji descriptor. 1 • paralysed. Category: Healing Sickness and Ailments, State. 2 • unable to move limbs. From: English. Category: Healing Sickness and Ailments, State.
parra-muurrkati verb, transitive (Ø class). used to shift something about. Category: Holding and Transfer. parrangkala verb, intransitive (rra/la class). used to fly. Category: Motion. parrati verb, intransitive (Ø class). 1 • used to go around. 2 • used to walk around in no particular direction. Category: Motion.
parra-wayila verb, intransitive (la class). used to crawl about. Category: Motion. parrayila verb, transitive (la class). used to chase around. Category: Motion. parrila verb, transitive (la class). used to search for something. Parrila-ra! Look for it! Category: Motion. Gram: Object of search is marked for dative case.
parriki noun. fence. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. parrinya particle. conjunction. Category: Particles. parrjula verb, (rra/la class). 1 • used to be in flame. Category: Stative Verbs. 2 • sun shining and causing a person to be happy about life. Category: Stative Verbs, Food Cooking and Fire.
parrka noun. 1 • leaf. Lit: you were sitting among the leaves. Parrkapuru-n nyinapayi. You weren't even born yet! Category: Plants. 2 • tea. Category: Plants.
3 • child. Possibly referring to a "spirit child". Category: People and Kinship, Dreaming and Ceremony.
parrmala verb, intransitive (mala class). used to flash (of lightning). Category: Motion. parrpa noun. warm place. Sheltered from the wind. Category: Elements. parrpakala verb, intransitive (la class). 1 • used to fly. Category: Motion. 2 • used to take off (into the air). Category: Motion.
parrpakarra noun. the hot time. Category: Time. parru-parru noun. netting wire. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. parrura-parrura noun. 1 • slow-learner. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. 2 • simple person. Category: People and Kinship.
-partarnu noun suffix. own relation (from the same family). Yakupartarnu-janampa. She is their own mother. Mamapartarnu-ra. He is that man's own father. Kurtapartarnu-ra. He is that man's own brother. Category: People and Kinship.
partu interjection. that's them! Partu! That's them! Category: Interjections. -partu noun suffix. interrogative suffix. Nganapartu jiinya martu? What sort of person is that man? Category: Interrogatives.
partuka descriptor. 1 • separate. Category: Number and Quantity. 2 • apart. Category: Number and Quantity.
partumparra descriptor. separate. Category: Number and Quantity. partumparrarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to disperse. Used of people leaving a favourite camp spot and returning to other places. Category: Motion.
partu-partula verb, intransitive (la class). 1 • used to charge ahead. Like a bull. Category: Motion. 2 • used to rush at something. Like a bull. Category: Motion.
paru noun. spinifex. Category: Plants. parulyukurru noun. spinifex country. Category: Elements. patalypuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to crack something. E.g. an egg. Category: Impact. patu noun. 1 • man. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • husband. Category: People and Kinship.
pawuji noun. wallet. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. pawurla noun. fowl. Refers to domestic hens and roosters. Category: Birds. payamula verb, transitive (la class). used to buy. Category: Holding and Transfer. payila verb, transitive (la class). used to scold someone. Category: Vocalising and Thought. -payi1 noun suffix. characterising suffix. mikupayi a person who is always jealous (miku jealous). wantipayi a person who is always going after women (wanti woman). yakapayi a person who is always very quiet (yaka quiet). wamapayi a person who drinks a lot (wama liquor). wirrilyipayi a person who is often angry (wirrilyi anger). yiltapayi a person "addicted" to truth (yilta truth). munyjapayi a generous person (munyja generous). yirnipayi a generous person (yirni loose). Category: Mood and Character.
-payi2 verb suffix. was doing something. Past continuous tense. Yulapayi. He was crying. Wangkapayingkuya. They were asking for you. Nyinapayi-luya wantingka. They were sitting with the woman. Category: Time.
payijinpa noun. poison. From: English. Category: Food Cooking and Fire. payiki noun. bag sack. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. Payilatpa noun. Pilate. Biblical context. Category: Names and Place Names. payingki noun. bank. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. payinpa descriptor. fine. Category: Value. payinpuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to turn something. E.g. cattle. Category: Holding and Transfer. payippa descriptor. five. Category: Number and Quantity. payipu descriptor. five. Category: Number and Quantity. payitamula verb, transitive (la class). used to paint some object with paint. Category: Impact, Colour Pattern and Texture.
-pi noun suffix. exclamatory suffix. Yaltapi! It is really cold! (yalta cold). Jurtapi! There's a fight! (jurta fight). Piija noun. Peter. Category: Names and Place Names. Piijani noun. Bethany. Category: Names and Place Names. piijpa noun. fish. From: English. Category: Aquatic Creatures. piila noun. pillow. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. piinpa noun. pen. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. piinyji noun. fence. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. piiny-piinypa noun. species of bird. This name is not used by some people at Jigalong because of the death of a person with this name. Category: Birds.
piirlangkala verb, intransitive (rra/la class). 1 • used to glisten. Category: Stative Verbs. 2 • used to shine in sun. Category: Stative Verbs.
piirl-piirlpa descriptor. 1 • white. Category: Colour Pattern and Texture. 2 • white soil. From claypan. Category: Colour Pattern and Texture.
piirl-piirlwanpa noun. white one. Category: Colour Pattern and Texture. piirnpa noun. species of gecko. Category: Reptiles and Snakes. piitamula1 verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to beat another at a game. Category: Impact. 2 • used to win. Category: Impact.
piitamula2 verb, transitive (rra/la class). used to beat another at racing or in competition. From: English. Category: Impact.
piiti noun. bed. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. piitpa noun. bit for mouth of a horse. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
Pijiliyampa noun. Bethlehem. Biblical context. Category: Names and Place Names. Pijiliyamu noun. Bethlehem. Biblical context. Category: Names and Place Names. pijurriwa verb, intransitive (wa class). used to turn back. Category: Motion. pika descriptor. 1 • sick. Category: State, Healing Sickness and Ailments. 2 • angry. Category: Mood and Character.
pikalya noun. 1 • savage animal. Category: Animals. 2 • dog that bites. Category: Animals. 3 • fighting person. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. 4 • lively person or animal. Category: People and Kinship.
pikalypa descriptor. healthy. Category: Healing Sickness and Ailments, State. pikapayi noun. 1 • trouble maker. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • person who often fights. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character.
pikarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to get angry. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character.
pikinpawutu noun. baking powder. Originally added to plain flour for dampers. From: English. Category: Food Cooking and Fire.
piki-piki noun. pig. From: English. Category: Animals. pila noun. 1 • plain; valley. Category: Elements. 2 • flat country between hills. Category: Elements.
pilamapula verb, transitive (la class). used to fill with a liquid. From: English. Category: Holding and Transfer, Number and Quantity. Gram: With -rnu in PAST headword.
pilamapurnu wanala verb, transitive (la class). used to fill up a number of containers. Category: Holding and Transfer, Number and Quantity.
Pilappa noun. Philip. Category: Names and Place Names. Pilapu noun. Philip. Category: Names and Place Names. pilki descriptor. rotten. Category: State. pilkirri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). 1 • used to get rotten. 2 • used to become excreta. Describes food becoming excreta after going through the stomach. Category: Stative Verbs.
Pilurnnyuka noun. name of place. Site near Jigalong. This word is not being used at Jigalong at the present time because of a death. People say Nyaparunyuka instead. Category: Names and Place Names.
pilurnpa noun. bird. Generic term. Because of a death, this word is not being used at Jigalong at present. Category: Birds.
pilurrpa noun. spirit (of a person). Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. Pilyangunya noun. name of place. Near Jigalong. Category: Names and Place Names. pilyurrpa noun. promised spouse. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, People and Kinship. pina noun. ear. Category: Body Parts and Products. pinalkarra noun. 1 • person who pays attention to authority. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. 2 • clever person. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. 3 • one who remembers to pay his debts. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character.
pinarti noun. species of bean tree. It is found along the Oakover River to the northeast of Jigalong. The red seeds are used for necklaces. The wood is used for shields. Erythrina vespertilio. Category: Plants.
pinga noun. ant. Generic term. Category: Insects. pingkilypa noun. wooden dish. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. pini verb, intransitive (Ø class). used to run. Category: Motion.
piniji noun. finish. Category: Direction and Location. pini-pinirri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to run. Used of a number of people. Category: Motion. pinirri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to run. Maa-laju pinirringu. We ran away from it. Parrapinirrini-ya. They are running about. Category: Motion.
Pinjimanpa noun. Benjamin. Biblical context. Category: Names and Place Names. -pinti noun suffix. thing. Objectivising suffix. kalyupinti a thing of holding water. kurupinti eye-glasses (kuru eye). wakalpinti a thing for spearing/writing/sewing (waka~ to spear).
Pintikajpa noun. Pentecost. Jewish ceremony. From: English. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Names and Place Names.
pintilyangkawa verb, intransitive (wa class). used to crack and spill. E.g. an egg. Category: Impact. pintilykawa verb, transitive (wa class). used to crack something. E.g. an egg. Category: Impact. pintilypuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to crack something. E.g. an egg. Category: Impact. pintupi interjection. of course! Category: Interjections. Pinturiji noun. name of place. A site north of Jigalong. Category: Names and Place Names. pinyi noun. rubbish. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. pinyi ngalku1 noun. pig. Category: Animals. pinyi ngalku2 noun. crow. Category: Birds. pinyijula verb, transitive (rra/la class). used to rubbish another person. Category: Vocalising and Thought. pinyingalku noun. pig. Category: Animals. pinyi-pinyi noun. corpse. Category: Body Parts and Products. pinyirri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). 1 • used to become irrelevant. Category: Stative Verbs. 2 • used to become unnecessary. Category: Stative Verbs. 3 • used to become orphaned? Category: Stative Verbs. 4 • used to become rubbish. Category: Stative Verbs.
pipi1 noun. 1 • species of plant. This word is not used at Jigalong because of the death of a person with this name. Category: Plants. 2 • species of seed food. Category: Plants.
pipi2 noun. 1 • breast milk. This word is not used at Jigalong because of the death of a person with this name. Category: Body Parts and Products. 2 • breast. Category: Body Parts and Products.
pipijarli noun. species of plant. This word is not used at Jigalong because of the death of persons with names sounding like this word. Calandrina sp.. Category: Plants.
pipinyurra noun. 1 • mothers and aunties. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • women in generation above one's own. Category: People and Kinship.
pipiti descriptor. fifty. Category: Number and Quantity. pipurru descriptor. 1 • fast. Category: Manner and Posture. 2 • quickly. Category: Manner and Posture.
pira noun. resin. This dried sap is edible. This word is not used in the Jigalong area due to the death of a person with a name sounding like this word. Category: Elements, Plants.
pirijina noun. prisoner. From: English. Category: People and Kinship. pirljiwirnpa noun. species of plant. This is distinguished by Martu as different from pura as it grows on stony lower slopes of hills. Solanum chippendalei. Category: Plants.
pirl-pirlpa descriptor. white. Category: Colour Pattern and Texture. pirlpu noun. maggots. Category: Insects. pirlpujula verb, transitive (jula class). used to lay maggots. Of a fly. Muungulu pirlpujunkuni. The fly is laying maggots. Category: Impact.
pirni noun. shoulders. Jiji pirningka katipayi. She carried the child on her shoulders. Category: Body Parts and Products.
pirninypa descriptor. rotten. Category: State. pirnki noun. cave. Category: Elements. pirnkila verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to make a cave. Category: Impact. 2 • used to dig a cavelike hole. Category: Impact.
pirntarlpa noun. white meat of goanna. Category: Animals, Food Cooking and Fire. pirntipuwa verb, transitive (wa class). 1 • used to teach something. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 2 • used to instruct someone. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
pirra-pirra descriptor. across. Category: Direction and Location. -pirrayi noun suffix. suffix indicating respect or sympathy. Yumaripirrayi-ju. It is my dear mother-in-law. Ngulyipirrayi-ra. It is her dear child (referring to a little girl's doll). yinipirrayi a term showing
respect for the name (yini) of someone.
pirrilyji noun. a dance (held in the camp). Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. pirrka descriptor. 1 • bold. Category: Mood and Character. 2 • brave. Category: Mood and Character. 3 • cheeky. Category: Mood and Character.
pirrkawanpa descriptor. 1 • bold. Category: Mood and Character. 2 • cheeky. Category: Mood and Character. 3 • savage person or animal. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character.
pirrkawarta noun. cheeky person. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. Pirrkili noun. name of a claypan south of Punmu. Category: Names and Place Names. pirrkiri noun. stick for cleaning seeds from fruit. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. pirrpala verb, intransitive (la class). used to shine. Used of sun, moon, car lights. Category: Stative Verbs, Colour Pattern and Texture.
pirrpilya noun. 1 • leaf. Category: Plants. 2 • leaves. Category: Plants. 3 • branch of tree. Category: Plants.
pirta verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to run. Category: Motion. pirtapuwa verb, transitive (wa class). 1 • used to chip something. E.g. stone. Category: Impact. 2 • used to deflect something (with shield). Category: Impact.
pirti noun. hole (in ground). Pirti-rna jawarnu. I dug a hole. Category: Elements.
-pirti noun suffix. 1 • like. Category: Manner and Posture. 2 • resembles. Mamapirti palunya. He's no different to his father (he walks like him, his face resembles his father's). Category: Manner and Posture.
pirtijula verb, transitive (rra/la class). 1 • used to heap up. Category: Holding and Transfer. 2 • used to put more and more things together in one place. Category: Holding and Transfer.
pirtirr-pirtirrpa 1 • noun. hot (weather). Category: Elements. 2 • descriptor. still (no movement of air). Category: State.
pirurrpa noun. species of lizard. Category: Reptiles and Snakes. piti noun. wooden dish. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. pitulpa noun. petrol. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. piturrmala verb, transitive (mala class). used to stamp on something. Category: Impact. piwi noun. species of owl. Category: Birds. piyarrku noun. galah. This word is not used at Jigalong because of the death of a person with a similarsounding name. Cacatua roseicapilla. Category: Birds.
puwa verb, transitive (wa class). 1 • used to hit. Includes rain "hitting" a person when it falls. Lit: water hit me. Pungkuningku-pula. Those two are fighting each other. Kalyulu-rni pungu. Rain fell on me. Category: Impact. 2 • used to kill. Maruntu-laju pungu. We killed a goanna. Category: Impact.
-pu suffix. exclamatory suffix. Pakalapu! Get up, I say! pu~ derivational suffix (wa class). verbalising suffix. nintipungu to teach someone (ninti knowledge). yarrpungu to tear something (yarrpa a tear).
pujarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to lose (a card-game term). Category: Vocalising and Thought. pujikatu noun. 1 • pussy-cat. From: English. Category: Animals. 2 • clubs suit in cards. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
pujimanpa noun. 1 • the nomadic period in the desert. Category: Time. 2 • desert dweller. 3 • person from the bush. Category: People and Kinship. 4 • the time in the bush. Category: Time. 5 • Aboriginal people who had not lived on settlements. From: English. Category: People and Kinship, People and Kinship.
puju particle. 1 • if. Category: Particles. 2 • when. Category: Particles.
pujurrpa noun. red ochre. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Elements, Colour Pattern and Texture. pujurrpara descriptor. covered with red ochre. Category: State, Colour Pattern and Texture. -puka noun suffix. characterising suffix. nintipuka a clever person/a teacher (ninti knowledge). jinapuka shoes (jina foot). Category: Mood and Character.
pukalyarra descriptor. great many. Category: Number and Quantity. pukuji noun. flat thin wood. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. pukuju noun. flat crate type wood. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
pukunyarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become cautious. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character.
pukunyju descriptor. carefully. Category: Manner and Posture. pukunymala verb, transitive (mala class). used to handle something carefully. Category: Holding and Transfer.
pukunypa descriptor. 1 • careful. Pukunypa yarra! Be careful as you go! Category: Mood and Character. 2 • cautious. Category: Mood and Character.
pukurlarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become happy. Lit: my stomach became happy. Wirla-rna pukurlarringu. My heart has become happy. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character.
pukurlmala verb, transitive (rra/la class). used to cause happiness by an action. Category: Impact. pukurlpa descriptor. 1 • happy. Category: Mood and Character. 2 • happiness. Category: Mood and Character.
pukurlparni descriptor. sad. Lit: without happiness. Category: Mood and Character. pukurl-pukurlpa descriptor. very happy. Category: Mood and Character. pukurra descriptor. dead. Category: State. pukurrarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to die. Category: Bodily Functions. pukurti noun. 1 • stage of manhood. After initiation when hair is worn in a bun. Category: People and Kinship, Dreaming and Ceremony. 2 • topknot. Category: Body Parts and Products.
pukurtijarra descriptor. possessing a topknot. Either a person or an animal or bird with a topknot. Category: State.
pula descriptor. 1 • quickly. Category: Manner and Posture. 2 • fast. Category: Manner and Posture.
-pula pronoun suffix. they two; them (two). Used for 'you two' in giving orders or in respect relationships. Yungu-ntapula. Those two gave it to you. Nyupararra-pula yanu. The married couple went. Jiikujarralu-pula pungu marlu. These two killed a kangaroo. Yarra-pula! You two go! Yarra-pula!
You (one) go! (use depends on kinship section of speaker and the person being spoken to). Category: Pronouns.
pulakamula verb, transitive (la class). used to block a person's way. Category: Impact. pulakinpa noun. wine. From: English. Category: Food Cooking and Fire. -pulampa pronoun suffix. for them (two); theirs (two). Jijinga-pulampa nyinaku Milangka. The child of that couple will be a person in the Milangka kinship section. Parra-majarnu-lajupulampa. We waited around for those two. Category: Pronouns.
-pulampalura pronoun suffix. away from those two. Category: Pronouns. -pulanya pronoun suffix. them (two); to them (two). Yuwa-pulanya mirrka jarntukujarra! Give those two dogs some food! Nanpa-pulanya junku. He will put a hair-belt on those two. Category: Pronouns.
pulanykarti noun. blanket. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. pulatwanpa noun. flat one. Category: Elements. pulawa noun. flour. Category: Food Cooking and Fire. pulayiti noun. plate. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
pulijimanu noun. policeman. Category: People and Kinship. puliti noun. plate. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. pulpayija noun. policeman. Category: People and Kinship. pulpujula verb, transitive (jula class). used to cover something over (with a blanket). Category: Impact. pulpu-pulpu descriptor. completely covered. Eg a person covering themselves with a blanket. Category: State.
pulpurru noun. limestone. Category: Elements. puluku noun. bullock. From: English. Category: Animals. puluwu noun. floor. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. pulyi noun. obligation to be met. Pulyi-rna manu. I got the repayment that was due to me. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony.
pulyku noun. 1 • tendon. Category: Body Parts and Products. 2 • sinew. Category: Body Parts and Products. 3 • vein. Category: Body Parts and Products.
pulykumala verb, transitive (rra/la class). used to interfer with another's sinew. Probably from English 'got his sinew'. Category: Impact.
pulypurrmala verb, transitive (mala class). used to pass wind. Category: Bodily Functions. puna noun. dish. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. -punaja noun suffix. without. Privative suffix. Mirrkapunaja-ya miturringu. Without any food, they all died. Category: Number and Quantity.
pungkukijarringu phrase. to just about hit someone. Category: Impact. pungkula kanyila verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to bash a person around while keeping them. Category: Impact. 2 • used to constantly whip slaves. Category: Impact.
punkala verb, intransitive (la class). used to fall down. Punkalyjaku-n. You might fall! Kalyu punkarnu mungajarra. Rain fell last night. Category: Motion.
punkajingala verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to drop something. Category: Holding and Transfer. 2 • used to knock something down (with a hit). Janyipungu-rna yilipilu punkajingarnu. I hit the camel with an axe and knocked it down. Category: Impact.
punkajula verb, transitive (la class). used to cause to fall. Category: Impact. punka-punkala verb, intransitive (la class). many things or people fell down. Category: Motion. Gram: With rnu in PAST headword.
Punmu noun. Punmu. Category: Names and Place Names. punpala verb, transitive (la class). used to heat. Category: Impact. punparrju descriptor. 1 • brave. Category: Mood and Character. 2 • bold. Punparrju nyinani. He is boldly sitting there. Category: Mood and Character.
punparrmala verb, transitive (rra/la class). 1 • used to make confident. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character. 2 • used to make brave. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character.
punparrpa descriptor. 1 • brave. Category: Mood and Character.
2 • confident. Category: Mood and Character.
puntaji particle. 1 • in return. Category: Particles. 2 • in exchange. Category: Particles. See: puntaju; murnaji.
puntaju noun. 1 • exchange gift. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. 2 • reciprocal gift. Puntaju-rni yungu. He gave me a gift in return for something I had done. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony.
puntanypa descriptor. good. Category: Value. punti noun. species of cassia tree. Cassia helmsii. Category: Plants. puntu noun. 1 • man. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • Aborigine. Category: People and Kinship. 3 • person. Category: People and Kinship.
puntu yarnngaku marlpa noun. the Son of Man. Biblical context. Category: People and Kinship, Names and Place Names.
punturri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become a man. Describes an older boy who becomes a man by ceremony. Category: Stative Verbs.
punyayi noun. relationship term. A relaxed relationship between people who would normally show greater restraint, e.g., father-son. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, People and Kinship.
punyayi-punyayi noun. people in a punyayi relationship. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, People and Kinship.
punyunarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to dry up; used to dry out. E.g. a water hole, clothes. Category: Stative Verbs.
punyunmala verb, transitive (rra/la class). used to dry up water. Category: Stative Verbs. punyunpa descriptor. dry. Category: State. pupa verb, intransitive (Ø class). 1 • used to squat down. Category: Motion. 2 • used to bend over. Category: Motion.
pupati verb, intransitive (Ø class). used to squat down, off and on. Pupati! Squat down! Category: Motion. pupu noun. older brother. Category: People and Kinship. pura noun. bush tomato. Solanum chippendalei. Category: Plants. puranta noun. brand or similar mark. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects, Colour Pattern and Texture.
puranypuwa verb, transitive (wa class). 1 • used to rub something. Category: Impact. 2 • used to massage someone. Category: Healing Sickness and Ailments, Impact. 3 • used to brush away something. E.g. flies. Category: Impact.
purapuli descriptor. thoroughly. From: English. Category: Manner and Posture. Purayiti noun. Friday. Category: Time. puri noun. 1 • shade. Marlu nyinapayi puringka. The kangaroo was lying in the shade. Category: Elements. 2 • shadow. Category: Elements. 3 • shelter. Puri-laju palyarnu. We made a shade. Category: Elements.
-puri noun suffix. characterising suffix. kakarrapuri afternoon (fv:kakarra east, puri shadow). yapurrapuri morning, about 8 a.m. (fv:yapurra west, puri shadow). Category: State. Gram: Related to puri shadow.
purijina noun. prisoner. From: English. Category: People and Kinship. purijula verb, transitive (rra/la class). used to make a shade. Category: Impact. purikarta descriptor. day's outing. Category: Time. puringu noun. spring of water. Category: Elements. purinyju descriptor. very carefully. Category: Manner and Posture. See: purrka; wanyu; walapunaja. puritipulawa noun. flower. Generic term. Category: Plants. puritpa noun. bread. Category: Food Cooking and Fire. purlara noun. flesh. Category: Body Parts and Products. purli noun. 1 • stone. Category: Elements. 2 • hill. Category: Elements. 3 • coin. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
purlijirta noun. hailstones. Category: Elements. purlikurrungka phrase. at a stony place; in rocky country. purliyija noun. species of kangaroo. Category: Animals. purlka descriptor. big. Category: Size Shape and Weight. purlku noun. wad of tobacco. Category: Food Cooking and Fire. purltujala verb, transitive (la class). used to squirt out juice. As a grape between a person's fingers. Category: Motion.
purninpa Variant: purnunpa. noun. belongings. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. purntarlka noun. grasshoper. Category: Insects. purntu noun. one who stands up for another. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. purntujula verb, transitive (jula class). used to take our side. Category: Vocalising and Thought. purnturri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). 1 • used to stand up for someone. Purnturringu-rnangku. I stood up for you. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 2 • used to take over for someone. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
purnu noun. 1 • bush. Category: Plants. 2 • thicket. Category: Plants, Elements.
purnunpa Variant: purninpa. noun. 1 • belongings. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. 2 • possessions. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
purnupuru noun. in the bushes. Category: Direction and Location. purnuwana descriptor. along the beach. Category: Direction and Location. -purra suffix. selective suffix. Kujupurralpi! That's all there is! (kuju one/only). purrini-purrini descriptor. 1 • one after another. Category: Manner and Posture. 2 • in turns. Category: Manner and Posture.
-purrja noun suffix. suffix indicating quantity. martupurrja a big mob of people (martu people). maparnpurrja a powerful doctor (maparn Aboriginal doctor). Category: Number and Quantity.
purrka descriptor. slow. Category: Manner and Posture.
purrkara descriptor. carefully. Category: Manner and Posture. -purru noun suffix. suffix indicating kinship section. Yaalupurru? What "colour" is he?, i.e., What kinship section is he in? Category: People and Kinship.
purrungu noun. 1 • blossom. Category: Plants. 2 • flower. Generic term. Category: Plants.
purrunypa noun. hair. Category: Body Parts and Products. purruyuru noun. species of snake. Category: Reptiles and Snakes. purtala verb, transitive (la class). used to miss something. That the a person was aiming at. Category: Impact. purtilpuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to brush off burnt fur (from an animal). Category: Impact, Food Cooking and Fire.
purtipulawu noun. wild flowers; any flower. From: English. Category: Plants. purtu particle. 1 • in vain. Category: Particles. 2 • unsuccessfully. Category: Particles. 3 • uselessly. Category: Particles. 4 • can't. Purtu-rna nyakuni. I can't see--although I'm trying to. Purtu pakarnu. He tried to get up, but couldn't. Category: Particles.
purtulypa descriptor. heavy. Category: Size Shape and Weight. purturri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to try to do something, but fail. Category: Impact. -puru noun suffix. characterising suffix. wartapuru among the trees (warta tree). purnupuru in the bushes (purnu bush). yurnturrpuru cloudy (yurnturr cloud). yalipuru summertime (yali summer). wantapuru wintertime (wanta winter). Category: State.
purujula verb, transitive (jula class). 1 • used to make sure of something. E.g., a gun when taking aim. Category: Impact. 2 • used to steady something. E.g. a gun when taking aim. Category: Holding and Transfer.
Purungu noun. kinship section name. Purungulu manku Milangka wanti. A man in the Purungu section will marry a woman in the Milangka section. Category: People and Kinship, Names and Place Names, Dreaming and Ceremony.
puta 1 • descriptor. bad. Category: Value. 2 • noun. pimple. Category: Body Parts and Products, Healing Sickness and Ailments. 3 • noun. wart. Category: Body Parts and Products, Healing Sickness and Ailments. 4 • noun. blemish. Category: Body Parts and Products, Healing Sickness and Ailments.
putala verb, transitive (la class). used to chop something. Category: Impact. putaly-putalypa noun. 1 • bumps on skin. Category: Body Parts and Products, Healing Sickness and Ailments. 2 • pimples. Category: Body Parts and Products, Healing Sickness and Ailments.
putamala verb, transitive (mala class). 1 • used to ruin something. Category: Impact. 2 • used to spoil something. Category: Impact.
putaputa descriptor. very bad. Category: Value. putarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). 1 • used to become bad. Category: Stative Verbs. 2 • used to be ruined. Category: Stative Verbs.
putingu noun. Christmas pudding. A central part of Mission Christmas. Used as a year counting reference. From: English. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Time, Food Cooking and Fire.
putinypa noun. louse. Category: Insects. puu descriptor. four. From: English. Category: Number and Quantity. puula verb, (la class). used to blow air from mouth. Category: Bodily Functions. puujala verb, transitive (la class). used to finish something. E.g. to eat the lot, to drink the lot. Category: Impact. puukamu yaru noun. bow and arrow. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. puukuwana descriptor. descriptive of an expensive diamond. Category: Value. Puulpa noun. Paul. Category: Names and Place Names. puulpinti Variant: puyulpinti. noun. 1 • thing that you blow. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. 2 • a trumpet. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
puunarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to be born. From: English. Category: Bodily Functions. puupala noun. poor person. From: English. Category: People and Kinship. puupuka noun. species of frog. Category: Aquatic Creatures. puuramula verb, transitive (la class). used to bore sample holes in the earth for mining samples. Category: Impact.
puurra noun. dry country without water holes. From: English. Category: Elements. puutiyi descriptor. forty. Category: Number and Quantity. puutpa noun. boat; ship. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. puutpulpa noun. football. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. puuyi noun. 1 • nephew. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • sister's son. Category: People and Kinship.
puwalyarr verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become dull; used to get dim. Category: Stative Verbs. Gram: With -ngu in PAST headword.
puwalypa descriptor. dull; not much light. Category: State. puwarn-puwarnpa descriptor. exhausted from thirst. From all day without water. Category: State. puyila verb, transitive (la class). used to have had too much of something. In need of rest-- can't take any more. Category: Stative Verbs.
puyu noun. smoke. Lit: smoke stands there. Puyu yikini nyarra. There is smoke over there. Category: Elements, Food Cooking and Fire.
puyula verb, transitive (la class). used to blow on something. Category: Impact. puyulpinti Variant: puulpinti. noun. a trumpet. Lit: a blowing thing. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
puyulyurru noun. 1 • hot season. Category: Time. 2 • heat haze. Category: Elements.
puyungara verb, (Ø class). column of smoke. Category: Elements, Food Cooking and Fire.
R-r -ra1 verb suffix. 1 • let's do something. 2 • ought to do something. Hortative suffix. Ngaangka-li nyinara puringka. Let's sit here in the
shade.
-ra2 verb suffix. 1 • suffix indicating serial action. Category: Time. 2 • having done something. Category: Time. 3 • doing something. Lit: having scared it, he followed it. Pakara wanarnu. Having got up, he
followed it. Ngurlura wanarnu. He chased it. Wakara pinirringu. Having speared it, he ran. wangkaramunu unable to speak (wangkara talking -munu reverser).
-ra3 pronoun suffix. 1 • for him. Majarninpa-ra. He is waiting for the man. Mirra-ra! Call out to him! Mankuran. You will get it for him. 2 • for her. 3 • for it. Ngurrila-ra! Search for it! Ninti-rnara. I know about it. 4 • his. 5 • hers. 6 • its. Category: Pronouns.
raakawa verb, intransitive (wa class). 1 • used to become daytime. Category: Stative Verbs, Time. 2 • used to dawn (the day). Category: Stative Verbs, Time. 3 • used to break (day). Category: Stative Verbs, Time.
raamala verb, intransitive (mala class). used to call out. As in a nightmare. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Sounds.
raangu descriptor. wrong. From: English. Category: Value. raapamula verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to rob. From: English. Category: Impact. 2 • used to be not only concerned with money. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 3 • used to take another's wife. Category: Impact. 4 • used to belong. Category: Stative Verbs.
raatirri verb, (Ø+wa class). 1 • used to be ready to go. Category: Stative Verbs. 2 • used to prepare to go. Category: Stative Verbs.
raayala verb, intransitive (la class). 1 • used to break up (clouds at dawn). Category: Stative Verbs. 2 • used to dawn. Category: Stative Verbs, Time.
raka descriptor. 1 • brave. Category: Mood and Character. 2 • tough person. Category: Mood and Character.
rakajarra noun. brave person. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. Rakakaraningku-n! phrase. You think you're smart, don't you! rakamarra verb, transitive (rra class). used to strengthen. Category: Impact. Gram: With -nu in PAST headword. rakarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become insolent; used to get "smart". Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character.
-raku verb suffix. 1 • for doing something. 2 • in order to do something. Suffix indicating purpose. Yanu-nta wangkaraku. He went to you in
order to talk. Kurrungu-ya nyinaraku. They went inside to sit down.
raku-raku noun. hollow. Category: Elements. raku-rakurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become hollow. Category: Stative Verbs. ralpurrarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become uneasy. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character.
ralpurrpa descriptor. 1 • nervous. Maybe someone is watching. Category: Mood and Character. 2 • uneasy. Maybe someone is watching. Category: Mood and Character.
ralya descriptor. 1 • light. Category: Size Shape and Weight. 2 • weak Can refer to weak statements or laws. Category: Size Shape and Weight.
ralyu-ralyu noun. lungs. Category: Body Parts and Products. rangamala verb, intransitive (mala class). 1 • used to pant from exhaustion. After a fast run or a fight. Category: Bodily Functions. 2 • used to gasp for breath. After a fast run or a fight. Category: Bodily Functions.
rangkarriyarra verb, intransitive (rra class). used to go around in circles. E.g. a fan, a windmill. Category: Motion.
rangkarrpa descriptor. invisible. Category: State. ranpu descriptor. light weight. Category: Size Shape and Weight. ranpula verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to lighten something. Category: Impact, Size Shape and Weight. 2 • used to thin something down. Category: Impact, Size Shape and Weight.
ranpumala verb, transitive (mala class). used to make something lighter. Category: Impact, Size Shape and Weight.
rantala verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to illuminate. Category: Impact. 2 • used to cause a glow. Category: Impact.
rapanyju descriptor. very confident. Category: Mood and Character. raparrku descriptor. 1 • swollen. Category: State. 2 • bloated. Category: State.
raparrkurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). 1 • used to become swollen/bloated. 2 • used to be pregnant. Category: Stative Verbs.
rapiji descriptor. rubbish used in a disparaging way to discribe a person. Category: Value. -rarra noun suffix. coupling suffix. nyamurarra a grandfather and a grandchild. nyupararra a married couple (nyupa spouse). jurturarra two sisters. mamararra a father and his child.
rarr-rarrpa noun. scraping noise. Like mice feet or flat tyre. Category: Sounds. rarru descriptor. 1 • hot. Category: State. 2 • angry. Category: Mood and Character.
rarrurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). 1 • used to become hot. Category: Stative Verbs. 2 • used to become angry. Category: Stative Verbs.
rawa descriptor. long time. Kanyilku-n rawalungulyu. Keep it there for a long time. Category: Time. rawapunaja descriptor. shortly; soon. Rawa a long time. Category: Time. rawu-rawu descriptor. dried up. Of leaves, flowers with nectar. Category: State.
rayiki noun. rag. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. See: kuluju; kulujpa; wara; wararri.
rayipulpa noun. rifle. From: English. Rayipulpa-laju kangkupayi. We were taking a rifle with us. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
rayiti descriptor. 1 • to be ready. Category: Manner and Posture. 2 • to be prepared. Category: Manner and Posture.
riiji noun. race. Category: Motion. riilymala verb, intransitive (mala class). used to make rustling sound. As of leaves. Category: Sounds, Vocalising and Thought.
riingu noun. 1 • ring. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. 2 • bangle. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
riitamula verb, transitive (mula class). used to read something. From: English. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
riitamurri verb, (Ø+wa class). used to read. Category: Vocalising and Thought. rikirrmala verb, intransitive (mala class). used to make hitting sound. As of weapon hitting its target. Category: Impact, Sounds.
rinyngumala verb, transitive (rra/la class). used to make room. Category: Impact. riripuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to shake a firestick. Jangi riripuwa! Shake the firestick! Category: Impact, Food Cooking and Fire.
riwi-riwipuwa verb, intransitive (wa class). used to twirl something. Category: Holding and Transfer. -rna pronoun suffix. I. Lit: I (am) unknowing. Manu-rna kurlarta. I got a spear. Mara-rnaju katupungu. I cut my hand. Ngurrpa-rna. I don't know. Pungu-rnajananya. I killed them. Category: Pronouns.
-rni1 verb suffix. is doing something. Present tense. Majarni-ra. He is waiting for the man. Wakarningkupula. Those two are spearing each other. Jikirni-ya kalyu. They are drinking water. Category: Time.
-rni2 pronoun suffix. 1 • me. Lit: sun speared me. Mirta-rni pajarnu. He didn't bite me. Jirntulu-rni wakarnu. The sun burnt me. 2 • to me. Yarra-rni! Come to me! 3 • on me. Lit: water hit me. Kalyulu-rni pungu. It rained on me. 4 • with me. Category: Pronouns.
-rni3 suffix. toward the speaker. Lit: they came to my forehead. Ngalyarni-ya yanu. They came here. Category: Direction and Location.
-rninpa verb suffix. is doing something. Present tense. Jawarninpa. He is digging it. Jila pirtijanu pakarninpa. The snake is coming out of the hole. Wajarninpa-rna ngayulu! I say so! Category: Time.
-rninti noun suffix. characterising suffix. From ninti knowledge. Lit: a water-knower, kalyu water. ngurlurninti a person familiar with sacred things (ngurlu fear/sacred). kukarninti a hunting dog
(kuka meat/game). kalyurninti a countryman. Category: Mood and Character.
-rnta~ verb suffix. causative. Verbalising suffix. miturntarnu to made something dead (mitu dead). yikurntarnu to recognise someone (yiku face).
-rnu verb suffix. did something. Past tense. Warta takarnu. It climbed a tree. Wartajanu punkarnu. He fell from the tree. Walykurnu-rna. I spoiled it. Wakarnu-jananya. He speared them. Category: Time.
-rra1 suffix. directional suffix. kayilirra toward the north (kayili north). yulparirra toward the south (yulpari south). Category: Direction and Location.
-rra2 noun suffix. coupling suffix. kamururra an uncle and nephew (kamuru uncle). -rra3 verb suffix. do something! Imperative tense. Jurra! Leave it alone! Marra! Get it! Yarra-ya! Go away--all of you!
-rra4 verb suffix. used to do something. Past habituative. Yarra-laju nyarra. We used to go there. Category: Time.
-rrany suffix. through. Yanurranypa. He went through it (e.g., the gate). Manurranypa. He picked it up as he went past. Yungurranypa-ra. He gave it to her as he passed her. Category: Direction and Location. Gram: Attaches to verb after the inflectional suffix.
-rri~ derivational suffix. 1 • become something. 2 • get something. Verbalising suffix. nintirringu to learn about something (ninti knowledge). kunyalarringu to go to sleep (kunyala sleep). pilkirringu to get rotten (pilku rotten). pukurlarringu
to become happy (pukurlpa happy). Gram: Attaches to a nominal ending in a vowel. Gram: Another suffix with the same meaning: -arri (used after a nominal ending in a consonant)
-rta1 noun suffix. 1 • at. maparnta at the maparn (doctor). 2 • in. 3 • on. tikirlta on the dry one. Category: Direction and Location. Gram: Some speakers use this suffix after words ending in rl or rn. Gram: (after words ending in a vowel) Gram: (some speakers use this suffix after all words ending in a consonant; others use it after ly, ny or rr) Gram: (some speakers use this suffix after words ending in l or n)
-rta2 suffix. warning suffix. Pajalkurta! It might bite! -rta3 suffix. emphatic suffix. Yumurta! It's really nothing! (yumu nothing). Nyunturta! You're the one! (nyuntu you).
-rti noun suffix. particularising suffix. Mamarti! Daddy! (mama father). -rtin noun suffix. suffix indicating plural. nyunturtin all of you; you (plural) (nyuntu you (singular)). nyarrartin all of those over there (nyarra there (distant)). Ngayurtinju-laju pungu. We are the ones who hit it. Category: Number and Quantity.
-rtu1 noun suffix. ergative case suffix. Maparntu pungu. The maparn (doctor) hit him. Gram: Some speakers use this suffix after words ending in rl or rn. Gram: after words ending in a vowel) Gram: some speakers use this suffix after all words ending in a consonant; others used it after words ending in ly, ny or rr) Gram: some speakers use this suffix after words ending in l or n)
-rtu2 noun suffix. to; toward. Wanyjartu-n? Where are you going? ngurrartu to camp. Category: Direction and Location.
-rtu3 noun suffix. emphatic suffix. Yiltartu! It's really true! (yilta truth). -rtuka noun suffix. emphatic suffix. Yumurtuka! It's really nothing! (yumu nothing). Nyamurtuka! That's all there is! (nyamu enough). jiirtuka a discourse connective indicating sequence.
ruka noun. late afternoon. Category: Time. ruka-ruka noun. evening; very late afternoon. Later than ruka. Category: Time. rulumapila verb, transitive (la class). used to roll up a swag or blanket. Category: Impact. rulypu noun. fat animal. Category: Animals. runngu noun. smooth surface. Category: Elements.
runngula verb, intransitive (la class). 1 • used to smooth out something. Category: Impact, Colour Pattern and Texture. 2 • used to level ground for camp. Category: Impact.
runyu descriptor. soft. Category: Colour Pattern and Texture. runyula verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to grind. Category: Impact. 2 • used to mix. Category: Impact.
runyurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to get soft. Category: Stative Verbs, Colour Pattern and Texture. -rurru noun suffix. characterising suffix. turntururru hilly/small rises of ground. kujururru in one mob (kuju one). Category: State.
rurrupuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to rub something off. Category: Impact. rurru-rurrupuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to rub off lots of things. Category: Impact. ruu noun. 1 • imagination (how something might appear). Category: Vocalising and Thought. 2 • examination (to see if something is OK). Nyaku-ran nyarra ruu. Yaaluwa? Look at that one to see if it is O.K. How is it? Category: Vocalising and Thought.
ruuja noun. rooster. Category: Birds. ruulamula verb, transitive (rra/la class). used to roll an object. From: English. Category: Impact. ruulumula verb, transitive (rra/la class). used to roll an object. Category: Impact. Ruumanpa noun. Roman citizen. Biblical context. Category: Names and Place Names. ruumuparni noun. no room. From: English. Category: Number and Quantity. ruuppa noun. rope. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. ruupu noun. rope. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. ruurrpuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to rub grain filled husks to obtain grain. Category: Impact, Food Cooking and Fire.
ruutu noun. road. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
T-t -ta noun suffix. 1 • on. 2 • in. kuranta in his ear (kuran ear). Nyumanta in Newman (Nyuman Newman). 3 • at. Category: Direction and Location. Gram: Some speakers use this suffix after words ending in l or n. Gram: (after words ending in a vowel) Gram: (some speakers use this suffix after all words ending in a consonant; others used it after words ending in ly, ny or rr) Gram: (some speakers use this suffix after words ending in rl or rn)
taalpala verb, (la class). 1 • used to burst. Category: Impact. 2 • used to explode. Category: Impact.
taampajula verb, transitive (rra/la class). used to place a damper on the ground or table to cool after cooking. Category: Holding and Transfer, Food Cooking and Fire.
taanjirri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to dance. From: English. Category: Motion. taapari noun. spider. Category: Insects. taarru noun. big fire. Category: Elements, Food Cooking and Fire.
taaya noun. tyre. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. taju-taju descriptor. 1 • unsure. Category: Mood and Character. 2 • uncertain. Taju-taju-rnara jiiku wangkaku. I'm not too sure about that word. Category: Mood and Character.
taju-tajurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become uncertain. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character.
takala verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to climb. Category: Motion. 2 • used to get on board something. E.g. truck, car, boat, airplane. Category: Motion.
takajula verb, transitive (rra/la class). used to place an object on another. Category: Holding and Transfer. takarnpa descriptor. 1 • skinny. Category: Size Shape and Weight. 2 • thin. Category: Size Shape and Weight.
takurljunu noun. to insert object in to a container. Category: Holding and Transfer. takurru noun. dip in the road. Category: Elements. tala noun. dollar. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. tali noun. sandhill. Category: Elements. talypirrngari noun. species of lizard. Category: Reptiles and Snakes. Tamajpa noun. Thomas. Category: Names and Place Names. tampirrpuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to break a damper. Category: Impact, Food Cooking and Fire. tangkarra descriptor. 1 • squatting position. Category: Manner and Posture. 2 • sitting on heels. Category: Manner and Posture.
tangki noun. donkey. From: English. Category: Animals. tangkurrpuwa verb, transitive (wa class). 1 • used to break a blockage. E.g. the breaking of a dam. Category: Impact. 2 • used to unplug a blockage. Category: Impact.
tapayiki verb, intransitive (Ø class). used to be stuck on something. Like chewing gum. Category: Stative Verbs.
tapurrja descriptor. in the hole. Category: Direction and Location. tapurrpa noun. hole. Category: Elements. tapurrpuwa verb, transitive (wa class). 1 • used to make a hole in something. Category: Impact. 2 • used to make a bore. Category: Impact.
tapurrwana descriptor. through the hole. Category: Direction and Location. tapurryarra verb, transitive (rra class). used to make a hole in something. Wakarnu-rna tapurryanu wartangka. I poked it and made a hole in the wood. Category: Impact.
tarl noun. bang; loud noise. Category: Sounds. tarlka-tarlka noun. barb of spear carved into the wood. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
tarlku noun. barb of spear tied onto the spear. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. tarlpala verb, intransitive (la class). 1 • used to explode. E.g. a stone in a fire. Category: Motion. 2 • used to blow out. E.g. a tyre. Category: Motion.
3 • used to emerge. E.g. a goanna emerging from a hole after hibernation; a man emerging from a house. Category: Motion.
tarlparlmarta noun. 1 • gun. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. 2 • rifle. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
tarl-tarlkaja noun. lots of loud bangs. Category: Sounds. tarnamula verb, transitive (rra/la class). used to turn some object. Category: Holding and Transfer. tarnpa noun. native cat. Category: Animals. tarn-tarnpa noun. nape of the neck. Category: Body Parts and Products. tarrirri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). 1 • used to fork (of a windmill). Category: Motion. 2 • used to dry up (water supply). Category: Stative Verbs.
tarrjarnpa noun. marble tree. Category: Plants. tarrka noun. 1 • bone. Category: Body Parts and Products. 2 • leg bone. Category: Body Parts and Products.
tarrkala verb, intransitive (la class). used to become skinny. Only bones--no meat left on. Category: Stative Verbs, Size Shape and Weight.
tarrkaru noun. species of waterbird. Category: Birds. tarrki noun. bush turkey or bustard. Category: Birds. tarrkula verb, transitive (la class). used to stare at someone. Category: Bodily Functions. tarruku descriptor. sacred. Category: Value, Dreaming and Ceremony. tarrunpa noun. edible gall. From mulga tree. Category: Food Cooking and Fire, Plants. tarrwarniwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to stab with a stick. Category: Impact. tarta noun. 1 • heel. Category: Body Parts and Products. 2 • back area of a foot or shoe. Category: Body Parts and Products.
tartaljanu descriptor. from the bank of the creek. Category: Direction and Location. tartalpa noun. 1 • side of creek. Category: Elements. 2 • bank of creek. Category: Elements.
tartapuwa verb, intransitive (wa class). used to giggle. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Sounds. tartayulu noun. species of lizard. Category: Reptiles and Snakes. tati noun. 1 • daddy. From: English. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • father. From: English. Category: People and Kinship.
tatila verb, intransitive (la class). 1 • used to climb. Category: Motion. 2 • used to get on board something. E.g., car, truck, airplane, boat. Category: Motion.
tatijula verb, transitive (la class). used to cause an animal to climb. Category: Impact. tatiwarrala verb, intransitive (la class). used to jump up. Category: Motion. tawu noun. spear. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. tawulpa noun. towel. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. tawunpa noun. town. Any settlement or town with European type buildings. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
tawunpuwa verb, transitive (wa class). 1 • used to sever completely. Category: Impact. 2 • used to cut off. Category: Impact.
tawun-tawunpa noun. reminder of dead relation. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, People and Kinship.
tawunu noun. 1 • town. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. 2 • chiefly a community of white people. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
tayimapula verb, transitive (la class). used to tie something with a rope or binding. Category: Impact. tayimpa noun. time. Category: Time. tayimu noun. particular time at which an event occured. Category: Time. tayimunpa noun. diamond; diamond. Category: Elements. Tayipitpa noun. David. Category: Names and Place Names. -ti~ suffix. intermittent action. Periodic suffix. Tiputingu. He got down (with starts and stops). Nyinatingu. He sat down (with starts and stops). Yankutipayi. He was going along (but with starts and stops). Gram: Attaches to verb stem.
tii noun. tea. From: English. Category: Food Cooking and Fire. tiijanpa noun. cattle station. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. tiiji noun. dish. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. tiilyjala verb, transitive (la class). used to pinch someone. Category: Impact. tiilymala verb, intransitive (la class). cracking noise when breaking a stick. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Sounds.
tiilywangka verb, intransitive (Ø class). used to make a crackling sound. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Sounds.
tiinpa noun. tent. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. tiipa noun. ant hill. Category: Elements. tiipulpa noun. table. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. tiirru noun. spark. Category: Elements. tijilpuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to beat time with boomerangs. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Sounds, Impact.
tikamatula verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to undo shoes. Category: Holding and Transfer. 2 • used to take clothes off. Probably English take him out. Category: Holding and Transfer.
tikirlarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to get dry/used to dry out. Category: Stative Verbs. tikirlmala verb, (la class). used to dry. The sun is usually the agent. Category: Stative Verbs. tikirlpa descriptor. dry. Category: State. tikukala verb, intransitive (la class). 1 • used to get down from something. Category: Motion. 2 • used to descend. Category: Motion.
tili noun. flame. Category: Elements, Food Cooking and Fire. tilila verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to light a fire. Category: Impact, Food Cooking and Fire. 2 • used to ignite something. Category: Impact, Food Cooking and Fire.
tilingara verb, intransitive (Ø class). used to be alight. Describes a fire flame or other visible light. Category: Stative Verbs, Food Cooking and Fire.
tilkirrmala verb, transitive (mala class). used to make a clicking noise. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Sounds.
tilti noun. species of lizard. Varanus giganteus. Category: Reptiles and Snakes. tilykirrmala verb, intransitive (la class). clicking or rattling noise. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Sounds, Sounds.
tilykuru noun. 1 • calm weather. Category: Elements. 2 • still, no wind. Category: Elements.
tilypu noun. mother. Category: People and Kinship. timpirirripuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to rattle boomerangs together. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Sounds, Impact.
tina noun. dinner. From: Food and Cooking. Category: Elements. tinamiti noun. tin of meat. From: English. Category: Food Cooking and Fire. Tingarri noun. sacred series of ceremonies. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Names and Place Names. tingki descriptor. 1 • slanted. Category: Size Shape and Weight. 2 • wedge-shaped. Category: Size Shape and Weight. 3 • pinched in. Category: Size Shape and Weight. 4 • thin wedge. Category: Size Shape and Weight.
tingkila verb, transitive (la class). used to chop a wedge. E.g. in a tree, like this: >. Category: Impact. tingku noun. dingo. Category: Animals. tinkila verb, transitive (la class). used to surround. Category: Motion. tinkijurra verb, transitive (rra class). 1 • used to couple. Category: Holding and Transfer. 2 • used to buckle a belt. Category: Holding and Transfer. Gram: With -nu in PAST headword.
tinyjila verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to tie two things together. Category: Holding and Transfer. 2 • used to join two things. Category: Holding and Transfer.
tipinyjarra descriptor. with a tipiny stick in place. Category: Manner and Posture. tipinyjula verb, transitive (jula class). used to close up stomach incision. Of game after removal of intestines. Category: Impact, Food Cooking and Fire.
tipinypa noun. stick for closing stomach of game. After removal of intestines. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
tipinypuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to close up stomach incision. Of game after removal of intestines. Category: Impact, Food Cooking and Fire.
tipujula verb, transitive (rra/la class). used to put down. Category: Holding and Transfer. tipukala verb, intransitive (la class). 1 • used to get down from something. Category: Motion. 2 • used to descend. Category: Motion.
tiputi verb, intransitive (Ø class). 1 • used to get down from something. Category: Motion. 2 • used to descend. Category: Motion.
tirnu descriptor. 1 • wadded up. Category: State. 2 • closed up. Category: State.
tirnula verb, transitive (la class). used to wad up something. E.g. dough. Category: Impact. tirrijula verb, transitive (rra/la class). used to cause another to descend. Category: Motion. tirriti verb, intransitive (Ø class). 1 • used to get down from something. Category: Motion. 2 • used to descend. Category: Motion.
tirritipuwa verb, intransitive (wa class). 1 • used to tremble. Category: Motion. 2 • used to shake. Category: Motion.
tirtila verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to poke someone. Category: Impact. 2 • used to tease someone. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
tititipuwa verb, intransitive (wa class). 1 • used to shiver. Category: Bodily Functions. 2 • used to tremble. Category: Bodily Functions.
tiwa descriptor. 1 • long way. Category: Direction and Location. 2 • far away. Category: Direction and Location.
tiwily-tiwilypa noun. mudlark. Grallina cyanoleuca. Category: Birds. -tu noun suffix. ergative case marker. Jilamantu. He did it with a gun. Gram: May follow words ending in l or n. Gram: used after words ending in a vowel Gram: some speakers use this suffix after any word ending in a consonant; others use it after words ending in ly, ny or rr Gram: some speakers use this suffix after words ending in rl or rn)
tuju noun. 1 • woman. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • wife. Depends on the relationship of the speaker to the woman being spoken about. Category: People and Kinship.
tujurrpa noun. sound of a thud. As a blow from a hitting stick. Category: Sounds. tujurrpuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to make a thudding sound. As from a blow with a hitting stick. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Sounds.
tukikala verb, intransitive (la class). 1 • used to get down from something. Category: Motion. 2 • used to descend. Category: Motion.
tukulku descriptor. 1 • good. Category: Value. 2 • proper. Tukulku nyinati! Sit down straight and proper! Category: Value.
tukunypuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to break off. Category: Impact. tulparra noun. early summer. The growing season. Category: Time. tumaji descriptor. too much. Category: Manner and Posture. Gram: Introduces a reason for the previous statement. tumalpuwa verb, intransitive (wa class). used to hibernate. Category: Bodily Functions. tungkurrka verb, intransitive (Ø class). 1 • used to tear. Category: Impact. 2 • used to rip. Used of a bag or cloth ripping with a load when it is old. Category: Impact.
tungkurrpuwa verb, transitive (wa class). 1 • used to yank out hair from someone. Category: Impact. 2 • used to pull hair out. Category: Impact.
tungun-tungunpa noun. encouraging words. wirla tungun-tungunpa one who speaks in a way that makes everyone feel good-- they will say, "That's a good word!" Category: Vocalising and Thought.
tunmurlyarra verb, intransitive (rra class). used to limp along following an injury. Category: Motion, Healing Sickness and Ailments.
tupaka noun. tobacco. From: English. Category: Plants.
tupirrkati verb, intransitive (Ø class). 1 • used to peel off (like sores). Category: Stative Verbs. 2 • used to flake off (like sores). Category: Stative Verbs.
tupirr-tupirrpa descriptor. 1 • flaking (as skin). Category: State. 2 • peeling off (as skin). Category: State.
tupiti verb, intransitive (Ø class). 1 • used to get down from something. Category: Motion. 2 • used to descend. Category: Motion.
tupukala verb, intransitive (la class). 1 • used to get down from something. Category: Motion. 2 • used to descend. Category: Motion.
tupulyjula Variant: tupurljula. verb, transitive (jula class). used to dip something in something. Category: Impact.
tupulyjurra Variant: tupurljurra. verb, transitive (rra class). used to insert into water. Category: Holding and Transfer.
tupurljurra Variant: tupulyjurra. verb, transitive (rra class). used to insert into water. Category: Holding and Transfer. Gram: With -nu in PAST headword.
turaka noun. truck. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. turampu noun. drum for flour or fuel. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. turangkarri verb, intransitive (Ø class). used to be drunk. Category: Stative Verbs. turayinamula verb, (la class). used to train particularly for football. Category: Stative Verbs. turila noun. chariot or horse drawn wagon. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. turilpa noun. mine sample drill. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. turingu noun. string. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. turitpala descriptor. straight. Size and Shape and Weight. turli-turli descriptor. 1 • twisted. Category: Size Shape and Weight. 2 • crooked. Category: Size Shape and Weight. 3 • curly (as hair). Category: Size Shape and Weight.
turlku noun. song. Lit: get a song. Yinkarnu-ya turlku. They sang a song. Turlku marra! Sing a song! Yilarnu turlku. He sang a song. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Sounds, Vocalising and Thought.
turlku yilala verb, transitive (la class). used to sing a song. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Sounds, Vocalising and Thought.
turlkukarra noun. song time. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Sounds, Vocalising and Thought. turlwangka verb, intransitive (Ø class). used to snap in two. Category: Impact. turn-turnmarta noun. species of parrot. Category: Birds. turn-turnpa noun. young girl. Category: People and Kinship. turntururru noun. hilly place. Category: Elements. turrkulangkawa verb, intransitive (wa class). used to bounce off ground. E.g. a boomerang. Category: Motion. turrku-turrku noun. lump. nyuru turrku-turrku a lump in the stomach. Category: Body Parts and Products, Size Shape and Weight.
turrku-turrkurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to get a lump. Category: Stative Verbs.
turru noun. bird. Generic term. Category: Birds. tututula verb, intransitive (la class). used to make engine noise. Of a car. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Sounds.
tuu descriptor. two. From: English. Category: Number and Quantity. tuulyala verb, transitive (la class). used to wrestle with someone. Category: Impact. tuumaya noun. store. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. tuunjula verb, transitive (rra/la class). used to bury. Category: Holding and Transfer. tuunyiki verb, transitive (Ø class). used to cover with dirt. Category: Impact. tuunyjula verb, transitive (jula class). used to bury something. E.g. a body, a bone. Category: Holding and Transfer.
Tuupakatayi noun. Wednesday. Category: Time. tuuri noun. story. From: English. Category: Vocalising and Thought. tuurnngurlwangka verb, intransitive (Ø class). 1 • used to make a noise. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Sounds. 2 • the noise of a boomerang after it bounces off the ground. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Sounds.
tuuwa noun. store. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. tuuwamaya noun. store. Lit: store + house. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
tuwa noun. sandhill. Category: Elements. tuwalpa descriptor. twelve. Category: Number and Quantity. tuwintipuu descriptor. twenty four. Category: Number and Quantity. tuwu noun. door. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
U-u ula verb, intransitive (Ø class). used to cry. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Sounds. Phon: This is one of the few words recorded with an initial vowel.
umari noun. 1 • mother-in-law. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • son-in-law. Category: People and Kinship. 3 • father's sister (avoidance relationship). This is one of the few words recorded with an initial vowel. Category: People and Kinship.
upalpa descriptor. few. This is one of the few words recorded with an initial vowel. Category: Number and Quantity.
W-w -wa1 suffix. question. Interrogative suffix. Nganawa? What can it be? (ngana what). Category: Interrogatives. -wa2 verb suffix. do something! Imperative Tense. Warniwa-rni! Throw it to me! Puwa-jananya! Kill them! Yuwa-ra! Give it to him! Kurtiwa-ya! All of you let him go! Kawa-rnipula! You two bring it to me!
Nyawa-ra! Look at it! Kukurriwa! Hide! Maa-pinirriwa! Run away from here! Gram: May optionally be used following the -rri suffix.
-wa3 verb suffix. used to do something. Past habituative tense. Julyju-laju puwa mala. Long ago we used to kill mala (a kind of wallaby). Purtu-laju parlanyarriwa. It didn't matter that we used to dislike it [school]. Category: Time.
waajamula verb, transitive (rra/la class). used to wash. Category: Impact. waaku noun. crow. Category: Birds. waarr-waarrpa noun. quick acting person. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. wajala verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to say something. Minyirrju wajarnu. He said it with great seriousness. Wajarnu-ju, "Kalyu nyarra ngarrini." He said to me, "There is water lying there." Wajarnu-rnara, "Kurlu-rna mutuka yikijulkura yirrirringka." I said to him, "Later Ill park the car on the edge of the bank." Wajarnu-rnajananya, "Nyawa! Kawajawalpa-rna wakarnu." I said to them, "Hey! I have speared a camel!" Category: Vocalising and Thought. 2 • used to tell someone something. Wajalku-ran, "Mirta-n jikila jiinya!" Tell him, "Don't drink that!" Wajarnu-ju wartuyikiraku-rna. He told me to lie face down. Wajarnu-rnalu, "Jila-rni takalpayi!" I told him, "A snake has been climbing on me!" Purtu-rnara wajarnu junkuraku. In vain I told him to leave it alone. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
wajamula verb, transitive (rra/la class). used to wash something. Category: Impact. wajara wanala verb, transitive (la class). used to speak an extended discourse. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
wajarnu wangkangu kujupawana phrase. to speak along a different line. Essentially introducing new theme material.
wajarnu yuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to give orders. Category: Vocalising and Thought. wajirra noun. 1 • cousin. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • man's wife's brother. Category: People and Kinship. 3 • brother-in-law. Category: People and Kinship. 4 • woman's brother's wife. Category: People and Kinship.
wakala verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to spear something. Lit: speared me. Marlu wakarnu puntulu. The man speared the kangaroo. Jirntulu-rni wakarnu. The sun burned me. Category: Impact. 2 • used to write something. Category: Impact. 3 • used to sew something. Category: Impact. 4 • used to inject with a needle. Category: Impact. 5 • used to stab something. Category: Impact.
-wakara noun suffix. to; toward. jiiwakara along there. nyarrawakara along there (distant). karruwakara along the creek. Category: Direction and Location.
-waki noun suffix. directional suffix. jiiwaki along there. Category: Direction and Location. wakilypirri noun. emu. Dromaius novae-hollandiae. Category: Birds. wakura noun. upper grinding stone. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects, Food Cooking and Fire.
wakuwarta descriptor. skillful. At throwing boomerangs. Category: Mood and Character. wala descriptor. 1 • fast. Category: Manner and Posture. 2 • quickly. Category: Manner and Posture.
walala verb, transitive (la class). used to ask someone to accompany a person. Walarnu. He asked him to go with him. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
walajurra verb, transitive (rra class). used to set free. Category: Holding and Transfer. Gram: With -nu in PAST headword.
walakupilyangka verb, transitive (unclassed). turned something quickly. Category: Holding and Transfer. Gram: With -ngka in PAST headword.
walakurlukurlu descriptor. on the run. E.g. a man spearing a kangaroo while the man is on the run. Category: Manner and Posture.
walamala verb, transitive (rra/la class). used to speed up to hurry another. Category: Vocalising and Thought. walapunaja descriptor. slow. Lit: without fastness. Category: Manner and Posture. walarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to hurry. Category: Motion. Wala-walangu noun. name of men's business ceremony. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Names and Place Names.
walawarta noun. fast runner. Category: People and Kinship. walka noun. 1 • identifying mark of a person. Category: Colour Pattern and Texture, Body Parts and Products. 2 • decorative marks. Category: Colour Pattern and Texture, Body Parts and Products, Dreaming and Ceremony. 3 • design. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Colour Pattern and Texture.
walkajula verb, transitive (jula class). 1 • used to paint something. Category: Impact, Colour Pattern and Texture. 2 • used to decorate something. Category: Impact, Colour Pattern and Texture.
walyja noun. 1 • oneself. Pungu-rnaju walyjalu. I hit myself--no one else did it. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • self. Category: People and Kinship. 3 • person's own property. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
walyjajanu phrase. person's own fault. Lit: from oneself. walyjajarra noun. owner. Category: People and Kinship. walyjamala verb, transitive (rra/la class). used to make into relatives. Category: Impact. walyjamarri noun. person's own relations; his or her own people; people from the same yinta (waterhole). Category: People and Kinship.
walyji noun. river gum. Eucalyptus sp.. Category: Plants. walyku descriptor. bad. Category: Value. walykula verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to do a bad thing. Category: Impact. 2 • used to ruin something. Category: Impact.
walykukaja noun. 1 • sin. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. 2 • wrong doing against the laws of God. Biblical context. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony.
walykumarra verb, transitive (rra class). used to make bad. Category: Impact. Gram: With -nu in PAST headword.
walykurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). 1 • used to get bad. Category: Stative Verbs. 2 • used to spoil. Category: Stative Verbs. 3 • used to get worse. Category: Stative Verbs.
walykuwanpa noun. 1 • bad one. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. 2 • bad person or thing. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character.
walypala noun. 1 • whitefellow. From: English. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • European. From: English. Category: People and Kinship.
walytaki noun. fox. Possibly from English "wild doggy". Category: Animals. wama noun. 1 • nectar. From wild flowers. Category: Plants. 2 • tobacco. Category: Food Cooking and Fire. 3 • alcoholic drinks. Category: Food Cooking and Fire.
wamajanu descriptor. from drinking alcohol. Category: State. wamapayi noun. person addicted to alcohol. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. wamparla noun. stranger. Category: People and Kinship. wamparu noun. one who persists under hard circumstances, against bogging fire flood water etc. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character.
wampipuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to make a sign. Nyaku-n wampipungunyja parna yarrpa. You will see where the wild potato is from the way the ground is split. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
wampurnpa noun. container. E.g. billycan; a Southern word. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
wamumpu noun. large ground of people. Category: People and Kinship. wamurla noun. species of edible plant. Solanum divesiflorum. Category: Plants. wana noun. digging stick. Jawarnu pirti wanakurlulu. She dug the hole with a digging stick. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
wanala verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to follow something. Wanarnu-lajujananya. We followed them. Category: Motion. 2 • used to go along. Used in combination with another verb. Ngarrijunku-njananya wanalku. You
will place them all along the ground. Jawara-n wanalku. You will dig about there at that spot. Category: Motion.
-wana noun suffix. along. karruwana along the creek. tapurrwana along the hole. purnuwana along the thicket. yiwarrawana along the path. Category: Direction and Location.
wanajarra noun. woman. Lit: digging stick possessing. Category: People and Kinship. wanalpa noun. root. Category: Plants. wangalju yungkala verb, (la class). used to blow. Used of the wind blowing with force. Category: Impact. wangalpa noun. wind. Category: Elements. wanganypa descriptor. 1 • pretty (of a person). Category: Value. 2 • attractive (of a person). Category: Value.
wangka verb, intransitive (Ø class). 1 • used to talk to someone. Wangkapayi-rnalu murtilyangka. I was talking to the little boy. Yaalypa wangkani. He is whispering. Category: Vocalising and Thought. Gram: Object is marked with locative suffix. 2 • used to want someone. Lit: they are talking for you. Wangkani-ngkuya. They want you. Category: Vocalising and Thought. Gram: Object of request is marked with dative case.
wangka noun. 1 • speech. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 2 • language. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
3 • story. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 4 • word. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
-wangka~ derivational suffix. verbalising suffix. turlwangkangu to make a snapping sound. yarrwangkangu to make a ripping sound.
wangka kanyila verb, (la class). used to keep one's word. From: English. Category: Vocalising and Thought. wangka nguunypuwa verb, (wa class). used to talk constantly. Category: Vocalising and Thought. wangka nyini verb, (Ø class). used to be a law or command which is current. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Vocalising and Thought.
wangka puwa verb, (wa class). 1 • used to make a statement. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 2 • used to take a decision. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
wangka wajara wanala verb, transitive (mula class). used to read something. Lit: words saying going along. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
wangka yiltarri verb, intransitive (Ø class). used to be fulfilled. Category: Stative Verbs. wangkakarra noun. a talk; meeting. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Vocalising and Thought, People and Kinship. See: yarnnga.
wangkakurlu noun. child who has learned to speak. Lit: word possessing. Category: People and Kinship. wangkaninti noun. disciples. Biblical context. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, People and Kinship. wangkanintikaja noun. disciples. Biblical context. Category: People and Kinship, Dreaming and Ceremony.
wangkanypuwa verb, (wa class). 1 • used to converse. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 2 • talk among themselves. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
wangkapinti noun. friend to talk to. Category: People and Kinship. wangkapunaja descriptor. speechless. Category: Mood and Character. wangkapurluka noun. 1 • disciple. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, People and Kinship. 2 • messenger. Category: Vocalising and Thought, People and Kinship. 2 • Jesus' disciples. Biblical context. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, People and Kinship.
wangkaramunu descriptor. speechless. Category: Mood and Character. wangkarninti noun. one who knows words. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. wangkawiyaju juma noun. person who talks big but does not do anything. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character.
wangkaya verb, (Ø+wa class). used to teach or give a discourse. Category: Vocalising and Thought. Wangkaya pungkuni phrase. They are making arrangements for some activity. Lit: they are hitting words. wangkujula verb, transitive (jula class). used to heat something in fire. E.g. spear or boomerang for bending or meat for grilling. Kampalku-n kuka warungka, wangkujulku. You should cook meat on the fire, grilling it. Category: Impact.
wangkulyi noun. digging dish. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. wangkurna noun. crow. Category: Birds. wangurlpa noun. crafty person. Too clever to be caught. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character.
wangurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). 1 • used to act cleverly. Too clever to be hit. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character. 2 • used to get crafty. Too clever to be hit. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character.
wanirri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to be moonless. A night with no moonlight at all. Category: Stative Verbs.
wanka descriptor. 1 • alive. Category: State. 2 • well. Category: State, Healing Sickness and Ailments. 3 • raw. Category: State.
wankala verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to heal someone. Category: Healing Sickness and Ailments, Impact. 2 • used to make someone alive. Category: Healing Sickness and Ailments, Impact. 3 • used to make someone well. Category: Healing Sickness and Ailments, Impact.
wankamala verb, transitive (rra/la class). 1 • used to make alive. Category: Impact, Healing Sickness and Ailments. 2 • used to heal. Category: Impact, Healing Sickness and Ailments. 3 • used to save. Category: Impact, Healing Sickness and Ailments. 4 • used to save from sin. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Dreaming and Ceremony.
wankanyjanmarta noun. person who is almost well. Category: People and Kinship, Healing Sickness and Ailments.
wankarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to get well. Category: Stative Verbs, Healing Sickness and Ailments.
wankurlpari noun. 1 • rough hill country. Category: Elements. 2 • breakaway country. Category: Elements.
wanpa descriptor. one. Category: Number and Quantity. wanpuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to yandy something. Category: Holding and Transfer. wantajarra noun. winter. Category: Time. wantapuru noun. winter. Category: Time. wanti verb, (Ø class). 1 • used to leave. Category: Motion. 2 • used to avoid touching. Category: Impact.
wanti noun. 1 • woman. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • girl. Category: People and Kinship.
wantipayi noun. man who is always chasing girls. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. wanyja interrogative. 1 • where. Wanyjakarti-n yankuni? Where are you going? Wanyjartu? Where is he going? Category: Interrogatives. 2 • which. Wanyjajara? Which one of those two? Category: Interrogatives.
wanyjalarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to happen. Karu wanyjalarringu? Well, what did he do then? Category: Stative Verbs.
wanyjalmala verb, (rra/la class). what did he/she do? Category: Impact. wanyjalpa 1 • interjection. greeting. Wanyjalpapan? How are you? Category: Interjections. 2 • interrogative. what's up? Karu wanyjalpa? Well, what's up? Category: Interrogatives.
wanyu descriptor. slow. Wanyu yankupayi. He was going along slowly. Category: Manner and Posture.
wanyula verb, transitive (la class). used to slow someone down. Category: Impact. Wanyumarta! phrase. Slow down! wanyurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to get slower. Category: Motion. wapaju descriptor. sick all over. Category: State, Healing Sickness and Ailments. wapila verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to sic a dog on game. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 2 • used to hunt with dogs. Category: Motion.
wapira noun. hunting; a hunt. Category: Motion. wapirripirri descriptor. right through. E.g. a spear going right through a person's leg. Category: Manner and Posture.
wapuju noun. uncle. Category: People and Kinship. wapujurra noun. uncle and his nephew. Category: People and Kinship. wapukarlpa noun. 1 • collision. As two people running into each other. Category: Impact. 2 • Impact and Violence.
waputirr-waputirrpa descriptor. spotted. "A good colour". Category: Colour Pattern and Texture. wara noun. clothes. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. -wara verb suffix. was doing something. Past continuous tense. Wangkawara. He was talking. Category: Time. waranu noun. 1 • sugarbag. Category: Food Cooking and Fire. 2 • lerp. A white, sweet-tasting substance on river-gum leaves produced by insects. Category: Food Cooking and Fire.
wararri noun. 1 • clothes. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. 2 • shirts. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
warati verb, transitive (Ø class). used to carry something on back of neck. E.g. game. Category: Holding and Transfer.
warinykati verb, intransitive (Ø class). 1 • used to arrive. Category: Motion. 2 • used to come into camp. Category: Motion.
Wari-wari noun. name of place. Category: Names and Place Names. warla noun. 1 • lake. Category: Elements. 2 • large claypan. Category: Elements.
warlawa vd-wa. 1 • used to break something. E.g., a bone, a car, a horse. Martulu warlangu kurlarta. The man broke the spear. (transitive verb). Warlawa-ra! Break it for him! (transitive verb). Category: Impact. 2 • used to break. Mutuka warlangu. The car broke. (intransitive verb). Punkarnu. Tarrka warlangu. He fell and his leg broke. (intransitive verb). Category: Stative Verbs.
warlanu noun. type of boomerang. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. warlawarlangu noun. song cycle. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. warlawurru noun. eagle hawk. Category: Birds. warli noun. small gully. Category: Elements. warli-warlirri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to roll around (on the ground). Category: Motion. warli-warliyarra verb, intransitive (rra class). used to roll about. E.g. a horse in the sand. Category: Motion.
warlkula verb, transitive (la class). used to worry about family. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character.
warlpaju noun. rock wallaby. Category: Animals. warlparra noun. spearthrower. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. warlpukurru descriptor. 1 • tall. Category: Size Shape and Weight. 2 • long. Category: Size Shape and Weight.
warlpukurrurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). 1 • used to get tall. Category: Stative Verbs, Size Shape and Weight. 2 • used to become long. Category: Stative Verbs, Size Shape and Weight.
warlpunypuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to hit on back with a switch. Something small and thin. Category: Impact.
Warlukulawu noun. name of Dreamtime man. The "fire man", appearing as a hawk. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Names and Place Names.
warnapa noun. 1 • sorcerer. Category: People and Kinship, Dreaming and Ceremony. 2 • dangerous person. This person is called a "featherfoot". Category: People and Kinship.
warnapari noun. dingo. Canis familiaris. Category: Animals. warniwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to throw something. Category: Holding and Transfer. warnjila verb, transitive (la class). used to remove guts from game. Category: Impact, Food Cooking and Fire. warnma descriptor. long way. Category: Direction and Location. warnmala verb, transitive (la class). used to shift something a long way. Category: Holding and Transfer. warnmalypuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to pen up a bundle. A swag or a coth bundle. Category: Impact.
Warnmanpa noun. dialect name. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Names and Place Names. warnmarla noun. 1 • revenge party. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • army. Category: People and Kinship. 3 • large number of men. Category: People and Kinship.
warnnga noun. back of body. Category: Body Parts and Products. warnngi noun. wrong mate. Couple living together although they are not "straight" according to the kinship system. Warnngi-pula yanu. The couple who are not straight left. Category: People and Kinship, Dreaming and Ceremony.
warnngila verb, transitive (la class). used to take a girl for sexual reasons who has not been given to you. Category: Holding and Transfer.
warnparnparlarla noun. crested bellbird. Category: Birds. warntikala verb, intransitive (la class). 1 • used to start going. Category: Motion. 2 • used to come out. Category: Motion. 3 • used to move toward something. Category: Motion.
warntipuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to throw something forcefully to the ground. Category: Holding and Transfer.
warntitiwa verb, intransitive (wa class). used to start going (with starts and stops). Category: Motion. warntu noun. 1 • blanket. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. 2 • swag. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
warnurra noun. spear wound in leg. Could be only half way in. Category: Body Parts and Products, Healing Sickness and Ailments.
warrarnpa noun. country. Category: Elements. warrarnpuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to scrape the ground. With a shovel, tractor, etc. Category: Impact.
warrinyji noun. young man. Category: People and Kinship. warrinyji-warrinyji noun. mob of young men. Category: People and Kinship. warrkam Variant: warrkamu. noun. worker. Category: People and Kinship. warrkamu Variant: warrkam. noun. work. From: English. Category: Impact. warrkamunu noun. to work. From: English. Category: Impact. warrkamurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to work. From: English. Category: Impact. warrkila verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to scold someone. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 2 • used to growl someone. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
warrkulyarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). 1 • used to get sweaty. Category: Stative Verbs. 2 • used to get misty. Category: Stative Verbs.
warrkulypa noun. 1 • sweat. Category: Body Parts and Products. 2 • misty. Category: Elements.
warrmala noun. 1 • stranger. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • the other mob (from the south). Category: People and Kinship.
warrmalypuwa verb, transitive (wa class). 1 • used to untie bush sandles and take them off. Category: Holding and Transfer. 2 • used to take off clothing. Category: Holding and Transfer.
warrparn-warrparnpa descriptor. 1 • defiant. Category: Mood and Character. 2 • proud stance. "A smarty way". Category: Mood and Character.
warrpula verb, transitive (la class). used to pluck fruit. Category: Impact, Food Cooking and Fire. warrula verb, transitive (la class). used to scrape grain into heaps. Category: Impact, Food Cooking and Fire. Warrukurnti noun. Milky Way. Category: Names and Place Names. warta noun. 1 • tree. Generic term. Category: Plants. 2 • stick. Wartawintilu pungu. He hit it with a stick. Category: Plants.
-warta noun suffix. characterising suffix. majuwarta a big thing. juriwarta sweet/harmonious/smooth lines/nice/pretty. Category: State.
wartajanu wangka 1 • noun. an idea which is borrowed. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 2 • descriptor. not original. Category: Value.
wartakaja noun. 1 • belongings. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. 2 • things. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. 3 • number of objects from European source with unknown names. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
wartapuru noun. among the trees. Category: Direction and Location. wartarlarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to look the other way. Category: Bodily Functions.
wartarlpa descriptor. looking in opposite direction. Wartarlju nyakuni. He is looking in the other direction-not at me. Category: Manner and Posture.
wartayuru phrase. like a tree. Means a person won't do anything for another. wartilpa noun. 1 • a hunt. Category: Motion. 2 • hunting. Category: Motion.
wartula verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to stretch onself. Category: Motion. 2 • used to bend to straighten. E.g. a boomerang from the fire. Category: Impact.
wartujula verb, transitive (jula class). used to put something down on its belly. Category: Holding and Transfer.
wartungara verb, intransitive (Ø class). used to lie down on belly. Category: Motion. Warturarra noun. name of place. Category: Names and Place Names. wartuyiki verb, intransitive (Ø class). used to lay face down. Category: Stative Verbs, Manner and Posture. waru noun. 1 • fire. Category: Elements, Food Cooking and Fire. 2 • firewood. Category: Elements, Food Cooking and Fire.
warujanu descriptor. from the fire. Category: Direction and Location. warukurru noun. place with lots of firewood. Category: Elements, Food Cooking and Fire. warurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to get hot/used to get a temperature. Category: Stative Verbs. watala verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to beat someone (of speed). Category: Impact. 2 • used to leave someone behind (of speed). Category: Impact.
watajula verb, transitive (jula class). used to recklessly place something. Put it "anyway"; put it temporarily. Category: Holding and Transfer.
watanypa noun. 1 • waiting around. Category: Manner and Posture. 2 • killing time. Category: Manner and Posture. 3 • occupying oneself until something happens. Category: Manner and Posture.
watapirti noun. personal concern. Watapirti ngapila! Its up to you to do something! Category: Vocalising and Thought.
watarrku descriptor. accidently. Watarrkulu pungu. He hit him accidentally. Category: Manner and Posture. wati- prefix. 1 • motion across. wati-yanu to go across something. Category: Direction and Location. 2 • movement to one side. Prefixes to verbs. wati-punkarnu to fall to one side. wati-junu to put something to one side. Category: Direction and Location.
-wati noun suffix. 1 • across. ngaawati across here. 2 • beside. karruwati beside the creek. ngayuwati beside me. Category: Direction and Location.
watijula verb, transitive (jula class). 1 • used to track someone or something. Category: Motion. 2 • used to search for a track. Watijulku-ran jinaku. You will search for a track. Category: Motion.
wati-pirra-pirra descriptor. all in a row. Category: Manner and Posture. waya noun. wire. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. wayarurru descriptor. hands behind back. Category: Manner and Posture. wayi particle. greeting. Wayiwa-n? How are you? Category: Particles. wayila verb, intransitive (la class). 1 • used to crawl. Can refer to grazing of a kangaroo. Category: Motion.
2 • used to flow (of creek). Category: Motion.
wayilara noun. child who can crawl. Category: People and Kinship. wayilwanpa noun. wild ones; untamed. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. wayinpa noun. wine. From: English. Category: Food Cooking and Fire. wayinu noun. wine. From: English. Category: Food Cooking and Fire. wayipamula verb, transitive (la class). used to wipe dry or clean with a cloth etc. Category: Impact. wayitipinti noun. scales for measuring quantities. Eg thing with weights. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
wayitwanpa noun. white coloured object. From: English. Category: Colour Pattern and Texture. wayungarri noun. 1 • stranger. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • people from the north. Category: People and Kinship.
wiila verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to light a fire. Category: Impact, Food Cooking and Fire. 2 • used to ignite something. Category: Impact, Food Cooking and Fire.
wiijamula verb, transitive (la class). used to waste some valuable material. Category: Holding and Transfer. wiijiji noun. wages. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. wiijijpa noun. wages. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. Wiiki noun. Sunday. From: English. Category: Names and Place Names. wiilpa noun. well. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. wiilypuwa verb, transitive (wa class). 1 • used to throw out liquids. Category: Holding and Transfer. 2 • used to shake off dirt from shoes. Category: Holding and Transfer.
wiingu noun. wing. Category: Body Parts and Products. Wiiniji noun. Wednesday. Category: Time. wiinymaya noun. windmill. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. wiippa noun. whip. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. wiipu noun. whip. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. wiirlpa noun. star. Category: Elements. wiirnpa noun. hole. Category: Elements. wiiti noun. 1 • wheat. Category: Food Cooking and Fire. 2 • wheat fields. Category: Elements.
wiitingu noun. wedding. From: English. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. wijij mani noun. wage money. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. wikarrala verb, transitive (rra/la class). used to call another to your camp. Category: Vocalising and Thought. wikarru noun. messenger. Category: People and Kinship. wikarrurra verb, transitive (rra class). used to gather those who are called to a ceremony. Category: Holding and Transfer. Gram: With -nu in PAST headword.
wikilypuwa verb, transitive (wa class). 1 • used to remove. Category: Holding and Transfer. 2 • used to take something off some other object. Category: Holding and Transfer.
wikirrpa noun. desert oak. Allocasuarina decaisneana. Category: Plants. wilinypa noun. wind. Category: Elements. wilirrpa noun. wrinkles (on skin). Category: Body Parts and Products. wiltijurra verb, transitive (rra class). 1 • used to hangup. Category: Holding and Transfer. 2 • used to hang. Category: Holding and Transfer. Gram: With -nu in PAST headword.
wiltingara verb, intransitive (Ø class). used to be hanging. Category: Stative Verbs, Manner and Posture. wiltiyiki verb, intransitive (Ø class). used to be hanging. Category: Stative Verbs, Manner and Posture. wiltu descriptor. 1 • hard. Wiltulu puwa! Hit it hard! Category: Colour Pattern and Texture. 2 • loud. Category: Sounds. 3 • stiff. Category: Colour Pattern and Texture.
wiltula verb, transitive (la class). used to make hard or strong. Category: Impact. wiltumala verb, transitive (mala class). used to make something tighter. Category: Impact. Wiltumarta! phrase. Speak louder!; Make it harder! wilturri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become hard; used to harden. Category: Stative Verbs, Colour Pattern and Texture.
wilyja noun. 1 • shade. Category: Elements. 2 • shade shelter. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
wilyji-wilyji descriptor. 1 • painful. Category: Healing Sickness and Ailments, State. 2 • sore. Category: Healing Sickness and Ailments, State.
wilyji-wilyjirri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to get sore; used to become painful. Category: Stative Verbs, Healing Sickness and Ailments.
wilyki noun. seed. Generic term. Category: Plants. See: janikurtinypa; jartarrpuka; mungkilypa. wilykinngalku noun. pussy-cat. Category: Animals. wilykumala verb, transitive (mala class). used to sing a magic love song. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. winamurri verb, transitive (Ø class). used to win a race or contest. Category: Impact. winarri verb, transitive (Ø class). 1 • used to win an event. Category: Impact. 2 • used to beat another at an argument. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
wingka descriptor. curled up (of hat). Category: Size Shape and Weight. wingkawinti descriptor. with a hat curled up on the edges. Category: State. wingkurnpa descriptor. lying on side. Category: Manner and Posture. winila verb, transitive (la class). used to lead someone. Category: Motion. winijarra descriptor. arm in arm. Category: Manner and Posture. winmilpa noun. windmill. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. winta noun. window. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. wintamarra noun. mulga tree. Acacia aneura. Category: Plants. winta-winta noun. decoration for a ceremony. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. -winti noun suffix. 1 • with. Yilarnu mutuka mirrilyiwintilu. He pulled the car with a rope.
2 • having. Comitative suffix.
winyirirripuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to give off a smell. E.g. the scent of a person or a camel. Category: Stative Verbs.
winyjurru noun. murderer. Category: People and Kinship. winymirala verb, transitive (la class). used to stretch something out. Like a rope. Category: Impact. winypurala verb, intransitive (la class). used to whistle. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Sounds. winy-winypa noun. wedgetail hawk. Category: Birds. wipu noun. tail. Category: Body Parts and Products. wipu-wipu noun. tadpole. Category: Aquatic Creatures. wira noun. white clay. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Elements, Colour Pattern and Texture. wirla 1 • noun. stomach. Category: Body Parts and Products. 2 • noun. rounded surface. Category: Size Shape and Weight. 3 • descriptor. full (of quantity). Category: Number and Quantity. 4 • descriptor. feelings. Category: Mood and Character. 5 • descriptor. upset. Lit: pimply stomach. Category: Mood and Character.
wirla kamparr-kamparrpa descriptor. feeling that something is about to happen. Category: Mood and Character.
wirla karalyanu descriptor. broken heart; sadness. Category: Mood and Character. Wirla ngarrinpa phrase. The creek is full of water. wirla ngarrurta noun. one who feels strong and energetic after eating food. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character.
wirla nguntu noun. a cough. Category: Body Parts and Products, Healing Sickness and Ailments. See: kinilypuwa.
wirla tikirlpa descriptor. empty feeling; feelings have dried up. Category: Mood and Character. wirla walyku descriptor. 1 • sad. Category: Mood and Character. 2 • in mourning. Category: Mood and Character.
wirla walyku noun. 1 • grief. 2 • sadness. Category: Mood and Character.
wirla walykurringu phrase. loved greatly??? wirla yalta-yalta descriptor. calm and peaceful. Lit: cool stomach. Category: Mood and Character. wirlarra noun. moon. Category: Elements. wirlarrapunaja noun. 1 • moonless. As a moonless night. Lit: moonless. 2 • darkness. Category: Elements.
wirlarri verb, transitive (Ø+wa class). used to fill up. As a soak. Kalyjarnu-lu. It filled it up. Category: Stative Verbs, Number and Quantity.
wirlkarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to stretch out legs. Category: Motion. wirlkurru noun. horn. Category: Body Parts and Products. Wirlurna noun. name of place. Community south of Jigalong. Category: Names and Place Names. wirna descriptor. wet. Category: State.
wirni noun. wooden dish. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. wirnka noun. louse. Category: Insects. wirrili descriptor. 1 • long way. Category: Direction and Location. 2 • far away. Category: Direction and Location.
wirrilirri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to get far away. Category: Motion. wirrilyi descriptor. 1 • angry. Category: Mood and Character. 2 • wild. Category: Mood and Character.
wirrilyirra verb, transitive (rra class). used to make angry. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character. Gram: With -nu in PAST headword.
wirrilyimala verb, transitive (la class). used to cause to be angry. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character.
wirrilyipayi noun. person who is often angry. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. wirrilyirri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to get angry. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character. Gram: With -ngu in PAST subentry.
wirrilyirri verb, intransitive (Ø class). used to become angry. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character.
wirrirli descriptor. long distance. Category: Size Shape and Weight. wirrirlimala verb, transitive (rra/la class). used to cause to go a long way off. Category: Motion. wirrjala verb, intransitive (la class). 1 • used to run. Category: Motion. 2 • used to hurry. Category: Motion.
wirrkala verb, transitive (la class). used to cut something. Category: Impact. wirrki-wirrki noun. 1 • decorative chest bands. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. 2 • something across shoulder. E.g. a shoulder bag. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
wirrupuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to throw something. Category: Holding and Transfer. wirrurru descriptor. 1 • fast. Category: Manner and Posture. 2 • quickly. Category: Manner and Posture.
wirru-wirrupuwa verb, transitive (wa class). 1 • used to throw down. Category: Holding and Transfer. 2 • used to throw out. Used of many people throwing objects out together. Category: Holding and Transfer.
wirta noun. dog. Category: Animals. wirtula verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to send someone. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 2 • used to command a person to some action. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
wiru noun. bird. Category: Birds. witala verb, transitive (la class). used to pluck fruit (from tree). Category: Impact, Food Cooking and Fire. witula verb, intransitive (la class). used to call someone to beckon him over. Witula jurntala! Call him and bring him over! Category: Vocalising and Thought, Sounds.
wituka particle. 1 • also. Category: Particles. 2 • again. Maa-pinirrinyjangka-rnalu wanarnu wituka. When it ran away, I followed it again. Category: Particles.
witurrpuwa verb, transitive (wa class). 1 • used to knot. Category: Impact. 2 • used to tighten a fastening. Category: Impact.
wiya particle. 1 • no. Category: Particles. 2 • nothing. Category: Particles.
wiyala verb, transitive (la class). used to finish something up. Category: Impact. wiyajula verb, (rra/la class). used to say no. Category: Vocalising and Thought. wiyamala verb, (rra/la class). 1 • used to say no. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 2 • used to negate. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
wiyarri1 verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). 1 • used to become nothing. Category: Stative Verbs. 2 • used to finish. Category: Stative Verbs. 3 • used to die. Category: Stative Verbs.
wiyarri2 verb, intransitive (Ø class). 1 • used to be finished. Category: Stative Verbs. 2 • used to become nothing. Category: Stative Verbs.
-wiyayiju noun suffix. only. Selective suffix. Mirta ngayuluwiyayiju. Not only me (there were other's who did something, too). Category: Number and Quantity.
Wiyurrpa palyjalyarringu phrase. His spirit became weak. wuju descriptor. narrow. Category: Size Shape and Weight. wujul-wujulpa descriptor. really narrow. Category: Size Shape and Weight. wujurnu descriptor. 1 • narrow. Category: Size Shape and Weight. 2 • restricted. Category: Size Shape and Weight.
wuku noun. tortoise. Category: Aquatic Creatures. wukurlu noun. stranger. Category: People and Kinship. wula verb, intransitive (Ø class). used to cry. Category: Bodily Functions, Sounds. wulikaja descriptor. 1 • all. Category: Number and Quantity. 2 • complete number. Category: Number and Quantity. 3 • all together. From: English. Category: Manner and Posture.
wulkurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to be careful. Category: Stative Verbs, Manner and Posture. wulpipulpa noun. 1 • old people. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • former generation who have died. Category: People and Kinship.
wulu particle. 1 • always. Category: Particles. 2 • for keeps. Category: Particles. 3 • continually. Wululu puwa! Keep on hitting him! Category: Particles.
wulu yarra verb, intransitive (rra class). used to go altogether without any intention of returning. Category: Motion. Gram: With -nu in PAST headword.
wulurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). 1 • used to be continual. Category: Stative Verbs. 2 • emphasising the duration of an action. Category: Stative Verbs.
wulykula verb, transitive (la class). used to pull up a small bush or plant. Category: Holding and Transfer. wuly-wulyarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to get a cramp. Category: Bodily Functions. wuly-wulypa noun. cramp. Category: Body Parts and Products, Healing Sickness and Ailments.
wumala verb, (la class). used to gather together. Category: Holding and Transfer. wumari noun. 1 • mother-in-law. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • son-in-law. Category: People and Kinship. 3 • father's sister (avoidance relationship). Category: People and Kinship.
wumu noun. heap. Category: Elements. wumula verb, transitive (la class). used to heap something up. Category: Holding and Transfer. wumungka noun. 1 • big mob. Pakarnu-ya martukaja japalpa. A large mob of people arrived for the meeting. Category: People and Kinship, Number and Quantity. 2 • group of people. Category: People and Kinship. 3 • meeting. Ngayumililu-rni mamalu yanu katingu japalkarti. My father came and took me to a
big law meeting. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, People and Kinship. See: yarnnga.
wumurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). 1 • used to assemble. Category: Holding and Transfer. 2 • used to get into a heap. Category: Holding and Transfer. 3 • used to press in closely. Category: Holding and Transfer.
wuna descriptor. go quickly or directly to a destination. Category: Manner and Posture. wunya descriptor. 1 • flavourless. Category: Food Cooking and Fire, State. 2 • bland. Category: Food Cooking and Fire, State. 3 • bitter. Category: Food Cooking and Fire, State.
wunyarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to lose the flavour. Category: Stative Verbs. wupalpa noun. few. Category: Number and Quantity. wupulyarra verb, intransitive (rra class). 1 • used to be undone. Category: Stative Verbs. 2 • used to be unfastened. Category: Stative Verbs. Gram: With -nu in PAST headword.
wupulyangkawa verb, intransitive (wa class). used to come off. E.g. a tyre. Category: Motion. wupulypuwa verb, transitive (wa class). 1 • used to take something apart. Category: Impact. 2 • used to tear something down. Category: Impact. 3 • used to remove something. E.g. a tyre. Category: Holding and Transfer.
wupuna noun. key. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. wupunamula verb, transitive (rra/la class). used to open something. From: English. Category: Impact. wupunarri verb, intransitive (Ø class). used to be opened. Category: Stative Verbs. wupunpa descriptor. open. From: English. Category: State. wupuntamula verb, transitive (rra/la class). 1 • used to open a cover or door. Category: Impact. 2 • used to establish a community. Category: Impact.
wupunumula verb, transitive (rra/la class). used to open. Category: Impact. wura noun. 1 • hunting stealthily. Wura-ya majarni. They are stealthily waiting for the animals to come. Category: Motion. 2 • creeping along. Wura wayirnu. He crawled along hunting the game. Category: Motion. 3 • sneaking about. Category: Motion.
wura yarra Variant: wurayarra. verb, intransitive (rra class). used to creep along. Category: Motion. Gram: With -nu in PAST headword.
wuramala verb, transitive (mala class). 1 • used to curse someone. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
2 • used to work magic on someone. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
wurayarra Variant: wura yarra. verb, intransitive (rra class). used to creep up on something. Category: Motion. wurlkala verb, intransitive (la class). used to jump. Category: Motion. wurlku descriptor. prepared for something/someone. Suggests a warning of danger. Wurlku-laju nyinani. We are ready for anything that happens. Category: Mood and Character.
wurlkumarta interjection. be careful!; beware! Category: Interjections. Wurlkumarta! phrase. Be ready; Be prepared! (danger is near). wurna noun. 1 • fur. Category: Body Parts and Products, Animals. 2 • body hair. Category: Body Parts and Products. 3 • feathers. Category: Body Parts and Products, Birds.
wurnti noun. bundle. E.g. of spears. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects, Number and Quantity.
wurrkulila verb, transitive (la class). used to think about someone/something. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
wurrngangkula verb, transitive (la class). used to think about someone/something. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
wurrumpuru noun. short spear. Referred to in story of the echidna's quills. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
wurtu interrogative. 1 • interrogative word. Category: Interrogatives. 2 • something? Category: Interrogatives. 3 • anything? Wurtu-n nyangu? Did you see anything? Category: Interrogatives.
wurtuwa verb, intransitive (wa class). used to become completely silent. "Did the action only, so he wouldn't be heard". Category: Vocalising and Thought, Sounds.
wuru noun. 1 • mob. Wurukarti yanu. He went toward the mob. Category: People and Kinship, Number and Quantity. 2 • heap. Category: Number and Quantity.
wurula verb, transitive (la class). used to gather together. Category: Holding and Transfer. wurujula verb, transitive (jula class). used to put in a heap. E.g. food, stones. Category: Holding and Transfer. wurumala verb, transitive (mala class). used to heap up something. Category: Holding and Transfer. wururri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become a heap or mob; used to assemble. Category: Motion. wuru-wuru noun. recently rain watered area. Category: Elements. wuukarta noun. honeyants. Category: Insects. wuulangka verb, intransitive (Ø class). used to jump from a height. Category: Motion. wuulpa noun. wall. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. wuumpala descriptor. 1 • warm. Category: Mood and Character. 2 • warm person. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. 3 • warm area. Category: Elements.
wuumurru descriptor. wrong way. Wuumurru wajarnu. He said it the wrong way. Category: Manner and Posture.
wuuna noun. sheep's wool. Category: Body Parts and Products.
wuungku noun. 1 • shelter. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects, Elements. 2 • wind break. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects, Elements.
wuungkujula verb, transitive (jula class). 1 • used to build a shelter. Category: Impact. 2 • used to make a wind break. Category: Impact.
wuupayinpa noun. toy boomerang. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. wuurlpala noun. old person or thing. From: English. Category: People and Kinship. wuurr kulila verb, (la class). 1 • used to cogitate. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character. 2 • used to ponder. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character. 3 • used to continually think about a problem. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character.
wuyurrpa noun. feelings. Used in a number of idioms. Category: Mood and Character.
Y-y yarra verb, intransitive (rra class). 1 • used to go. Parra-yankupayi. He was go about. Wati-yarra! Go across there! Purtu-laju yanu. We couldn't go. Kurranyu yarra! You go on ahead! Yanu kakuputu. He went for good. Pakala yarra! Get up and go! Category: Motion. 2 • used to come. Yanku-rnanta? Will I come to where you are? Category: Motion.
-ya pronoun suffix. they (plural). Used for 'you (plural)' in imperatives or 'I' in imperatives in special relationships. Pakarnu-ya yanu. They got up and went. Ka-ya nyurilu pungu. And they still hit him. Yarra-ya! All of you go away!/They used to go./You go away! (one person being spoken to by someone in a certain relationship to him/her). Yarra-rniya! All of you come here! Category: Pronouns.
-ya~ dsuff-rra. verbalising suffix. kurti-kurtiyanu to roll over and over. yaalpamula verb, transitive (la class). used to help another. From: English. Category: Impact. yaalu 1 • interjection. greeting. Category: Interjections. 2 • interrogative. how? Yaaluwa-n? How goes it?/How are you? Category: Interrogatives.
yaalula verb, (la class). what did he/she do? Category: Impact. yaalupurru interrogative. what "skin" or "colour" is he? I.e., what kinship section is he in? Category: Interrogatives.
yaalurri verb, (Ø+wa class). what happened?; what did he do? Yaalurringu? What happened?/What did he do? Category: Impact.
yaalypa noun. whisper. Yaalypa-laju wangkapayi. We were whispering. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Sounds.
yaanypuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to lift something up. E.g. the wind lifting something. Category: Holding and Transfer.
yaapu descriptor. half. From: English. Category: Number and Quantity. yaapula verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to divide. Category: Impact, Number and Quantity. 2 • used to halve up. From: English. Category: Impact, Number and Quantity.
yaarli noun. early morning. Category: Time. yaarlipala noun. early morning. Category: Time.
yaarrangkawa verb, (wa class). used to crack. Eg the earth. Category: Motion. yaarrpuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to tear cloth. Category: Impact. yaarryarra verb, intransitive (rra class). used to tear. Used of old cloth tearing under strain. Category: Impact. Gram: With -nu in PAST headword.
yaartu noun. 1 • yard. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. 2 • paddock or fenced off area. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
yaatapala descriptor. hot. Can refer to hot things or hot season. Category: State. yajila verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to try out something. Yajirnu-lajura. We tried it out (the water to see if it was good). Jurrka yajirnu. He tried to dance. Category: Impact. 2 • used to taste something. Category: Bodily Functions. 3 • used to sample something. Category: Impact. 4 • used to test something. Category: Impact.
Yajikpa noun. Isaac. Biblical context. Category: Names and Place Names. yaka noun. 1 • silence. Category: Sounds. 2 • quiet. Category: Sounds.
yakamala verb, transitive (rra/la class). 1 • used to make quiet. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Sounds. 2 • used to quieten a group. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Sounds.
yakapayi noun. quiet person. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. yakapurluka descriptor. quiet person. Who does not get involved in fights etc. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character.
yakarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to get quiet. Yakarri! Be quiet! Category: Stative Verbs. yakirri noun. headband. Signifies a man has been initiated. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
yaku noun. dance. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. yakurrapuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to peel something. Category: Holding and Transfer. yakurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to dance. Category: Motion. yakurripayi noun. dancing. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. yakurti noun. mother. Category: People and Kinship. yalapara noun. species of goanna. Varanus giganteus. Category: Reptiles and Snakes. See: maruntu. yali noun. 1 • hot weather. Category: Elements. 2 • summer. Category: Time.
yalijarra noun. 1 • summertime. Category: Time. 2 • hot time. Category: Time.
yalipuru noun. summertime. Category: Time. yalta descriptor. cold. Category: State. yaltarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become cold. Category: Stative Verbs. yalta-yalta 1 • noun. cool; cool place. Category: Elements. 2 • descriptor. very cold. Category: State.
yalu noun. liver. Category: Body Parts and Products.
yalyi noun. 1 • stone. Category: Elements. 2 • hill. Category: Elements. 3 • coin. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
yalyjirrpa descriptor. 1 • clever. Category: Mood and Character. 2 • bright (of a person). Category: Mood and Character.
yamarla noun. clay. Category: Elements. -yampajara noun suffix. another one. karruyampajara another creek. Category: Number and Quantity. yampaljurra verb, transitive (rra class). used to make a damper or loaf of bread. Category: Impact, Food Cooking and Fire. Gram: With -nu in PAST sub entry.
yampalpa noun. 1 • damper. Category: Food Cooking and Fire. 2 • loaf of bread. Category: Food Cooking and Fire. See: nyuma.
yampula verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to hug someone. Category: Holding and Transfer. 2 • used to hold in lap. Category: Holding and Transfer. 3 • used to take in arms. Category: Holding and Transfer.
yangajula verb, transitive (jula class). used to get in someone's way. Category: Motion. yangarra descriptor. close to the speaker. Category: Direction and Location. yangka noun. 1 • recall a previous event. Category: Time. 2 • previously referred to. Category: Time.
yangkarlpa noun. hip. Category: Body Parts and Products. yangkayuru descriptor. like before. Category: Manner and Posture. yangkiji noun. handkerchief. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. yangupala noun. 1 • young man. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • young woman. Category: People and Kinship. 3 • young kangaroo etc. Category: Animals.
yanimarra verb, transitive (rra class). used to fix or make something. Category: Impact. Gram: With -nu in PAST headword.
yannga noun. 1 • visitor. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • one who has just arrived. Category: People and Kinship. 3 • person who is about to go. Category: People and Kinship.
yantarta descriptor. hundred. Category: Number and Quantity. Yantiyukpa noun. Antioch. Biblical context. Category: Names and Place Names. Yanturu noun. Andrew. Category: Names and Place Names. yapalypuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to put a glob of something on something. E.g., grease on a boomerang. Category: Impact.
yapanpa noun. hot cooking stones. Inserted inside an animal for faster cooking. Category: Food Cooking and Fire.
yapanypa noun. relationship term referring to a child. Category: People and Kinship. yaparli noun. grandmother. Category: People and Kinship. yapipala descriptor. heavy. Category: Size Shape and Weight.
yapu noun. 1 • stone. Category: Elements. 2 • hill. Category: Elements.
yapulyukurru noun. 1 • rocky place. 2 • rocky ground. Category: Elements.
yapupurluka noun. person who knows the value of rocks and minerals. Category: People and Kinship. Yapura-yapura noun. 1 • ceremonial language name. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Names and Place Names. 2 • avoidance speech. yapura-yapura wangka avoidance speech. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Vocalising and Thought, Names and Place Names.
yapurra descriptor. west. Category: Direction and Location. yapurrakarta noun. wind or smoke from the west. Category: Elements. yapurrapuri noun. early morning. About 8 a.m. Category: Time. yapurrkura descriptor. toward the west. Category: Direction and Location. yapurrpa descriptor. west. Category: Direction and Location. yapuwija noun. species of kangaroo. Category: Animals. yararri noun. warm, sunny spot. Yararringka ngarrini. He is lying in a warm, sunny spot. Category: Elements.
yarlala verb, transitive (la class). used to pick up seed by cupping hands. Category: Holding and Transfer. yarlawara noun. huge boulder. Category: Elements. yarlila verb, transitive (la class). used to lift the edge of something. E.g. a blanket or paper. Category: Impact. yarlka noun. heat of the sun. Yarlkangka nyininpa. He is sitting out in the hot sun. Category: Elements. yarlkajula verb, transitive (jula class). used to put something in the sun in order to dry it out. Category: Holding and Transfer.
Yarlkupajinya noun. name of place. Category: Names and Place Names. yarlpamula verb, transitive (la class). used to help another. Category: Impact. yarlpirri wangka verb, (Ø class). used to broadcast. Used of a person shouting a grievance when people are waking. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
yarlpu noun. 1 • age-mate. Men initiated at the same time. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • twin. Category: People and Kinship.
yarlpururra noun. two age-mates. Category: People and Kinship. yarlpururran noun. all of the age-mates. Category: People and Kinship. yarltiwa verb, intransitive (wa class). used to call out. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Sounds. yarnangu noun. body. Category: Body Parts and Products. yarnma noun. soreness. Category: Body Parts and Products, Healing Sickness and Ailments. yarnnga descriptor. 1 • many. Category: Number and Quantity. 2 • all. Category: Number and Quantity. 3 • plenty. Category: Number and Quantity. See: wangkakarra; wumungka; japalpa.
yarnngakuyarra descriptor. the whole lot. Category: Number and Quantity.
yarnngarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become plenty; used to increase in quantity. Category: Stative Verbs, Number and Quantity.
yarnngartuka descriptor. the lot; a big mob. Category: Number and Quantity. yarntinarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become dried up. Category: Stative Verbs. yarrala verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to repeat an action. Yarrala wajala! Say it again! Category: Impact. 2 • used to do something again. Category: Impact.
yarralypuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to untie. Category: Impact. yarrangkawa verb, intransitive (wa class). used to crack. E.g. the earth. Category: Stative Verbs. yarrju descriptor. upset. Category: Mood and Character. yarrjurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to get upset. E.g. if someone doesn't share something with someone. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Mood and Character.
yarrkawa verb, intransitive (wa class). used to tear. Category: Impact. yarrkalpa noun. hunting trip. Category: Motion. yarrkatiwa verb, intransitive (wa class). 1 • used to crack. E.g. the ground where mata is growing. Category: Motion. 2 • used to split. E.g. the ground. Category: Motion. 3 • used to rip. Category: Motion.
yarrpa noun. 1 • a tear. Category: State. 2 • a rip. Category: State.
yarrpuwa verb, transitive (wa class). 1 • used to tear something. Category: Impact. 2 • used to rip something. Category: Impact.
yarruwa noun. 1 • spouse. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • husband. Usage depends on relationship of speaker. Category: People and Kinship. 3 • wife. Usage depends of relationship of speaker. Category: People and Kinship.
yarrwangka verb, intransitive (Ø class). used to make a ripping sound. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Sounds.
yartajirri noun. relationship term (jamurarra talk). Category: People and Kinship. yaru descriptor. 1 • more softly. Category: Manner and Posture. 2 • quieter. Yaru wangka! Talk quieter! Category: Manner and Posture. 3 • less than before. Category: Manner and Posture.
yarula verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to soften something. E.g. the sound of a radio. Category: Impact, Colour Pattern and Texture. 2 • used to lessen something. E.g. the speed a person is going. Category: Impact.
yarunyarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to go around and return. E.g. a boomerang. Category: Motion. yarurnpa descriptor. shallow. Category: Size Shape and Weight. yarurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). 1 • used to slow down. Category: Stative Verbs, Manner and Posture. 2 • used to become less than before. Category: Stative Verbs, Manner and Posture.
yaruwu noun. arrow. From: English. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. yata noun. shield. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
yatarnmala verb, transitive (rra/la class). used to cause to be quiet. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Sounds.
yatarnpa descriptor. 1 • calm (weather). Category: State. 2 • windless (weather). Category: State.
yatilykata noun. elders. Category: People and Kinship. yatilypa noun. 1 • elder. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • important person. Category: People and Kinship.
yatu noun. short person. Category: People and Kinship. yatula verb, transitive (la class). used to chop something. Category: Impact. yawalyurru noun. species of berry. Canthium latifolium. Category: Plants. yawanyja noun. straight relationship. Category: People and Kinship. yawarta noun. horse. Category: Animals. yawiyi noun. one who is sorry or pitying. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. yawula verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to take a handful. Category: Holding and Transfer. 2 • used to scoop up something. Category: Holding and Transfer.
yawujayiti Variant: yawujayitu. descriptor. outside. From: English. Category: Direction and Location. yawujayitu Variant: yawujayiti. descriptor. outside. Category: Direction and Location. yawumani interrogative. how many. Category: Interrogatives. Yayijaya noun. Isaiah. Category: Names and Place Names. yayilurrupuwa verb, intransitive (wa class). used to call out ceremonially. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Dreaming and Ceremony, Sounds.
yayinpa noun. iron. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. yiija noun. years. From: English. Category: Time. yiilpurrjala verb, transitive (jala class). used to sip water. From edge of lake or creek. Category: Bodily Functions, Food Cooking and Fire.
yiilurru noun. bird. Category: Birds. yiilyjula verb, transitive (jula class). 1 • used to count something. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Number and Quantity. 2 • used to list something. E.g. a person's children. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
yiipi particle. if. From: English. Category: Particles. yiiya noun. 1 • year. Category: Time. 2 • used as part of an age number. From: English. Category: Time.
-yija noun suffix. suffix indicating inhabitant. Lit: hill inhabitant. purliyija hill kangaroo. parlkarrayija plains kangaroo.
Yijippa noun. Egypt. Biblical context. Category: Names and Place Names. Yijurilpa noun. Israel. Biblical context. Category: Names and Place Names. yikara noun. hot coals. Category: Elements, Food Cooking and Fire. yikarra particle. you've got to. From: English 'you have got to'. Category: Particles.
yikarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to laugh. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Sounds. yikarrirri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to laugh. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Sounds. yiki verb, intransitive (Ø class). used to stand up. Category: Motion. -yiki~ derivational suffix. verbalising suffix. parntiyikingu to smell (intransitive verb). yikijula verb, transitive (jula class). used to stand something upright. Category: Holding and Transfer. yiki-yiki verb, intransitive (Ø class). used to stand up as a group. The whole lot stands. Category: Motion. -yiku noun suffix. like. Similative suffix. yapuyiku like a stone. walyjayiku like its own self. Category: Manner and Posture.
yikulpa noun. eagle. Category: Birds. yikurntala verb, transitive (la class). used to recognise someone. Category: Vocalising and Thought. yilala verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to drag something. Category: Holding and Transfer. 2 • used to pull something out. Category: Holding and Transfer.
-yila suffix. then. Connective suffix. Kayila-laju karru wanarnu Kartaparlirtu. And then we followed the creek to Kartaparli hill. Category: Time. Gram: Usually follows ka-.
-yilampa suffix. then. Connective suffix. Category: Time. Gram: Often follows palunyangka-. -yilapa suffix. then. Connective suffix. Category: Time. Yilayija noun. Elijah. Biblical context. Category: Names and Place Names. yilijula verb, intransitive (rra/la class). 1 • used to point with the fingers. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 2 • used to indicate with a hand gesture. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
yilikuru noun. 1 • juice from meat. Category: Food Cooking and Fire, Body Parts and Products. 2 • gravy. Karrkartangka-la jarlajunkuni. We are dipping it into the gravy/meat juice. Category: Food Cooking and Fire.
yilipi noun. axe. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. yiliti descriptor. in a line. Category: Manner and Posture. yilkari noun. sky. Category: Elements. yilpijula verb, transitive (rra/la class). 1 • used to buckle up. Category: Impact. 2 • used to tie up. Category: Impact.
yilta descriptor. 1 • true. Category: Value. 2 • truth. Category: Value.
Yiltakaja? phrase. Is it really true? yiltaminyirri descriptor. really true. Category: Value. yiltanyju noun. truthful person. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. yiltapayi noun. 1 • person who is truthful. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. 2 • person who can be trusted. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character.
yiltartu interjection. truly. Category: Interjections. yiltayuru descriptor. like the real thing. Category: Manner and Posture. yilyu descriptor. parent is yilyu when a son or daughter dies. Category: State, People and Kinship.
yilyurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become sonless or daughterless. Used of a parent who has lost a son or daughter. Category: Stative Verbs.
yimiri noun. rib. Category: Body Parts and Products. yimiyu noun. emu. From: English. Category: Birds. yimiyuka noun. emu. From: English. Category: Birds. yimpila verb, transitive (la class). used to talk about someone. Category: Vocalising and Thought. yinala verb, transitive (la class). used to pick fruit. E.g. pura or wama. Category: Impact, Food Cooking and Fire.
yinalkatingu verb, transitive (unclassed). picked as a person went along. Category: Holding and Transfer. Gram: With -ngu in PAST sub entry.
yinara noun. relationship term. A relationship between those of the Karimarra/Milangka kinship sections and those of the Panaka/Purungu sections. Category: People and Kinship.
Yingkiliji noun. English. Category: Vocalising and Thought. yini noun. name. Category: Vocalising and Thought. yinijula verb, transitive (jula class). 1 • used to name someone. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 2 • used to say someone's name. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
yinini noun. 1 • wife. Usage depends on relationship between the speaker and the person addressed. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • husband. Usage depends on relationship between the speaker and the person addressed. Category: People and Kinship.
yiniparni descriptor. without a name. Category: State. yinjayiti descriptor. inside. Category: Direction and Location. yinkala verb, intransitive (la class). used to sing. Wintamarrangka-laju yinkalpayi. We were singing over under the mulga tree. Category: Vocalising and Thought, Sounds.
yinkarni noun. relationship term ("like a brother/sister relationship"). Category: People and Kinship. yinta noun. 1 • waterhole in home country. Category: Elements. 2 • birthplace. Category: Elements.
yintala verb, transitive (la class). used to recognise. Category: Vocalising and Thought. -yinta pronoun suffix. 1 • suffix indicating reflexive. Category: Pronouns. 2 • suffix indicating reciprocal. Category: Pronouns. 3 • to himself. Category: Pronouns.
yinti verb, intransitive (Ø class). 1 • used to drip out of something. E.g., oil from a car. Category: Motion. 2 • used to leak out of something. Category: Motion. 3 • used to pour out of something. Category: Motion.
yinti noun. spindle. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. yintila verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to pour something out. Category: Holding and Transfer. 2 • used to spill something. Category: Holding and Transfer.
yintulpa Variant: yinturlpa. descriptor. 1 • true. Category: Value. 2 • correct. Category: Value.
yinturlpa Variant: yintulpa. descriptor. straight. Palujanu wakarnu yinturlju Mamalu. Then Father speared it straight on. Category: Manner and Posture.
yinyala verb, transitive (la class). used to rub oil or fat into a person or instrument. Category: Impact. yinyjanu noun. 1 • gift. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. 2 • ceremonial meat gift. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony, Food Cooking and Fire.
yinyja-yinyja descriptor. head-up. ngalya yinyja-yinyja face upward. Category: Manner and Posture. yinyurrpa noun. wrong marriage. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. yipi noun. mother. This word is not used at Jigalong at the present time because of a death of a person with a name with similar sounds. Category: People and Kinship.
yipilypa descriptor. false. Yipilyju-n wajarnu. What you said didn't prove to be true. Category: Value. Yipurampa noun. Abraham. Biblical context. Category: Names and Place Names. Yipuru noun. Hebrew language. Category: Vocalising and Thought. yiri noun. rib. Category: Body Parts and Products. yirila verb, transitive (la class). used to whittle the shaft of a spear. Yirilku-njananya kurlartalku. You will shave the shaft to make a spear. Category: Impact.
yirna noun. 1 • man (fully initiated). Category: People and Kinship. 2 • husband. Category: People and Kinship. Socio: This word can be used in the way the respectful term, "sir", is used in English.
yirna jukumunu noun. big man. Lit: man not small. Category: People and Kinship. yirnakaja noun. 1 • the elders. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • the men. Category: People and Kinship.
yirnanyjarri noun. the elders. Category: People and Kinship. yirnaparaku noun. 1 • the elders. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • the men. Category: People and Kinship.
yirnapunaja noun. widow. Lit: without a man. Category: People and Kinship. yirni descriptor. 1 • loose. Category: Mood and Character. 2 • generous. Yirnilu-ra yungu. Out of generosity, he gave it to him. Category: Mood and Character. See: pamparrju.
yirninyju descriptor. 1 • very obedient or willing. Category: Mood and Character. 2 • very generous. Category: Mood and Character.
yirnipayi noun. generous person. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. yirnirri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become loose. E.g., a tooth, a screw. Category: Stative Verbs. yirni-yirni descriptor. very loose. Category: Mood and Character. yirnku descriptor. 1 • true. Category: Value. 2 • straight. Category: Value, Size Shape and Weight. 3 • correct. Category: Value.
yirntirri noun. ramp, usually for goanna. Category: Elements. yirra noun. 1 • teeth. Category: Body Parts and Products. 2 • mouth. Used in a number of idioms. Category: Body Parts and Products.
-yirra noun suffix. coupling suffix. marlpayirra two mates.
yirra kalyurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to salivate. Like when eating a lemon. Yirra kalyurringu. His mouth became watery. Category: Bodily Functions.
yirra kalyurrpa noun. person who doesn't really know what they are talking about. Lit: watery mouth. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character.
yirra nyawa verb, intransitive (wa class). used to look upward from a lower position. Category: Bodily Functions.
yirra pajala verb, (la class). used to grind one's teeth. Can be a gesture of anger or fear. Category: Bodily Functions.
yirra pakala verb, (la class). used to reveal teeth. The clenched teeth of a person in a fit. Category: Bodily Functions.
yirrijula verb, transitive (jula class). used to sic dogs on game. Category: Vocalising and Thought. yirrirri noun. 1 • the bank of a creek. Category: Elements. 2 • the side of a creek. Category: Elements.
yirrirrikarti descriptor. to the side; to the bank. Category: Direction and Location. yirriti descriptor. down the rise. Category: Direction and Location. yirritijurra verb, transitive (rra class). used to tip out liquid. Category: Holding and Transfer. Gram: With -nu in PAST headword.
Yirrkalyilyinya noun. name of place. Ram Creek. Category: Names and Place Names. yirrkili noun. boomerang. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. yirrpila verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to insert. Category: Holding and Transfer. 2 • used to put inside. Category: Holding and Transfer.
yirrpirnkurlu noun. 1 • person with weapons. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • soldier. Biblical context. Category: People and Kinship.
yirrpirnpa noun. group of weapons. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. yiti descriptor. side. Category: Direction and Location. -yiti suffix. side. Kujuyiti-nta yungu. He gave it to you--but you didn't give him anything in return. yitijula verb, transitive (jula class). used to give a drink to someone. Category: Holding and Transfer, Food Cooking and Fire.
yitingka descriptor. away from the mob. Category: Direction and Location, People and Kinship. yitiwana descriptor. to one side. Ngarringu-lura yitiwana. He lay off to one side--away from her. Category: Direction and Location.
yiwarra noun. 1 • road. Category: Elements. 2 • track. Category: Elements. 3 • path. Category: Elements.
yiwarrarra verb, transitive (rra class). used to make a track by going over the same course many times. Category: Motion. Gram: With -nu in PAST headword.
yiwarra kujupa wanarnu phrase. 1 • to live the wrong way. 2 • to go after other things in life beside devotion to God.
yiwarrajula verb, intransitive (rra/la class). used to go up and down a path. Category: Motion. yiwarrawana noun. along the track. Category: Direction and Location.
yiwilyi descriptor. satisfied. Category: Mood and Character. yiwilyirri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to get satisfied. From eating, arguing, fighting. Category: Stative Verbs.
yiyala verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to let someone go. Category: Holding and Transfer. 2 • used to free someone or something. Category: Holding and Transfer. 3 • used to send. Category: Holding and Transfer.
yuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to give someone something. Yuwa-ra mirrka! Give some food to him! Yuwa-jananya jii yarnngakuyarra! Give this to all of them! Category: Holding and Transfer.
yujunypuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to cook various animals in one hole. Category: Impact, Food Cooking and Fire.
yukartu noun. afternoon. Category: Time. yukartuminyirri noun. really late in the afternoon. Category: Time. yukarturri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become afternoon. Category: Stative Verbs, Time. yukartu-yukartu noun. late afternoon. Category: Time. yuku interjection. 1 • joy. Yuku-ju! What joy for me! (You are going to give me something!) Category: Interjections. 2 • lucky to avoid a mishap. Yuku Mama yikipayi kurlarta wakujarra! It was a good thing that Father was standing there with his spear ready to throw. Category: Interjections.
yukula verb, transitive (la class). used to break off a plant from its roots. Category: Impact. -yuku noun suffix. like. Similative suffix. jarntuyuku like a dog. nyuntuyuku just like you. Category: Manner and Posture.
yukunpuwa verb, transitive (wa class). used to pick on someone. May suggest constant needling of someone. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
yukuri noun. green grass. Category: Plants. yukurikurrungka noun. at a grassy place. Category: Direction and Location. yukuriwanpa noun. green coloured thing. Category: Colour Pattern and Texture. yukuri-yukuri descriptor. green. Category: Colour Pattern and Texture. yula noun. crying person. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. yula verb, intransitive (Ø class). used to cry. Yulaku-rnalu. I will cry with her. Category: Bodily Functions, Sounds.
yulajingala verb, transitive (la class). used to make cry. Euphamism for becoming a man. Category: Impact. yulara yiki verb, intransitive (Ø class). used to stand there crying. Category: Stative Verbs, Manner and Posture. Gram: With -ngu in PAST sub entry.
yularntala verb, transitive (la class). used to make someone cry. Category: Impact. yulpari descriptor. south. Category: Direction and Location. yulpurru noun. dust. Category: Elements. yulupirti descriptor. 1 • always. Category: Time. 2 • for keeps. Category: Time.
yulyju noun. leaf. Category: Plants.
yumala verb, transitive (la class). used to set fire to something. E.g. spinifex grass. Category: Impact, Food Cooking and Fire.
yumari noun. 1 • mother-in-law. Avoidance relationship. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • son-in-law. Avoidance relationship. Category: People and Kinship. 3 • father's sister. Category: People and Kinship. 4 • mother's brother's wife. Category: People and Kinship.
yumpu noun. sign of a curse. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. yumu particle. 1 • nothing. Category: Particles. 2 • for no particular reason. Yumu parra-yaninpa. He is just strolling about--for no reason. Yumulu kurtingu. For no reason he let it go. Yumu-ya! They are nothing! (i.e., they aren't what they said they were). Category: Particles.
yumuminyirri descriptor. really nothing. Category: Number and Quantity. yumunyjurra verb, transitive (rra class). 1 • used to make another do something. Category: Impact. 2 • used to tempt. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 3 • used to persuade another. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 4 • used to punish. Category: Impact. Gram: With -nu in PAST headword.
yumurri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). 1 • used to become nothing. Category: Stative Verbs. 2 • used to become unconcerned. Category: Stative Verbs. 3 • used to give up on an issue. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 4 • used to lose one's purpose. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 5 • used to stop worrying about something. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
Yumurta! phrase. It's really nothing! Yumurtuka! phrase. It's really nothing! yumuwanpa noun. 1 • story. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 2 • not direct teaching. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 3 • teaching contained in a figure. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
yungkala verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to throw something. E.g. a boomerang, a hitting stick. Category: Holding and Transfer. 2 • used to grind something. E.g. seeds. Category: Impact. 3 • used to spin hair (for hair string). Category: Impact. 4 • used to crank a car. Category: Impact. 5 • used to turn a windlass. Category: Impact. See: juutamula.
yungkujarra noun. kin term referring to male cousins. Category: People and Kinship. yungkujarra noun. 1 • with a gift. Category: Dreaming and Ceremony. 2 • mainly refers to a wife who has been given by appropriate relatives. Category: People and Kinship, Dreaming and Ceremony.
yungkuri noun. relationship term (a kind of "cousin"). Category: People and Kinship. yungku-yungku noun. dust storm. Category: Elements. See: kurluwa. yungunjarra noun. 1 • in the morning; with daylight. Category: Time. 2 • morning. Category: Time.
yungunkujupa noun. 1 • next morning. Category: Time. 2 • previous morning. Category: Time.
3 • another morning. Category: Time.
yungunpa noun. 1 • morning. Category: Time. 2 • tomorrow. Category: Time.
yungunpakala verb, intransitive (la class). used to become morning. Ka-laju yanu ngarringu yungunpakarnu. And we went and slept and morning came. Category: Stative Verbs, Time.
yungun-yungunpa noun. before daylight. Category: Time. yunturi noun. one who is sulking. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character. yupalpa descriptor. 1 • few. Ngurra-rna ngarringu yupalpa. I stayed there for a few nights. Category: Number and Quantity. 2 • some. Yupalpa-laju nyininpa. There are only a few of us here in camp. Category: Number and Quantity.
yupuji noun. office. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. yupujpa noun. office. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects. yupunpa descriptor. 1 • open. Category: State. 2 • open building. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects.
yupunyju noun. nighttime. Category: Time. yuranypa noun. species of insect. An edible insects which appear after rain--a kind of termite. Category: Insects.
yurila verb, transitive (la class). used to wipe oneself. Category: Impact. yurlirri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to die. Category: Bodily Functions. yurlparirra descriptor. south. Category: Direction and Location. yurlta noun. 1 • rest in camp. Category: State. 2 • have a spell. Category: State.
yurltu noun. hollow. Of a tree or log. Category: Plants, Elements. yurlu noun. shelter. Category: Artefacts Constructions and Personal Objects, Elements. yurl-yurlpa noun. afternoon. Category: Time. yurna 1 • noun. pus. Category: Body Parts and Products, Healing Sickness and Ailments. 2 • descriptor. rotten. Category: State.
yurninypa noun. seed. Category: Plants. yurnmi descriptor. 1 • ripe. Category: State. 2 • cooked. Category: State, Food Cooking and Fire.
yurnmirri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). 1 • used to get done (of food). Category: Stative Verbs. 2 • used to get ripe. Category: Stative Verbs.
yurntalpa noun. 1 • daughter. Category: People and Kinship. 2 • niece (a man's sister's daughter). Category: People and Kinship.
yurntiri descriptor. 1 • sulky. Category: Mood and Character. 2 • leaving the mob in a huff. Category: Manner and Posture, Motion.
yurntula verb, transitive (la class). used to push something. Category: Holding and Transfer.
yurnturnu ngarajula verb, (rra/la class). used to reject what a boss is saying and want to go against him. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
yurnturrpa noun. cloud. Category: Elements. yurnturrpuru descriptor. cloudy. Category: State. yurra descriptor. thirsty. Category: State. yurrala verb, transitive (la class). used to tell a story. Not often used. Category: Vocalising and Thought. yurrarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to get thirsty. Category: Bodily Functions, Food Cooking and Fire.
yurri noun. 1 • movement. Category: Motion. 2 • motion. Category: Motion.
yurri verb, intransitive (Ø class). used to move. Category: Motion. yurrijingala verb, transitive (la class). 1 • used to shake some object. Category: Impact. 2 • used to move something around. Category: Impact.
yurrijula verb, transitive (rra/la class). used to cause to move. Of grass hoppers moving their wings. Category: Motion.
yurriparni descriptor. motionless. Category: State. yurriparnirri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become motionless; used to be still. Category: Motion. yurripilyala verb, transitive (la class). used to shake something. Karlkilu-ya yurripilyarnu warta. The others shook the tree. Category: Impact.
yurri-yurri verb, intransitive (Ø class). used to shake. Used of an earthquake. Category: Motion. yurri-yurri descriptor. lots of movement. Category: State. yurri-yurrirri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). 1 • used to shake. Category: Motion. 2 • used to tremble. Used of earthquakes. Category: Motion.
yurrkanpa noun. young girl. Category: People and Kinship. yurtijula verb, transitive (jula class). used to put something up in something. E.g., hang something up in a tree out of the reach of the dogs. Category: Holding and Transfer.
yurtu 1 • descriptor. unaware. Category: Mood and Character. 2 • descriptor. ignorant. Category: Mood and Character. 3 • noun. one who takes no notice. Category: People and Kinship, Mood and Character.
yurturri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to stop looking at something. Category: Bodily Functions. yurtu-yurtu descriptor. 1 • taking no notice. Category: Manner and Posture. 2 • ignoring instruction. Category: Manner and Posture.
-yuru noun suffix. like. Similative suffix. marluyuru like a marlu (plains kangaroo). Category: Manner and Posture.
yuta noun. food. Category: Food Cooking and Fire. yuti descriptor. 1 • visible. Category: State. 2 • permissible to look at. E.g., a man's "auntie" who doesn't have to be avoided. Yuti-ju. I can look at her (she isn't an avoidance relation). Category: State.
yutila verb, transitive (la class). used to make visible. Category: Impact.
yuti nintila verb, transitive (la class). used to teach the meaning of some written word. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
yutijula verb, transitive (jula class). 1 • used to make something visible. Category: Impact. 2 • used to reveal something. Category: Impact.
yutimala verb, (rra/la class). 1 • used to be born. Category: Bodily Functions. 2 • used to bring to birth. Category: Bodily Functions.
yutirri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). 1 • used to become visible. Category: Stative Verbs. 2 • used to appear from hiding. Category: Motion. 3 • used to be born. Category: Stative Verbs. 4 • used to be revealed. Category: Stative Verbs.
yuu particle. yes. Category: Particles. yuujula verb, transitive (jula class). 1 • used to say 'yes'. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 2 • used to agree to something. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
yuwa particle. yes. Category: Particles. yuwajula verb, (rra/la class). 1 • used to say 'yes'. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 2 • used to agree. Category: Vocalising and Thought. 3 • used to give permission. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
yuwayi particle. yes. Category: Particles. yuwilyi descriptor. satisfied. Category: Mood and Character. yuwilyirri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). used to become satisfied. From food or fighting. Wirla-rna yuwilyirringu. My heart has become satisfied. Category: Stative Verbs.
yuwinarri verb, intransitive (Ø+wa class). 1 • used to become big. Category: Stative Verbs, Size Shape and Weight. 2 • used to become mature (teenage). Category: Vocalising and Thought. 3 • used to become important. Category: Vocalising and Thought.
yuwinmarra verb, transitive (rra class). used to make large. Category: Impact, Size Shape and Weight. Gram: With -nu in PAST headword.
yuwinpa Variant: yuwinypa. descriptor. 1 • big. Category: Size Shape and Weight. 2 • important. Category: Value.
yuwinyji noun. 1 • woollybutt grass. Category: Plants. 2 • species of edible seed. Eragrostis eriopoda. Category: Plants, Food Cooking and Fire.
yuwinypa Variant: yuwinpa. descriptor. 1 • big. Category: Size Shape and Weight. 2 • heavy. Category: Size Shape and Weight.
ENGLISH – MARTU WANGKA A-a abdomen
nyuru
Aboriginal and European descent, person of
marta-marta
Aboriginal people who had not lived on settlements pujimanpa Aborigine
puntu
·
martu
about
parra-
about now
kuwarrilyu
about, just
nguwanpa
·
jamurnpa
about, scattered
jirrja
about, sneaking
wura
about, used to shift something
parra-muurrkati
above
kanka
·
katu
·
kankarra
·
ngarnawarra
·
kankararra
Abraham
Yipurampa
accidentally bump, used to
kakalpuwa
accidentally hit, used to
kakalpuwa
accidently
watarrku
accomplishment, proud of
muku-muku
accuse another face to face, used to
kuru wajala
across
pirra-pirra
·
-wati
across, motion
wati-
act cleverly, used to
wangurri
action, intermittent
-ti~
action, the one doing
-nyja
action, used to repeat an
yarrala
activity, sound of
jaarlurrparlurrpa
affected by
-ngkamarra
afraid, used to be
ngurlurri
after
kurlunga
·
marla
after another, one
purrini-purrini
after sunset
mungarr-mungarrpa
after that
palunyajanu
after then
palunyajanu
afternoon
yurl-yurlpa
·
karrpulpi
·
yukartu
afternoon, late
yukartu-yukartu
·
ruka
afternoon, really late in the
yukartuminyirri
afternoon, used to become
yukarturri
afternoon, very late
ruka-ruka
afterwards
marlakarti
again
wituka
·
kinpa
again and again
-na~
again, used to do something
yarrala
against
ngalyangkarrka
age-mate
yarlpu
age-mates, all of the
yarlpururran
age-mates, two
yarlpururra
agent, suffix
-ju
ago, long
nyukurni
·
julyju
agree to something, used to
yuujula
agree, used to
yuwajula
agressive
jarr-jarrpa
ahead
kurranyu
·
kurranyi
ahead, really
kurranyu-kurranyu
ahead, used to cause someone to go
kurranyirra
ahead, used to charge
partu-partula
aimless
ngukarri
alcohol
wamajanu
alcohol, person addicted to
wamapayi
alcoholic drinks
wama
alight, used to be
tilingara
alive
wanka
alive, used to make someone
wankala
all
wulikaja
·
yarnnga
all of the age-mates
yarlpururran
all over the place
parlparri
all the sons
kajapirti
all the time, sick
ngarntapirla
all together
wulikaja
all!, thats
nyamurtuka
almost
jamurnpa
·
nguwanpa
almost did
-ngkungara
almost, but not quite
-lngara
alone
nganyjarrpa
alone in the middle
jarntilyirri
alone, used to become
minyjilarri
alone, used to leave
jurra
along
-wana
along here
ngaawana
along that way
jiiwati
along the beach
purnuwana
along the ground
parnawana
along the sky
ngarnkawana
along the track
yiwarrawana
along there, used to go
palawanarri
along, creeping
wura
already
jurntu
·
-kaja
already did something
-nkumarranypa
already happened
jurntulpi
also
-lurrju
·
wituka
always
wulu
·
kakuputu
·
yulupirti
amazed
nyunurra
amazed, used to be
karratarri
·
kuru majurri
·
kuru jumarri
among the trees
wartapuru
ancestor
jamu
ancestors, male
jamunyjanirri
and
kaa
·
ka
Andrew
Yanturu
angrily
jurtany-jurtany
angry
pika
·
rarru
·
wirrilyi
angry person
ngalya rarru
angry, person who is
wirrilyipayi
angry, used to become
rarrurri
·
wirrilyirri
angry, used to cause to be
wirrilyimala
angry, used to get
wirrilyirri
·
pikarri
angry, used to make
wirrilyirra
angry, used to stir up and make
jaarramula
animal
kingkilypa
·
kuka
animal intestine, used to squeeze faeces from
junyipuwa
animal skin
kiinpa
animal track, used to smell
parntilkatiwa
animal which bites
jikipala
animal with young
japuwinti
·
japunyjarra
animal, edible
kuwiyi
animal, fat
rulypu
animal, lively person or
pikalya
animal, savage
pikalya
animal, young
nyamanypa
animals, young
kurlunypa
ankle
luku
another
kujupa
·
kujupa
·
-kujupa
another day
karrpukujupa
·
karrpuyampajara
another morning
yungunkujupa
another one
najawanpa
·
-yampajara
another way
kujupawayi
another, and
-kamu
answering back
jari-jari
ant
minga
·
pinga
ant hill
tiipa
ant, bull
karntakara
ant, white
manyjurrpa
anteater
manganya
·
minguwa
anteater, spiny
jilkamarta
Antioch
Yantiyukpa
ants
manyuru
anus
kuna
anything?
wurtu
apart
partuka
apart, used to take something
wupulypuwa
apostle
jakurlpurluka
appear from hiding, used to
yutirri
appear then disappear
kapurr-kapurrjula
appear, used to
pakala
appeared, large group
paka-pakala
approaching
kalkurnijarra
area, sacred
ngurlu
argue, used to
paanypuwa
argument
jurtakarra
argumentative
jarr-jarrpa
arm
mirna
·
marumpu
·
mara
arm in arm
winijarra
armpit
kiti-kiti
arms, used to raise someone's
ngarnawarrajingala
·
kankajingala
arms, used to take in
yampula
army
warnmarla
·
jawulyjakaja
around
parra-
around, going
kurirri
around, turning
nyankarra
around, used to turn
kupirlangkawa
·
kalkurnirri
·
kupirlpuwa
around, used to turn something
kupurljingala
around, waiting
watanypa
arrangements for some activity, They are making
Wangkaya pungkuni
arrangements to make
jumangkarrala
arrive after some incident, used to
marlapuwa
arrive following another, used to
marlapuwa
arrive, used to
warinykati
·
pakala
arrived, large group
paka-pakala
arrow
yaruwu
arrow, bow and
puukamu yaru
artefact, reed
jinyjira
ash colour
jurnpaly-jurnpalypa
ashamed
kurnta
ashamed, used to become
kurntarri
ashamed, used to cause to be
kurtangkala
ashamed, used to make another
kurntajula
ashes
jurnpa
ashes onto the skin, used to rub
nyutila
ask someone to accompany a person, used to
walala
ask, used to
japila
·
jamartapuwa
·
ngajila
assemble, used to
wururri
·
wumurri
at
-rta
·
-ngka
·
-ja
·
-ja
·
-ta
at night
mungangka
at one end
mulyakarti
at the edge
mulya yikini
attracted to men
kirtapayi
attractive
wanganypa
augment
-pa
auntie
kurntili
aunties and mothers
pipinyurra
authority, person who pays attention to
pinalkarra
authority, submissive to
nyira
authority, used to become submissive to
nyirarri
avoid touching, used to
wanti
avoidance
jutu-jutu
avoidance speech
Yapura-yapura
awake
kana
awake?, Are you still
Kanamarta-n
away
mawu-
away from
mawu
away from family
manyjarra
away from me
-jura
away from the mob
yitingka
·
japirrpa
away from the speaker
maa-
away, far
tiwa
·
wirrili
away, Get
Maa!
away, right
kuwarringulyu
away, used to climb
maa-takala
away, used to send
junkula yarra
away, used to shift something
muurrkati
away, used to shoo
manypuwa
away, used to take it
maa-kati
axe
marti
·
kaana
·
yilipi
·
kaju
B-b baby
jiji
baby at the lying stage
ngarrilara
baby at the sitting stage
nyinalurru
baby talk
juuwa
back
warnnga
·
marla
·
marlaku
·
murrpu
back east
kakarrawarraku
back of the neck, on
nyankanyuku
back something up, used to
murrurri
back, carry on one's
jarnala
back, lower
kala
·
narnma
back, used to carry on one's
jarnangkakati
back, used to get on someone's
jarnangkarri
back, used to go
marlayarra
back, used to put on one's
jarnangkala
back, used to turn
pijurriwa
backward look, a
nyankarra
backwards
murru
backwards, make someone walk
jayira wanala
bad
walyku
·
kuya
·
puta
bad one
walykuwanpa
bad person or thing
walykuwanpa
bad tasting water
kalyjirrpa
bad thing, used to do a
walykula
bad things about others, says
jaaputa
bad, reckon oneself
jankawa
bad, used to become
putarri
bad, used to get
walykurri
bad, used to make
walykumarra
bag
kurtanpa
bag sack
payiki
baking powder
pikinpawutu
bald
ngalya pararra
·
kata purli
bald head
katakampu
Balfore Downs
Palpatawunpa
banana, bush
karlkula
bandage
pantiji
bandage a wound, used to
pantimula
bandage something, used to
karrpila
bandicoot
marnkarrpa
bands, decorative chest
wirrki-wirrki
bang
tarl
bangle
riingu
bangs, lots of loud
tarl-tarlkaja
bank
payingki
bank of a creek, the
yirrirri
bank of creek
tartalpa
bank of the creek, from the
tartaljanu
bank, on the
yirrirrikarti
Barabbas
Parapajpa
barb of spear
tarlku
·
tarlka-tarlka
barbs
ngarlirrpa
bark from tree, used to get
likarrala
bark of tree
likarra
bark off tree, used to strip
likarrapuwa
bark sandles
mangarrpa
·
malkapiri
bark, used to get from tree
likarrala
barley
paali
Barnabas
Panapajpa
barren country
pararra
base of tail of kangaroo
jirrji
base of tree
jirrji
bash a person around while keeping them, used to
pungkula kanyila
bat, a
jarti
bathe oneself, used to
jarlawa
bathe, used to
kurruwa
bauhinia tree
jikarra
be born, used to
yutirri
be careful!
wurlkumarta
be horizontal in position, used to
ngarri
be, might
-mpa
be, used to
nyina
beach, along the
purnuwana
bean tree, species of
pinarti
beard
ngarnkurrpa
beard, person with a
ngarnkurrjarra
beat another at a game, used to
piitamula
beat another at an argument, used to
winarri
beat another at racing or in competition, used to
piitamula
beat someone, used to
watala
beat time with boomerangs, used to
tijilpuwa
beautiful, used to make
jurimala
became weak, his spirit
Wiyurrpa palyjalyarringu
because
-janu
·
jiiyurungkamarra
because of
-jamarra
·
-ngkamarra
beckon, used to
witula
become a law breaker , used to
kunkarri
become a man, used to
punturri
·
marturri
become alone, used to
minyjilarri
become angry , used to
wirrilyirri
become angry, used to
rarrurri
become aware of danger, used to
jukururri
become bad, used to
putarri
become bereft of family, used to
minyjilarri
become big, used to
jumarri
·
karlkarri
·
yuwinarri
become blind, used to
pampururri
become bloated, used to
raparrkurri
become calm, used to
mitirlarri
become cautious, used to
pukunyarri
become cheeky, used to
jurtawartarri
·
jari-jarirri
become clear, used to
mururri
become cold, used to
yaltarri
become completely silent, used to
wurtuwa
become dark, used to
mungajarrarri
·
mungarri+Ø
become dark-coloured
marurri
become daytime, used to
raakawa
become deaf
ngakumparri
become dim, used to
puwalyarr
become dried up, used to
yarntinarri
become dull, used to
puwalyarr
become envious, used to
muyurrarri
become excreta, used to
pilkirri
become fat, used to
jinyjimamarri
become frightened
karratarri
become full, used to
palyjarri
·
munkurri
become happy, used to
pukurlarri
become hollow, used to
raku-rakurri
become homesick
kujilarri
become hot, used to
rarrurri
become hungry, used to
kalyparturri
become in the north
kayilirri
become irrelevant, used to
pinyirri
become jealous, used to
nyararri
·
mikurri
become less than before, used to
yarurri
become light/day
karrpurri
become loose, used to
yirnirri
become lost, used to
kawarlirri
become lower, used to
nyirrirri
become mad
ngakumparri
become mad/deaf/confused
kawarn-kawarnarri
become morning, used to
yungunpakala
become motionless, used to
yurriparnirri
become night, used to
mungajarrarri
become nothing, used to
yumurri
·
wiyarri
·
munurri
·
wiyarri
become old, used to
jirlpirri
become one, used to
kujungkarri
·
kujurri
become orphaned?, used to
pinyirri
become overweight, used to
jinyjimamarri
become pregnant, used to
munkurri
become quiet, used to
kurnurri
become red, used to
miji-mijirri
become ripe, used to
munyjulyarri
become rubbish, used to
pinyirri
·
minyjilyarri
become satisfied, used to
jarrulyurri
·
yuwilyirri
·
muku-mukurri
become secret, used to
kumpirri
become sensible
kuranarri
become serious
minyirrarri
become simple-minded
ngakumparri
become skinny, used to
tarrkala
become small
jukurri
become smooth, used to
jiralyarri
become something
-rri~
become something else, used to
kujuparri
become something, used to
-arri
become sonless or daughterless, used to
yilyurri
become stiff, used to
narntungula
become sunny, used to
jirnturri
become sweaty, used to
jinymirlarri
become swollen shut, used to
juulyarri
become swollen, used to
raparrkurri
·
mulyjarrarri
become tired
jaka-jakarri
become twisted, used to
lupurri
become uncertain, used to
taju-tajurri
become unconcerned, used to
yumurri
become uneasy, used to
ralpurrarri
become upset, used to
jurtarri
become visible, used to
miralarri
·
yutirri
become well, used to
palyarri
becoming daytime
karrpurrinyja
bed
piiti
·
paangka
bee, honey
jantaru muunurrku
bees
jurtipirri
·
jantaru
before
julyju
before daylight
yungun-yungunpa
before too late
karrpulpi
before whitefellas came
kartiyaparningka
before you came
nyuntupunajangka
before, less than
yaru
before, like
yangkayuru
beg, used to
ngajila
beggar
ngajijaka
behind
marla
·
marlakarti
behind back, hands
wayarurru
behind, used to get
marlarri
behind, used to leave someone
junu yarra
being, cannibal
jaamiji-miji
bellbird, crested
warnparnparlarla
belly, big
juniwarta
belong, used to
raapamula
belonging to
-mili
belonging to someone, something
ngulyu
belongings
purninpa
·
purnunpa
·
wartakaja
·
jantulpa
belongs above
ngarnawarrapurluka
belongs to a thing or place
ngurrara
belt, hair
nanpa
bend over, used to
pupa
bend to straighten, used to
wartula
beneath the stars
kurtalyapurungka
benefactive focus suffix
-mpa
Benjamin
Pinjimanpa
bent
lupu
bereaved parent
kampurta
bereaved parent, a
kampu
bereaved parents
kampukujarra
bereft of family, used to become
minyjilarri
berries become ripe, the
mirrka kampa~
berry, species of
nganungu
·
yawalyurru
beside
-wati
beside here
ngaawati
Bethany
Piijani
Bethlehem
Pijiliyampa
·
Pijiliyamu
beware!
wurlkumarta
beyond
munkarra
big
jarlu
·
yuwinypa
·
juma
·
yuwinpa
·
purlka
·
jumawarta
·
karlka
·
maju
big belly, a
juniwarta
big boy
jumanyjarri
·
majunyjarri
big fire
taarru
big man
yirna jukumunu
big man, used to mistakenly think someone is a
jumakukala
big mob
japalpa
·
wumungka
big one
majuwarta
big person
kaluyarntu
big stones
karlka-karlkakaja
big toe
mamartura
big, too
lalypa
big, used to become
yuwinarri
·
karlkarri
big, used to get
majurri
·
jarlurri
big, used to make
majumarra
big, used to make something
jumala
biggest
jumanyjarri
·
majunyjarri
biggest one, the
majujara
bird
nyarlpijarra
·
turru
·
yiilurru
·
pilurnpa
·
wiru
bird flower
jakapiri
bird's nest
niijpa
bird, nestling
marraka
bird, species of
kiinirri
·
katamijimiji
·
piiny-piinypa
birthday
paajayi
birthplace
yinta
bit for mouth of a horse
piitpa
bitch
milkarrpa
bite something, used to
pajala
bitter
kawirlpa
·
kalyjirr
·
wunya
black
maru-maru
·
mungapuru
black and white
kurtirl-kurtirlpa
black gidgee
marntila
black, used to make
marumala
blackboy tree
nyurntilirri
blackheads
jaminypa
blame someone, used to
ngukala
bland
wunya
blanket
pulanykarti
·
warntu
blemish
puta
blind
kurujutu
·
pampuru
blind, used to become
pampururri
blind, used to make
pampurula
blink, used to (of an eye)
paarrmala
bloated
raparrku
bloated, used to become
raparrkurri
block a blow, used to
ngarlkila
block a person's way, used to
pulakamula
blockage, used to break a
tangkurrpuwa
blockage, used to unplug a
tangkurrpuwa
bloke, good
pakipayi
blood
miji
blood clot
lungu
bloodwood tree
mijarrpa
blossom
purrungu
blow air from mouth, used to
puula
blow on something, used to
puyula
blow out, used to
tarlpala
blow, used to
wangalju yungkala
blow, used to block a
ngarlkila
bluetongue lizard
lungkurta
·
lungkarta
blunt
naja
·
nalya
·
karalypa
blurred
paly-palypa
blurred, used to become
paly-palyarri
blurry
paalypaalypa
boastful
jarntarrngarapa
·
jari-jari
boasting person
marnin-marninpa
boat
puutpa
body
yarnangu
·
kawu
body hair
wurna
boil, a
kurnturru
bold
punparrju
·
pirrka
·
pirrkawanpa
bone
tarrka
bone, leg
tarrka
bone, used to split for marrow
janyipuwa
bones, used to clean
jalyirrjala
bonfire
taarru
book
mili-mili
boomerang
yirrkili
·
karli
boomerang, toy
wuupayinpa
boomerang, type of
warlanu
boomerangs together, used to rattle
timpirirripuwa
boomerangs, used to beat time with
tijilpuwa
boots
jantaparrpa
bore sample holes in the earth for mining samples, used to puuramula bore, used to make a
tapurrpuwa
born, used to be
yutirri
·
yutimala
·
puunarri
·
kururri
borrow, used to
ngajirri
boss
nyampali
·
maaja
bosses, government
kapamanpa
both sides
kujarrakarti
bottle
paatulpa
bottom
marna
boulder, huge
yarlawara
bounce along, used to
kakal-kakalpuwa
bounce off ground, used to
turrkulangkawa
bounce off the ground, used to
jitapajala
bow and arrow
puukamu yaru
bow one's head, used to
nyuwurrarri
bowed head
malurrpa
boy
murtilya
boy with unpierced nasal septum
mulyajutu
boy, big
jumanyjarri
·
majunyjarri
boy, young
jarrkanpa
boys, small, group of
murtilya-murtilya
brag about oneself, used to
marninpuwa
brain
nyunyunyu
branch
lalapa
branch of tree
pirrpilya
branch out, used to
mirnalarri
branch, in a fork of a
karlkajarrangka
branches
kurrkalpa
branching out, something
jarrapa-jarrapa
brand
puranta
brash
kurntaparni
brave
punparrpa
·
kurrurnpa wiltu
·
raka
·
panyanyju
·
pirrka
·
ngurluparni
·
punparrju
brave person
rakajarra
brave, used to make
punparrmala
bread
puritpa
bread, loaf of
karlu-karlu
·
yampalpa
break (day), used to
raakawa
break a blockage, used to
tangkurrpuwa
break a damper, used to
tampirrpuwa
break a promise, used to
jamarta warla
break off a plant from its roots, used to
yukula
break off firewood, used to
murnila
break off, used to
tukunypuwa
break or smash with an axe, used to
kaartala
break something, used to
warlawa
·
karljarrpuwa
·
karlpuwa
·
kaarlala
·
karljarrkawa
·
kaarlpuwa
break up something, used to
jarralypuwa
break up, used to
raayala
break, used to
warlawa
·
karalyala
breakaway country
wankurlpari
breast
ngapurlu
·
pipi
·
ngama
breast milk
pipi
·
ngapurlu
breast milk,
ngama
breath
ngaanypa
breath, used to gasp for
rangamala
breathe, used to
ngaanymala
bridge of nose
nyurru-nyurru
·
jirntajarra
bright
yalyjirrpa
bright, really
karrpuminyirri
bring back, used to
jurntala
bring to birth, used to
yutimala
bring together, used to
kujungkala
bring, used to
kawa
·
kati
broadcast, used to
yarlpirri wangka
broken heart
wirla karalyanu
brother's wife, mother's
yumari
brother, mother's
kamuru
·
kamparnu
·
kaka
brother, older
pupu
·
papartu
·
kurta
brother, older, person and
kurtararra
brother, woman's
nyarrumpa
brother-in-law
mariji
·
makurta
·
wajirra
·
makurnta
brush away something, used to
puranypuwa
brush dirt off something , used to
kuralypuwa
brush off burnt fur, used to
purtilpuwa
brush off, used to
pantupuwa
bucket
pakita
bucking
manganpa
buckle a belt, used to
tinkijurra
buckle up, used to
yilpijula
·
nanpajurra
build a nest, used to
jangkujula
build a shelter, used to
wuungkujula
build fire, used to
jungula
build up a fire, used to
nyuyula
building, open
yupunpa
bull ant
karntakara
bullock
puluku
bullock or other meat animal
kila
bump accidentally, used to
kakalpuwa
bump into something, used to
paampumula
bumping into someone
wapukarlpa
bumps on skin
putaly-putalypa
bunches of fruit
latu-latu
bundle
wurnti
bundle of possessions
jantulpa
bundle, with
jantuwinti
bung eye
kurujuulypa
burn something, used to
kampala
burn, used to
kampa
burning fur smell
jilururru
burning stick, used to touch with
nyilyjijula
burnt fur, used to brush off
purtilpuwa
burp, used to
ngitarnmala
burst into flames, used to
jarrangkawa
burst, used to
taalpala
bury something, used to
tuunyjula
·
jampajula
bury, used to
tuunjula
bush
purnu
bush banana
karlkula
bush potato
kulyu
·
mata
bush shelter
kanaja
bush time, used to describe
pujimanpa
bush tobacco
japiya
·
jurntilyarr
bush tomato
pura
·
jinyjiwirrily
bush turkey
jarrki
·
ngarnurti
·
ngarlpunyji
·
tarrki
bush, green birdflower
malkapiri
·
mangarrpa
bushes, in the
purnupuru
business, unsettled
kamparr-kamparr
business, used to plan important
jumangkarrala
bustard
tarrki
·
ngarnurti
·
ngarlpunyji
busy
ngarru
butt of spear
kuna
buttocks
marna
buy, used to
payamula
buzzing noise, used to make
nyirrmala
buzzy insect
muunurrku-nurrku
C-c cabbage gum
kirtingarli
Caiaphas
Kayapajpa
calf of leg
nganyju
call another to your camp, used to
wikarrala
call out ceremonially, used to
yayilurrupuwa
call out for someone, used to
parlmala
call out, used to
raamala
·
yarltiwa
·
mirra
call someone, used to
mirra
·
witula
calm
yatarnpa
·
mulypa
·
mitirlpa
calm and peaceful
wirla yalta-yalta
calm down, used to
mulyarri
calm weather
tilykuru
calm, used to become
mitirlarri
calmness
kaaly
camel
kawajawalpa
·
kamalpa
·
murtitikirlpa
camp
ngurra
camp for single people
kirriji
camp, rest in
yurlta
camp, to the
ngurrakarti
camp, used to
ngarri
camp, used to come into
warinykati
·
ngurrangkarri
camp, used to level ground for
runngula
camp, used to prepare
paljula
camping out
ngurrakarta
can't
purtu
·
kanpa
Canaan
Kayinanpa
cannibal
martu-martu
cannibal being
jaamiji-miji
cannibal devil
jangara
canvas
kaliki
Capernaum
Kapaniyampa
·
Kapaniyamu
capture, used to
ngampapuwa
car
mutuka
car engine running, noise of a
nguntirrila
car, old time
jitartu-jitartu
car, used to crank a
yungkala
car, used to drive
kawa
card, six
Jikulyungu
·
jikaji
care
ngampurrpa
care for, used to
ngampurrju kanyila
care of, used to take
ngampurrmala
careful
pukunypa
careful, used to be
wulkurri
carefully
pukunyju
·
purrkara
carefully, used to handle something
pukunymala
caring
karratanyju
carpenter
kapanta
carry an object on the head, used to
pangula
carry on head, to
jarlijarra
carry on head, used to
jarlila
carry something on back of neck, used to
warati
carry something on head or shoulders
jarli kati
carry something on one's head
jarlitiwa
carry, on one's back
jarnala
carry, used to
kati
·
kawa
carve wood, used to
jinkala
case marker, dative
-ku
case marker, ergative
-tu
cat, feral
jujukulyu
cat, native
tarnpa
caterpillars, processional
marlurlu-marlurlu
cattle station
tiijanpa
caught in something, used to get
ngarrala
causative
-rnta~
cause
-ngkamarra
cause a gathering together, used to
mirrjula
cause a glow, used to
rantala
cause a person to be old, used to
jirlpimala
cause a person to go another way, used to
kujupawanala
cause a person to live wrongly, used to
kujupawanala
cause an odour, used to
parntijula
cause happiness by an action, used to
pukurlmala
cause madness, used to
ngakumpala
cause sickness, used to
ngarntamala
cause something to be rubbish, used to
minyjilymala
cause the hair to go grey, used to
jirlpimala
cause to be angry, used to
wirrilyimala
cause to be ashamed, used to
kurtangkala
cause to be in the middle, used to
kutu
cause to be quiet, used to
yatarnmala
cause to fall, used to
punkajula
cause to go a long way off, used to
wirrirlimala
cause to move
yurrijula
caution
ngampurrpa
cautious
jukuru
·
pukunypa
cautious, used to become
pukunyarri
cave
jarri
·
pirnki
·
jurnti
cave, used to make
pirnkila
centre of the mob, used to come to
kuturri
ceremonial decorations
ngurtarla
ceremonial language name
Yapura-yapura
ceremonial leaves
jalyirrpa
ceremonial meat gift
yinyjanu
ceremonial meat or food gift
mirtayirti
ceremonial mourners
karnku
ceremonial participants
jinyjanungu
·
jinyjanu
ceremonial workers
jinyjanungu
ceremonially, used to call out
yayilurrupuwa
ceremonies, sacred series of
Tingarri
ceremony name
Nyarnayi
·
Wala-walangu
ceremony, decoration for
winta-winta
ceremony, funeral
Laka
ceremony, greeting
milyangkulypa
ceremony, Law
Maliki
certain information, one who knows
nintilumarta
certainty suffix
-ngulyu
chain
jiinpa
chain some object securely, used to
jiirnmuntula
chair
nyinapinti
·
jiiya
change a message, used to
kujupakartila
change another, used to
kujupamala
change money into smaller amounts, used to
jiinyjamula
characterising suffix
-rurru
·
-puru
·
-puri
·
-rninti
·
-warta
·
-kurru
·
-payi
·
-puka
·
-marta
·
-para
charcoal
miirnti
·
ngamurru
charge ahead, used to
partu-partula
chariot
turila
chase around, used to
parrayila
chase something, used to
kurlpura wanala
·
ngurlula
·
kurlpula
cheap one
jiipwanpa
cheat, used to
jitimula
cheeky
pirrka
·
pirrkawanpa
cheeky person
jari-jari
·
pirrkawarta
cheeky, used to become
jari-jarirri
·
jurtawartarri
chest
ngarrka
chest bands, decorative
wirrki-wirrki
chiefly a community of white people
tawunu
child
jiji
·
parrka
·
ngulyi
·
ngumurlpa
child that can sit alone
nyinalara
child who can crawl
wayilara
child who has learned to speak
wangkakurlu
child, as a
japukurlu
child, first-born
murrkangunya
child, middle
malyurta
child, newborn
jiji kuwarrijanu
child, used to have
jijiwintirri
child, used to have a
jijikurlurri
child, used to lose by death
kampurri
child, used to raise
jumala
child, youngest
nyirti
·
nyirtingunya
childhood, since
japujanu
childless
jijikanyilmunu
children born after the others
jijilarlakarti
·
jijimarlajanu
children, no
jijikanyilmunu
children, older woman with many
jijiyarnngajarra
children, spirit
jijikarrkaly
children, woman with many
jijilaltujarra
chip something, used to
pirtapuwa
chisel
jimirlirri
chisel, small
jintapalpa
choke someone, used to
kiirntarra
choke, used to
kinpirrjula
choose something, used to
marra
chop a wedge, used to
tingkila
chop something, used to
janyipuwa
·
kartala
·
yatula
·
putala
Christ
Kuraji
·
Kurayijpa
Christmas Day
jukurta tayimu
Christmas pudding
putingu
church
jaaji
·
jaajpa
cicada
jiirrirri
circle of people
jarnarti-jarnarti
·
jarnayirra-jarnayirra
circle, sitting in a
jarnayirra-jarnayirra
·
jarnarti-jarnarti
circles, used to go around in
rangkarriyarra
claim, used to
kalayimula
clamp knees, used to
ngurtila
clay
yamarla
clay, white
wira
·
juurnpa
·
kakinypa
·
karlji
claypan
linyji
claypan, large
warla
claypan, name of a
Pirrkili
clean
kilinpala
clean bones, used to
jalyirrjala
clean or wipe dry with a cloth etc
wayipamula
clean out, used to
parntupuwa
clean something with water , used to
kuralypuwa
clean, used to
kilinpalala
cleaning seeds from fruit, stick for
pirrkiri
clear
palya
·
junga
clear following punishment for breaking the law muru clear, not too
paly-palypa
clear, used to become
mururri
clearly visible
mirangarra
clever
yalyjirrpa
clever person
nintipuka
·
pinalkarra
cleverly, used to act
wangurri
clicking noise, used to make a
tilkirrmala
clicking or rattling noise
tilykirrmala
cliff, too steep to climb
jiwalykarra
climb away to
maa-takala
climb, used to
tatila
·
takala
climb, used to cause an animal to
tatijula
close
ngamu
·
kinti
close by
jungulkirra
close to the speaker
yangarra
close together
ngamulkirra
close up stomach incision, used to
tipinypuwa
·
tipinyjula
close up, used to
jutula
closed
jutu
·
murltu
closed up
tirnu
closed, used to become
juturri
closer!, Come
Ngamumarta!
closer!, Get
Kintimarta!
closer, used to get
ngamurri
clot of blood
lungu
clothes
kulujpa
·
kuluju
·
wara
·
wararri
clothing, one who has no food or
maralpa
cloud
yurnturrpa
cloud coming, used to see
jalurapuwa
cloud going along
jalurayarra
cloud, type of
jalura
cloudy
yurnturrpuru
clubs suit
pujikatu
clubs, suit of
kaarlapu
coals, hot
lunngu
coat
kuutu
·
kuutpa
·
kuurtu
cockatoo, species of
ngakalyalya
·
kakalyalya
cocky-boy
kakipuwi
cogitate, used to
wuurr kulila
coin
yalyi
·
purli
cold
yalta
cold, a
kinti-kinti
cold, used to become
yaltarri
cold, very
yalta-yalta
coldness, used to feel come over one
kaalypuwa
collect, used to
jurntala
collision
wapukarlpa
colour of ash
jurnpaly-jurnpalypa
coloured hair, light
jilyarrkura
column of smoke
puyungara
COM
-jarra
comb hair, used to
kuumula
come along the creek, used to
karruwanarri
come back, used to
marlakurri
come close, not
kintirri
come into camp, used to
ngurrangkarri
·
warinykati
come off, used to
wupulyangkawa
come out, used to
warntikala
come to the centre of the mob, used to
kuturri
come, used to
yarra
coming this way
kalkurnijarra
command a person to some action, used to
wirtula
community council
kanjulpa
companion
marlpa
companions
-jirri
complete number
wulikaja
completely covered
pulpu-pulpu
completive suffix
-lmarranypa
·
-nkumarranypa
·
-nirra
·
-marranypa
compliment, used to
ngukurnmala
conceal quickly, used to
mutula
conception totem,
jarrinypa
concern, personal
watapirti
condemn to death, used to
mitujurra
confident
panyanyju
·
punparrpa
·
kurrurnpa wiltu
confident, used to make
murlpirrmarra
·
punparrmala
conflict
jurta
confuse, used to
ngakumpala
confused
kawarn-kawarnpa
confused, used to become
kawarn-kawarnarri
confusion of sounds
jaarlurrparlurrpa
congratulate, used to
ngukurnmala
conjunction
parrinya
·
nyangka
conscious
kana
constantly whip slaves, used to
pungkula kanyila
consume food, used to
ngalkula
consume, used to
ngala
container
wampurnpa
·
jilpurnpa
·
kartaku
container, water
kalyupinti
continual, used to be
wulurri
continually
wulu
continually think about a problem
wuurr kulila
continued to do something
jalypajunu
continuous tense, future
-ngamalpa
continuous tense, imperative
-ngama
contrary to expectation
ngaampa
converse, used to
wangkanypuwa
cook something, used to
paala
·
kujala
·
kampala
cook various animals in one hole, used to
yujunypuwa
cook, a
paalpa
cook, used to
kampa
cooked
yurnmi
·
munyjulypa
cooking stones, hot
kanyanpa
·
yapanpa
cool place
yalta-yalta
coolness
kaaly
copy an action, used to
mapa
corner something, used to
ngampapuwa
corpse
kawu
·
minyi-minyi
·
pinyi-pinyi
correct
kalyjirrpa
·
yintulpa
·
yirnku
correct, used to
jungala
correctly, used to live
junga nyina
costume, men's
naka
cough
wirla nguntu
cough, a
kinti-kinti
cough, used to
kinilypuwa
council, community
kanjulpa
count something, used to
yiilyjula
count, used to
kantamula
·
kawuntamula
country
parna
·
warrarnpa
country, barren
pararra
country, breakaway
wankurlpari
country, flat
parlkarra
country, home
ngurrara
country, plains
pararra
country, spinifex
parulyukurru
countryman
ngulyju
couple in a wrong relationship
ngakajirra
couple, used to
tinkijurra
coupler
-kamu
coupling suffix
-rra
·
-yirra
·
-rarra
course!, of
pintupi
·
-nyu
cousin
makurnta
·
wajirra
·
makurta
cousin of a woman
juwari
cousins, male
juwarrparra
·
yungkujarra
cousins, two female
juwarirra
cover mouth, used to
jaamurtula
cover something up, used to
jatamapula
cover something, used to
pulpujula
cover up, used to
juulyjula
cover with dirt, used to
tuunyiki
cover, used to
jutula
covered with red ochre
pujurrpara
covered, completely
pulpu-pulpu
covering, pubic
jani
coward
ngurlujaka
cowardly
mujarri
crack and spill, used to
pintilyangkawa
crack something, used to
pintilykawa
·
patalypuwa
·
pintilypuwa
crack, used to
yarrangkawa
·
yaarrangkawa
·
yarrkatiwa
cracking noise when breaking a stick
tiilymala
crackling sound, used to make
tiilywangka
crafty person
wangurlpa
crafty, used to get
wangurri
cramp
wuly-wulypa
cramp, used to get a
wuly-wulyarri
crank a car, used to
yungkala
crawl about, used to
parra-wayila
crawl, used to
marala
·
wayila
create something, used to
palyala
creation place
nyuka
creature, fat
jinyjimarta
creature, feathered
nyarlpijarra
creek
karru
creek is full of water, the
Wirla ngarrinpa
creek junction
karlkanyjarra
·
karlkajarra
creek, bank of
tartalpa
creek, from the bank of the
tartaljanu
creek, full
karru wirla
creek, side of
tartalpa
creek, the bank of a
yirrirri
creek, the side of a
yirrirri
creek, used to come along the
karruwanarri
creep along, used to
wura yarra
creep up on something, used to
wurayarra
creeping along
wura
crested bellbird
warnparnparlarla
crested pigeon
jarrarlakari
crime, used to get away with
janarrirri
crippled
mukuntu
criticise, used to
minyjilypa jurra
·
minyjilymala
crocodile
kakatayilpa
crooked
turli-turli
crookedly, used to throw
kikirijula
cross a creek or road, used to
kurujumula
cross cousin relationship
jamirti
cross over, used to
kartanypuwa
crossed, legs
karnajarlpi
crow
pinyi ngalku
·
jakilarta
·
wangkurna
·
waaku
·
kaarnka
crowd, at
japalja
crunch on something, used to
murrjala
crush leaves, used to
kanyjangkuwa
crush something, used to
kuurrpuwa
·
kurrpuwa
cry out, used to
kiirlmala
cry, used to
ula
·
yula
·
wula
cry, used to make someone
yularntala
crying person
yula
cup
kaapu
·
panikinpa
curled up
wingka
·
mulyji
curled up on the edges, with a hat
wingkawinti
curly
turli-turli
curse someone, used to
wuramala
curse, sign of a
yumpu
customarily
murrarni
customs
luwu
cut hair, used to
katapuwa
cut off a piece, used to
katupuwa
cut off, used to
tawunpuwa
cut something, used to
wirrkala
·
kurntala
cut up meat, used to,
jarralypuwa
cut, used to
katuwa
D-d daddy
tati
damper
yampalpa
damper, used to break a
tampirrpuwa
damper, used to make
julyujula
damper, used to make a
yampaljurra
damper, used to put on hot coals
janmajula
dance
yaku
dance steps
jina
dance, a
ninyji-ninyji
·
pirrilyji
dance, used to
yakurri
·
kantula
·
taanjirri
·
nyarnpipuwa
·
jurrkapuwa
·
nyarnpi
dancing
yakurripayi
danger, sense of
jukuru
danger, used to become aware of
jukururri
dangerous person
jinakarrpil
·
warnapa
dark
mungajarra
dark, getting
mungarr-mungarrpa
dark, used to become
mungajarrarri
·
mungarri+Ø
dark-coloured
maru
·
maru-maru
dark-coloured, used to become
marurri
darken, used to
mungarri+Ø
darkness
wirlarrapunaja
·
munga
dative case marker
-ku
daughter
yurntalpa
daughter and mother
jarnimirri
daughter/mother relationship
jarnimirrirarra
daughter-in-law
ngunyarri
daughterless or sonless, used to become
yilyurri
David
Tayipitpa
dawn
kanarangu
dawn, used to
raakawa
·
raayala
day
ngurra
day after tomorrow
karrpukujupa
day before yesterday
karrpukujupa
day break, used to
raakawa
day time
karrpuwati
day's outing
purikarta
day, another
karrpuyampajara
Day, Christmas
jukurta tayimu
daylight!, Do while still
Karrpungkalpi!
daylight, before
yungun-yungunpa
daylight, while
karrpukurlu
daylight, with
yungunjarra
daytime
karrpu
daytime hunting trip
karrila
daytime, becoming
karrpurrinyja
daytime, during
karrpungka
daytime, used to become
raakawa
dead
marlkarri
·
mitu
·
pukurra
dead ancestors
mitunyjanirri
·
mitunyjarri
dead person
nguyuwarra
dead person, a
marlkarri
dead relation, a reminder of
tawun-tawunpa
deaf
ngakumpa
·
kawarn-kawarnpa
deaf, used to become
kawarn-kawarnarri
·
ngakumparri
death, used to lose a child by
kampurri
debts, one who remembers to pay his
pinalkarra
deceive, used to
paki kajala
·
mirnijurra
deceiver
mayunyju
deceiving ones
pakikajalpa
decision, used to take a
wangka puwa
decorate something, used to
walkajula
decoration for a ceremony
winta-winta
decoration, men's wooden
kukulypa
decorations, ceremonial
ngurtarla
decorations, used to put on
kukulyjula
decorative chest bands
wirrki-wirrki
decorative marks
walka
decrease, used to
japurri
deep
kaninypa
·
mulyju
deep in
kaninyjarrawarraku
defecate, used to
kunala
defiant
warrparn-warrparnpa
deflect something, used to
pirtapuwa
demonstrated, do as
jilanyala
descend, used to
tiputi
·
tirriti
·
tupiti
·
tukikala
·
tupukala
·
tikukala
·
tipukala
descend, used to cause another to
tirrijula
descendant
marlajanu
descriptive of an expensive diamond
puukuwana
desert dweller
pujimanpa
desert oak
wikirrpa
Desert Pea, Sturts
marlukururrpa
desert poplar
karntarangu
desert, nomadic period in the
pujimanpa
design
walka
design, good
juri
design, poor
juriparni
desire to have sex
muyurra
determined
kurrurnpa kuju
determined, used to become
manngarri
devil
malpu
·
mamu
·
martu-martu
devil (jana), like a type of
janayuru
devil, cannibal
jangara
devil, giant
jangara
devil, kind of
kukurrpa
·
pampa
·
jarnpa
·
jana
·
mungayanu
·
jaamiji-miji
devil, mountain
mingari
·
ngiyari
·
kataputa
devotion to God, to go after other things in life beside yiwarra kujupa wanarnu dew
jinymirlpa
·
kayukura
dialect name
Kiyajarra
·
Warnmanpa
diamond
tayimunpa
diamond, expensive, descriptive of
puukuwana
diarrhoea
jurninyjirri
did something
-nu
·
-rnu
·
-ngu
did something, already
-nkumarranypa
die, used to
wiyarri
·
yurlirri
·
miturri
·
pukurrarri
·
marlkarrirri
different idea
kuran kujupa
different way, used to be
kujupakartirri
different, really
kujupa-kujupa
different, used to make something
kujupakartila
dig a cavelike hole, used to
pirnkila
dig a shallow place
jararrpuwa
dig along, used to
jawara wanala
dig, used to
jawala
digging dish
wangkulyi
digging stick
wana
dim
paly-palypa
·
puwalypa
dim, used to become
puwalyarr
·
paly-palyarri
dingo
ngupanu
·
tingku
·
warnapari
dinner
tina
dip grass sop into nectar , used to
minala
dip in liquid, used to
jarlajula
dip in the road
takurru
dip something in, used to
tupulyjula
direction, easterly
kakarrakarta
direction, in that
nyarrawaka
direction, northerly
kayili-kayili
directional suffix
-karta
·
-waki
·
-rra
directly to a destination, go quickly or
wuna
dirty
parnapara
dirty person
jaartipala
disagreeable person
jukurupayi
·
parlanpayi
disagreeable toward someone
mingarrpa
·
parlanpa
disappear, appear then
kapurr-kapurrjula
disbelieve, used to
pakikukala
disciple
wangkapurluka
disciples
wangkaninti
·
wangkanintikaja
discuss together, used to
paanypuwa
disgust
mingarr-mingarrpa
dish
tiiji
·
puna
dish, digging
wangkulyi
dish, small
marnma
·
nyayalypa
dish, wooden
pingkilypa
·
wirni
·
piti
·
karnilpa
dish, yandy
karnilpa
·
lupu
·
karnampi
·
jartu
disinclined toward something, used to become
parlanarri
dislike
jukuru
·
parlanpa
·
mingarr-mingarrpa
·
mingarrpa
·
kurrurnpa parlanpa
dislike, used to
mingarr-mingarrarri
disobedient person
kuran kirtijarra
·
kuran murltu
disown another, used to
minyjilypa warni
disperse, used to
partumparrarri
disregards another, one who
jankanyjankanypa
dissatisfied
kamparr-kamparr
distance, that
nyarra
distant
munkarra
distant glow
juurra
distant place, at that
nyarrangka
distant place, got to
nyarrakartitingu
distant place, to that
nyarrakarti
distant place, used to get to
munkarrarri
distant place, used to get to a
nyarrakartirri
dive in water, used to
kurruwa
divide belongings, used to
katapuwa
divide into portions, used to
ngarranpuwa
divide something up, used to
jarralypuwa
divide, used to
yaapula
·
jaalpumala
dizzy
kakiri
dizzy, used to become
kakirirri
do as demonstrated
jilanyala
do like that, used to
jilala
do like the demonstrated action , used to
jilala
do something again, used to
yarrala
do something!
-rra
·
-wa
do something, let's
-ra
·
-nkura
do something, might
-nkujaku
·
-lyjaku
do something, ought to
-nkura
do something, to
-mula
do something, used to
palyala
·
-rra
·
-jala
·
ngapila
do something, wants to
-nkukija
do something, will
-nku
do the right thing, used to
jungamala
do well, used to
jungamala
do, to
-mala
doctor, traditional
maparnpa
doctors help, with
maparnjanu
document, used to sign
jayinamula
dog
jarntu
·
jangalyi
·
wirta
dog barking continually
ngalyjurrmala
dog that bites
pikalya
dog, female
milkarrpa
dog, hunting
kukarninti
·
mirtilya
dog, used to sic on game
wapila
dog, wild
jitirta
dog, with a
jarntukurlu
dogs, used to hunt with
wapila
doing something
-ngkura
·
-ra
·
-nkura
doing something, for
-raku
·
-nkuraku
doing something, is
-nkuni
·
-rninpa
·
-ni
·
-ninpa
·
-rni
doing something, keep
-nama
doing something, used to be
-ma
doing something, was
-lpayi
·
-nkupayi
·
-payi
·
-nkuwara
doing something, will be
-namalpa
·
-malpa
·
-nmalpa
doing, keep on
-ma
doing, was
-lwara
dollar
tala
dollar note, five
jijilaltujarra
domesticate a wild animal, used to
ngulyjula
done
munyjulypa
done something, has
-ngu
done something, having
-nta
·
-ra
·
-nkura
done, used to get
yurnmirri
donkey
tangki
door
tuwu
door, shut
jatamapu
doubt suffix
-mpa
doubts, one who
jankinpa
down
nyirri
down from something, used to get
tipukala
·
tirriti
·
tiputi
down from, used to get
tukikala
·
tupiti
·
tupukala
down the rise
yirriti
down, off and on, used to squat
pupati
down, used to fall
punkala
down, used to knock something
punkajingala
down, used to squat
pupa
downhill, used to roll
kurti-kurtiyarra
downwards
jarrarra
doze off, used to
nyurrmala
drag something, used to
yilala
dream
kapukurri
·
jukurrpa
dream, used to
jukurrmala
·
kapukurrila
Dreaming
Mangunypa
Dreaming women
Minyipurru
·
Jakulyukulyu
Dreamtime
Jukurtani
·
Jumangkarni
·
jukurrpa
Dreamtime Law
Jukurrjanu
Dreamtime man, name of
Warlukulawu
Dreamtime rainmaker
Jaramarra
Dreamtime, of
Jumangkarnimili
dress
kulujpa
·
jina-jina
dress, used to
kurruwa
dried pus
lupurr-lupurrpa
dried up
rawu-rawu
dried up, used to become
yarntinarri
drink to someone, used to give a
yitijula
drink, used to
jikila
·
jikirayila
drinking as he went along, he was
jikilkatipayi
drinking, satisfied from
jarrulyu
drinks, alcoholic
wama
drip out of something, used to
yinti
drip, used to
jirlputala
drive a car, used to
kawa
drive a nail
niilamula
drive vehicle, used to
jipala
drop of nectar
kuru
drop something, used to
punkajingala
drum for flour or fuel
turampu
drunk
kakari
drunk from laughter, used to get
karurri
drunk, used to be
turangkarri
drunk, used to become
kakarirri
dry
jakarlpa
·
tikirlpa
·
punyunpa
dry country without water holes
puurra
dry out, used to
tikirlarri
dry up water, used to
punyunmala
dry up, used to
tarrirri
·
juturri
·
kalyuparnirri
dry up/out, used to
punyunarri
dry, used to
tikirlmala
duck
jipulyuku
·
kukakurra
dull
puwalypa
dull, used to become
paly-palyarri
·
puwalyarr
dumb, used to become
namurri
durative suffix
-lpi
during daytime
karrpungka
dust
yulpurru
·
parna
dust storm
yungku-yungku
dust, used to kick up
marnturrmala
dusty
parnapuru
dweller
-karrayija
dweller, desert
pujimanpa
E-e each one
kujun-kujunpa
each other
-ngku
eagle
yikulpa
eagle hawk
warlawurru
ear
munarta
·
kulil-kulilpa
·
pina
·
kuranpa
·
kurlka
early morning
yaarli
·
mungawana
·
karrpu-karrpu
·
yapurrapuri
·
mungalypa
·
yaarlipala
early summer
tulparra
earth
parna
·
langa
east
kakarra
·
kakarrara
east , the mob from
kakarramalu
east, from
kakarrarni
east, the one further
kakarramarni
easterly direction
kakarrakarta
eastward, pointing
kakarrawarraku
eastwards
kakarrara
·
kakarrawarraku
Eat it!
jaja
eat something, used to
ngala
eat, used to
ngalkula
echidna
jilkamarta
·
manganya
·
minguwa
echidna spine
manguji
·
jilkarnpa
edge
mulya
edge of something, used to lift the
yarlila
edge, at the
mulya yikini
edible animal
kuwiyi
edible fungus
majapurti
edible gall
tarrunpa
edible grub
lunki
edible plant, species of
wamurla
edible seed, species of
yuwinyji
egg
ngampu
·
janyji
egg, used to lay
kunala
Egypt
Yijippa
elbow
ngurnku
elbow, on one
kurlkupinti
·
kurlkupirti
elder
yatilypa
elders
yatilykata
elders, the
yirnakaja
·
yirnanyjarri
·
yirnaparaku
eleven
liipanpa
Elijah
Yilayija
embarrassed
nyinganyinga
emerge, used to
tarlpala
emphasising the duration of an action
wulurri
emphatic suffix
-rta
·
-kaja
·
-rtu
·
-rtuka
empower, used to
murlpirrmarra
empty
likiri
empty feeling
wirla tikirlpa
emu
jakipirri
·
yimiyu
·
karlaya
·
yimiyuka
·
wakilypirri
Emu People
karlaya
encouraging words
tungun-tungunpa
end
mulya
end (of a story)!, The
Palunyangulyu!
end of a stalk of wama
mulyaparu
end of something
marlarrpa
end, at one
mulyakarti
end, from one
mulyajanu
end, the
palulyu
·
nyamu
ends of wood into fire, used to put
mulyajula
energetic
ngarrurta
engine noise, used to make
tututula
engine, used to startup
ngurntirrirri
English
Yingkiliji
enough
nyamu
enough, used to have
jangkulyarra
enter, used to
kurruwa
·
jarrpa
envious
muyurrpa
envious, used to become
muyurrarri
erase something, used to
jutula
ergative case marker
-tu
ergative case suffix
-rtu
ergative suffix
-lu
escape punishment
janarriyarra
establish a community, used to
wupuntamula
European
walypala
European and Aboriginal descent, person of marta-marta even though
mannga
evening
ruka-ruka
evening meal
jaapa
event
-karra
everything
nyaarnirrirnirri
examination
ruu
exchange gift
puntaju
exclamatory suffix
-pi
·
-pu
excreta, used to become
pilkirri
exhausted from thirst
puwarn-puwarnpa
exhaustion, used to pant from
rangamala
expectation
mira-mira
expectation, contrary to
ngaampa
expecting woman
nyurujarra
explode, used to
tarlpala
·
taalpala
expose, used to
miralmala
extreme fright
karrata-karrata
extreme hunger
manyu-manyu
eye
kuru
eye, bung
kurujuulypa
eye, swollen
kurujuulypa
eyebrow
nyanpinypa
eyes open
paarlpa
eyes!, Open
Parlpuwa-ngku kuru
·
Parlala-ngku kuru!
eyes, used to open
paarlkawa
F-f face
miparrpa
·
ngumpa
face, good looking
ngumpa juri
face-downward
ngamparlpa
face-downward, used to lie
ngamparl-ngamparl ngarri
face-downward, used to place
ngamparljula
faeces
kuna
·
kiki
·
jartayi
faeces, used to squeeze from intestine of animal junyipuwa fail to recognise someone, used to
nganarnpuwa
fail to share
jajala
fail, used to try but
purturri
fails, if the action
pakingka
fair hair
kilyarrkura
·
jilyarrkura
fall down, used to
julyulyuyarra
·
punkala
fall, used to cause to
punkajula
false
yipilypa
family
pamuli
family member
-kurnu
family, away from
manyjarra
family, used to become bereft of
minyjilarri
family, used to worry about
warlkula
far away
tiwa
·
wirrili
far away, used to get
wirrilirri
far!, that
nyamu
farm
paampa
fast
wala
·
pipurru
·
wirrurru
·
pula
fast runner
walawarta
fat
ngakarlpa
·
jira
·
palyarri
·
jinyji
·
karnu
·
jinyjimama
·
karnpi
fat animal
rulypu
fat creature
jinyjimarta
fat on an animal, used to feel
karnujula
fat one
karnumarta
fat to become
jinyjimamarri
father
mama
·
tati
father and son
kajararra
father or uncle
japunyurra
father's sister
wumari
·
kurntili
·
umari
·
yumari
father, real
mamapartanu
father, respectful address of
mamarti
father, respectful reference to a
mamapirrayi
father-in-law
ngunyarri
fault, person's own
walyjajanu
favour, one-sided
kujuyiti
fear
ngurlu
fear, paralysed with
kurrurnpa palyjalypa
fear, used to shake with
minirrngara
fear, with
ngurluwinti
fearful
karrata
fearful person
ngurlujaka
fearless
ngurluparni
feather foot
karrpirlpa
feathered creature
nyarlpijarra
featherfoot
jinakarrpil
feathers
wurna
·
nyarlpi
feed someone, used to
jaangkajula
·
jaangkala
feed, used to
munkurra
feedback
jakulypa
feel a presence
karala
feel another's touch or close presence , used to nguntujurra feel coldness come over one, used to
kaalypuwa
feel coldness come over, used to
kiilypuwa
feel nauseated, used to
karunypuwa
feel something, used to
pampula
feel the fat on an animal, used to
karnujula
feeling ill
kurlpakurlu
feeling lonely for relatives
kurrurnpa marr-marr
feeling that something is about to happen
wirla kamparr-kamparrpa
feeling, empty
wirla tikirlpa
feeling, used to get tickling
jukururri
feelings
wuyurrpa
·
wirla
·
kurrurnpa
feelings have dried up
wirla tikirlpa
feet to feet, two people lying down
jinangka-pula kanturnuka ngarrini
feet, stamping
jurrka
feet, used to stamp
jurrkawa
feet, used to stamp one's
kantula
fell back from the lead
kurranyujanu
fell down, many
punka-punkala
fellow, poor
nyarru
female cousins, two
juwarirra
female dog
milkarrpa
female kangaroo (with a joey in the pouch)
laparli
fence
parriki
·
piinyji
feral, cat,
jujukulyu
fetch water, used to
marnmala
·
jayila
few
yupalpa
·
wupalpa
·
marnkurrpa
·
upalpa
fifty
pipiti
fig, rock
kunawirnka
fight someone, used to
mininyjula
fight, a
jurta
·
jarripi
fight, used to
jurrkapuwa
fight, used to lose
jijawa
fighter
jurtapayi
·
jurtawarta
fighting activity
junpara
fighting person
pikalya
fighting spear
karu
fighting, used to stop someone
ngarlkila
fights, person who often
pikapayi
fill up a number of containers, used to
pilamapurnu wanala
fill up, used to
wirlarri
·
kalyjala
fill with a liquid, used to
pilamapula
fill with water, used to
ngaapakala
filled up, used to be
kaljala
finch, species of
nyiinyinka
fine
payinpa
finger missing, hand with a
maratuti
fingernail
milpinypa
finish
piniji
finish something up, used to
wiyala
finish something, used to
pakila
·
munula
·
puujala
finish, used to
wiyarri
finished, used to be
pakirri
·
wiyarri
fire
karla
·
waru
fire to, used to set
yumala
fire, big
taarru
fire, from the
warujanu
fire, go out
juturri
fire, used to build
jungula
fire, used to build up a
nyuyula
fire, used to catch quickly
jarrwangkawa
fire, used to keep going all night
jungula
fire, used to light a
tilila
·
wiila
fire, used to make
ngujurlpuwa
fire, used to put out
juturntala
fire, used to quickly light
kuja-kujala
firestick
jangi
·
ngijirri
firestick, used to give someone a
ngijirrijula
firestick, used to shake a
riripuwa
firewood
waru
·
karla
firewood, place with lots of
warukurru
firewood, used to break off
murnila
firewood, used to get
murnila
first
-palaji
·
kurranyi
·
kurranyu
first-born child
murrkangunya
fish
piijpa
fish net
niitingpa
fist
mara tirnu
·
maratiinu
·
maramulyji
fitting, loose
lalypa
five
payipu
·
payippa
five-dollar note
jijilaltujarra
fix or make something, used to
yanimarra
fix something, used to
kunyjunyumala
·
palyamala
flake off, used to
tupirrkati
flaking
tupirr-tupirrpa
flame
tili
flame, used to be in
parrjula
flames, used to burst into
jarrangkawa
·
jarrwangkawa
flank
kapulyurru
flash of lightning, used to
parrmala
flash, used to
parl-parljula
flat country
parlkarra
flat country between hills
pila
flat country between sandhills or mountains
larrku
flat one
pulatwanpa
flat stone
limpi-limpi
flavour, good
juriwarta
flavour, used to lose the
wunyarri
flavourless
wunya
flesh
mirla
·
purlara
flint
jalypa
flood water
parlkurta
floor
puluwu
flopping around
jurrululypululypu
flour
pulawa
·
nyuma
flow (of creek), used to
wayila
flow, used to
marala
flower
purrungu
·
puritipulawa
flower, bird
jakapiri
flowers, wild
purtipulawu
fly, a
muungu
·
ngurrinpa
·
muunurrku
fly, March
jatu
fly, used to
parrpakala
·
parrangkala
foam at the mouth, used to
janga pakala
focus
-nya
focus marker
-ngurninyji
focus marker, stative
-nga
focus suffix
-mpa
focus suffix, benefactive
-mpa
fog
kayukura
fold up, used to
mulyjila
follow a track, used to
jinawanala
follow behind, used to
marlangka yarra
follow something, used to
wanala
fontanelle
ngaany-ngaanypa
food
mangarri
·
jaja
·
manyjirrpa
·
yuta
·
mayi
food for initiation ceremony
juurnpa
food for in-laws
nganykuru
food moving stick
lilulypa
food or clothing, one who has no
maralpa
food taboo
jaji
food, seed
kunaruntu
·
kalyupijurlpa
food, small bite of
janingu
food, species of seed
kalaru
·
pipi
food, used to gobble
japuly-japulyjala
·
janngala
food, used to make
mirrkamala
food, used to sample
nyipilyjala
food, vegetable
kunawirnka
·
mirrka
food, without
mayiparni
·
mayipunaja
foods, to refrain from
jaji
foot
jina
·
jamana
foot of something
marlarrpa
foot or shoe, back area of
tarta
foot, on
jinangu
foot, sole of
jina palyka
foot, underneath
jina kaninykurti
foot, used to go on
jinangurri
football
puutpulpa
footprint
jina
footprints, without
jina yarrka-yarrka
for doing something
-ngkuraku
·
-lkuraku
for good
kakuputu
for her
-ra
for him
-ra
for it
-ra
for keeps
yulupirti
for what reason
nyaaku
forcefully without mercy
minyirrju
forehead
ngalya
·
jirntajarra
forget, used to
ngakumparri
forgot about it, I
Ngakumparringu-rnalura.
fork
lalapa
·
jarrapa
fork of a branch, in
karlkajarrangka
fork of a tree
karlkanyjarra
·
karlkajarra
fork of tree
jarrapa-jarrapa
fork, used to
kalyuparnirri
·
lalapuwa
·
tarrirri
forked stick
jarra
forking branches of a tree
jarrapa
forth, go back and
karrungara
forty
puutiyi
four
puu
fowl
pawurla
fox
jujuwurruwurru
·
jitirta
·
walytaki
free someone
yiyala
free, used to
kurtiwa
·
walajurra
Friday
Purayiti
friend
mirti
friend to talk to
wangkapinti
friendly
ngulyju
fright, extreme
karrata-karrata
fright, got a
ngurlutingu
fright, used to get a
julurrangkawa
·
marrjula
fright, used to give someone a
julurrjingala
frighten another, used to
ngurlujula
frighten something away, used to
ngurlura kurti
frightened
ngurluwinti
frightened person, very
ngurlujaka
frightened, used to be
karratarri
·
ngurlumala
frightened, used to become
ngurlurri
·
karratarri
frog, species of
puupuka
·
ngaankura
from
-nguru
·
-ngka
from drinking
wamajanu
from here
ngaajanu
from Jigalong
Jikulyungujanu
·
Jikulyungunguru
from long ago
julyjujanu
from one end
mulyajanu
from sleep
kunyalajanu
from that
jiijanu
·
jiinguru
from the speaker, away
maa-
from where?
-manta
front, in
kurranyu
fruit, bunches of
latu-latu
fruit, skin of
likarra
fruit, used to pick
yinala
fruit, used to pluck
witala
fulfilled, used to be
wangka yiltarri
full (of quantity)
wirla
full creek
karru wirla
full of something, used to be
jangkulyarra
full stomach
parlja
·
munku
full, running
parlkurta
full, used to become
palyjarri
·
munkurri
full, used to get
parljarri
funeral activity
jaminypa
funeral ceremony
Laka
fungus, edible
majapurti
fur
wurna
fur, burning smell
jilururru
future continuous tense
-ngamalpa
G-g gait, smooth
jitarr-jitarrpa
galah
piyarrku
·
kakipuwi
Galatia
Kilijiya
Galilee lake and area
Kaliliya
gall, edible
tarrunpa
game, used to play a
ngarlpurri
game, used to sic a dog on
wapila
game, used to sic dogs on
yirrijula
gaol
jirnmuntu
garden
kaatanmaya
·
kaanpa
·
kaatanpa
gasp for breath, used to
rangamala
gate
kiitu
·
kiitpa
gather and winnow, used to
nyurtula
gather berries or other objects , used to
ngawula
gather into a group, used to
kamu-kamula
gather those who are called to a ceremony, used to wikarrurra gather together
nyungkurri
gather together, used to
kumungkarriwa
·
wumala
·
mirrjurri
·
wurula
·
kujungkarriwa
·
kuju-kujungkala
gather, used to
nyungkula
gecko, species of
kanparrja
·
piirnpa
generation above one's own, women in
pipinyurra
generation who have died, former
wulpipulpa
generous
yirni
·
nyinkilpa
·
munya
·
munyja
generous person
yirnipayi
generous, person
munyjapayi
generous, very
yirninyju
Gentile
Juwuparni
gently blowing, wind
kinti wangka
get a cramp, used to
wuly-wulyarri
get a shock, used to
julurrangkawa
get angry, used to
wirrilyirri
·
pikarri
get bad, used to
walykurri
get bark from tree, used to
likarrala
get closer,
ngamurri
get down from something, used to
tipukala
·
tirriti
·
tikukala
·
tiputi
get down from, used to
tupukala
·
tukikala
·
tupiti
get firewood, used to
murnila
get in someone's way, used to
yangajula
get on board something, used to
tatila
get on board, used to
takala
get quiet, used to
yakarri
get rotten, used to
pilkirri
get satisfied, used to
yiwilyirri
get sick, used to
ngarntarri
get slower, used to
wanyurri
get smart, used to
rakarri
get soft, used to
runyurri
get something
-rri~
get something, used to
marra
get thirsty, used to
yurrarri
get to a distant place, used to
nyarrakartirri
·
munkarrarri
get up to a sitting position, used to
nyinanyjarri
get up, used to
pakala
get upset, used to
yarrjurri
get water from creek or soak, used to
jayila
get well
kunyjunyurri
get well, used to
wankarri
getting dark
mungarr-mungarrpa
ghost gum
jarturtu
giant devil
jangara
gidgee tree
janyjuru
gidgee, black
marntila
gift
yinyjanu
gift, ceremonial meat
yinyjanu
gift, ceremonial meat or food
mirtayirti
gift, exchange
puntaju
gift, reciprocal
murnaji
·
puntaju
gift, with a
yungkujarra
giggle, used to
tartapuwa
girl
wanti
girl, promised
jamarta
girl, young
mulyamulpa
·
kuyurnpa
·
yurrkanpa
·
mulyamunmulpa
·
turn-turnpa
girls, man who is always chasing
wantipayi
give a drink to someone, used to
yitijula
give birth, used to
nyukapuwa
give off a smell, used to
winyirirripuwa
give off odour, used to
parntingara
·
parntiyiki
give orders, used to
wajarnu yuwa
give permission, used to
yuwajula
give someone something, used to
yuwa
give up on an issue, used to
yumurri
give, used to
nyiijula
glisten, used to
piirlangkala
glob of something on something, used to put
yapalypuwa
glow in the distance, a
juurra
go
kuu
go along there, used to
palawanarri
go along with claws just touching the ground, to
karltaly-karltalypa
go along, used to
wanala
go altogether, without any intention of returning
wulu yarra
go around and return, used to
yarunyarri
go around in circles, used to
rangkarriyarra
go around, used to
parrati
go back and forth
karrungara
go back, used to
marlayarra
go in, used to
jarrpa
go on foot, used to
jinangurri
·
jina
go other way, used to
kujupakartirri
go out, fire
juturri
go quickly or directly to a destination
wuna
go slowly, used to
kinti yarra
go to jail for no reason, to
pakiku jiilja jarrpa~
go toward and enter, used to
jarrpatiwa
go up and down a path, used to
yiwarrajula
go, used to
yarra
go, used to let
jalkala
go, used to let someone
yiyala
go, used to let something
kurtiwa
goal
-nya
·
jiilpa
goanna
maruntu
goanna meat, white
pirntarlpa
goanna ramp
yirntirri
goanna, species of
yalapara
goat
kuutpa
gobble food, used to
japuly-japulyjala
·
janngala
God
ngarnawarrapurluka
going around
kurirri
going, used to start
warntikala
·
warntitiwa
gold
kuulu
gold thing
kuuluwanpa
good
kunyunyu
·
palya
·
kunyjunyu
·
tukulku
·
ngalypa
·
puntanypa
·
parntirrpa
good design
juri
good flavour
juriwarta
good looking face
ngumpa juri
good melody
juri
good one
kunyjunyuwanpa
·
kunyjunyumarta
good person
palyalpayi
good taste
juri
good thing
kunyjunyuwanpa
good, for
kakuputu
good, really
kunyjunyuminyirri
·
ngalypangulyu
good, used to become
kunyjunyurri
good, used to make
kunyunyula
·
kunyjunyumala
good, used to make something
kunyjunyula
Good-bye!
Palunyangulyu!
good-bye!
palulyu
goosebumps, used to get
jukururri
gossip, used to
minyjilypa jurra
got a fright
ngurlutingu
got up, large group
paka-pakala
Government
kapamanpa
government
kamanpa
government bosses
kapamanpa
grab something
mamala
·
kartimala
grab something from someone, used to
muntala
grab something, used to
ngalula
gracious
karratanyju
grain, used to winnow
jajarrapuwa
grandchild and grandmother
kaparlirra
granddaughter
kaparli
·
nana
·
nyami
·
kami
grandfather
nyamu
grandfather and grandson relationship
jamujarra
·
jamurarra
grandfather/grandson relationship
jamu
·
jamirti
grandfathers
jamunyjanirri
grandmother
yaparli
·
nyami
·
nana
·
kaparli
·
kami
grandmother and grandchild
kaparlirra
grandson
nyamu
grandson and grandfather relationship
jamujarra
·
jamurarra
grandson/grandfather relationship
jamirti
·
jamu
grapes
kuriipiji
·
kuripijpa
grass, green
yukuri
grass, species of
janikurtinypa
grass, spinifex
janpi
grass, woollybutt
yuwinyji
grasshoper
purntarlka
grassy place, at a
yukurikurrungka
grave, at the
jampangka
graveside
jampangka
gravy
karrkarta
·
yilikuru
grease
jinyji
great deal of something, having
laltujarra
great many
laltukuyarra
·
pukalyarra
greedy
kalypartu
·
malya
Greek
Kiriki
green
yukuri-yukuri
green birdflower bush
mangarrpa
·
malkapiri
green coloured thing
yukuriwanpa
green grass
yukuri
greeting
wanyjalpa
·
yaalu
·
wayi
greeting ceremony
milyangkulypa
grevillea tree, species of
parntalpa
grevillea, holly-leaf
jakata
grevillea, rattlepod
malypa
grevillea, species of
jujurrumal
·
jalpinypa
grey hair
jirlpi
grief
wirla walyku
grief, used to hit head in
janyipuwa
grind one's teeth, used to
yirra pajala
grind something, used to
yungkala
grind teeth, used to
ngirrmala
grind, used to
runyula
grinding of teeth
ngirr-ngirrpa
grinding stone, lower
jiwa
grinding stone, upper
wakura
grip, tight
karrpa-karrpa
groin
mirlka
·
kanya
ground
parna
·
langa
ground of people, large
wamumpu
ground with prickle bushes
jilkarnkurru
ground, level
panka
ground, rough
parnka
ground, used to bounce off
turrkulangkawa
·
jitapajala
ground, used to level for camp
runngula
ground, used to scrape
jarntila
·
warrarnpuwa
group
-malu
group of old men
jirlpinyjarri
group of people
wumungka
·
ngarranpa
·
japalpa
group of small boys
murtilya-murtilya
group talking together secretly
jaalpu wangkangu
group which goes around telling lies
paki kajalkaja
group, large, appeared
paka-pakala
group, large, arrived
paka-pakala
group, large, got up
paka-pakala
group, used to gather into
kamu-kamula
groups, into separate
jaalpu-jaalpu
grow a baby up, used to
majumarra
grow somebody up, used to
jumala
grow up, used to
jumarri
·
jarlurri
growl at someone, used to
warrkila
grub
lukuti
grub, edible
lunki
grub, species of
ngurtuma
grunt, used to
nguurrmala
guards
jawulyjakaja
guitar
kitawu
·
kitaa
gully, small
warli
gum tree, wide leaf
jarturtu
gum, cabbage
kirtingarli
gum, ghost
jarturtu
gum, river
walyji
gun
jilamanpa
·
tarlparlmarta
guts
julu-julu
·
janingu
·
jarru
guts, used to remove from game
warnjila
H-h habitually
murrarni
hail
kunarta
hailstones
purlijirta
hair
purrunypa
·
panku
hair belt
nanpa
hair from, used to yank out
tungkurrpuwa
hair out, used to pull
tungkurrpuwa
hair sticking up
jalyjakarra
hair to go grey, used to cause
jirlpimala
hair, body
wurna
hair, fair
kilyarrkura
·
jilyarrkura
hair, grey
jirlpi
hair, light-coloured
kilyarrkura
hair, used to spin
yungkala
hairline, receding
ngalya pararra
hairy
pankuly-pankulypa
half
yaapu
half, used to split in
pangkapuwa
halfway
kutungka
halt suddenly
jarr-jarr-jarr-jarrpa
halve up, used to
yaapula
hand
marumpu
·
mara
·
mirna
hand winnow, used to
jajarrala
hand with finger missing
maratuti
hand, left
jampu
hand, right
junga
·
jurrku-jurrku
handful, used to take a
yawula
handkerchief
yangkiji
handle something carefully, used to
pukunymala
hands behind back
wayarurru
hang your head sleepily, used to
nyuurrarri
hang, used to
wiltijurra
hanging, used to be
wiltiyiki
·
wiltingara
hangup, used to
wiltijurra
happen, used to
wanyjalarri
happened, already
jurntulpi
happened, what?
yaalurri
happiness
pukurlpa
happy
pukurlpa
happy, used to become
pukurlarri
happy, very
pukurl-pukurlpa
hard
nantirrpa
·
wiltu
hard, used to make strong or
wiltula
harden, used to
wilturri
harder!
Wiltumarta!
Hare-wallaby, Rufous
mala
has done something
-ngu
hat
jangkurru
·
jankurru
have a child, used to
jijiwintirri
have a nightmare, used to
jukurrmala
have a spell
yurlta
have had too much of something, used to
puyila
have, used to
kanyila
having
-jarra
·
-kurlu
·
-winti
having a great deal of something
laltujarra
having done an action
-ka
having done something
-ngkura
·
-nta
·
-nkura
·
-ra
having seen him, without
nyakupunajangka
hawk
kirrki
hawk, eagle
warlawurru
hawk, species of
nyirrki
·
nyirrkulyu
hawk, wedgetail
winy-winypa
haze, heat
puyulyurru
·
marrka-marrka
he
palu
·
palunya
head
kata
head bowed
nyuwurrpa
head hair
mangka
head ornament
jininypa
head over heels
katakaninypa
head up
ngalya yinyja-yinyja
head, bald
katakampu
head, bowed
malurrpa
head, carry on
jarli kati
head, itchy
kata wapaju
head, nodding
nyuwurrpa
head, on
jarlingka
head, the side of
katawana
head, to carry on
jarlijarra
head, top of the
ngamunpa kata
head, used to bow one's
nyuwurrarri
head, used to carry on
jarlila
·
jarlitiwa
head, used to nod in sleep
nyurrmala
head, used to place on
jarlirri
headache
jukulypa
headband
yakirri
head-cold
nguntu
head-ring
nyangi
head-up
yinyja-yinyja
heal someone, used to
palyamala
·
kunyjunyumala
·
wankala
heal, used to
maparnjula
·
wankamala
healing, used to manipulate for
pampula
healthy
pikalypa
·
jurnpurrpa
·
kunyjunyu
heap
wuru
·
wumu
heap of sand
juurlpa
heap something up, used to
wumula
heap up, used to
pirtijula
·
wurumala
heap, used to
wumurri
heap, used to become
wururri
heap, used to put in a
wurujula
hear a message and give it to others, used to kulirnu kati hear, used to
kulila
·
ngangkula
heart
kurturtu
·
ngalkari
heart, broken
wirla karalyanu
heat haze
puyulyurru
·
marrka-marrka
heat of the sun
yarlka
heat something in fire, used to
wangkujula
heat, used to
punpala
heavy
yuwinypa
·
yapipala
·
purtulypa
heavy rain
karlkawarta
Hebrew language
Yipuru
heel
tarta
·
luku
heels, sitting on
tangkarra
help another, used to
yarlpamula
·
yaalpamula
helpful person
karratanyju
helpful, not
karrataparni
hem in, used to
ngampapuwa
her
palunya
·
palu
·
-lu
her, at/with/to/off/on/in
-lu
here!
nyii
here, along
ngaawana
here, beside
ngaawati
here, from
ngaajanu
here, right
ngaangka
here, to
ngalyarni
hers
palunyamili
·
-ra
·
palumili
herself
-ngku
hibernate, used to
kunurri
·
tumalpuwa
hiccough, used to
ngitarnmala
hidden
kumpi
hidden object
kuku
hide something, used to
kumpijula
·
kukujula
hide, used to
kukurri
·
kumpila
hiding, used to appear from
yutirri
high
ngarnawarra
hill
yapu
·
yalyi
·
purli
hill country, rough
wankurlpari
hill kangaroo
kanyala
hilly place
turntururru
him
palunya
·
palu
·
-lu
him, at/with/to/off/on/in
-lu
him?, Is it
Jiipanta nyinani?
himself
-ngku
himself, to
-yinta
hip
yangkarlpa
his
palunyamili
·
-ra
·
palumili
hit accidentally, used to
kakalpuwa
hit head in grief
janyipuwa
hit him once, He
Kujungka puwa!
hit on back with a switch, used to
warlpunypuwa
hit someone, to just about
pungkukijarringu
hit, used to
puwa
·
mitu puwa
hither
ngalyarni
hitting sound, used to make
rikirrmala
hitting stick
jurna
·
linmurru
·
kurnti
·
jurtinypa
hobbling about
jarnti-jarnti
hold in lap, used to
yampula
hold on, used to
ngalula
hold something
kartimala
hold something up, used to
jikajula
holding thing
ngalunyjapinti
hole
tapurrpa
·
pirti
·
wiirnpa
hole in nasal septum
nyiirnka
hole in, used to make a
tapurrpuwa
·
tapurryarra
hole, in the
tapurrja
hole, shallow
jata
hole, through the
tapurrwana
hollow
papu
·
raku-raku
·
yurltu
hollow log
nganmarlpa
hollow, used to become
raku-rakurri
holly-leaf grevillea
jakata
home country
ngurrara
home country waterhole
yinta
homesick
kujilpa
·
kurljirrpa
·
kujilkujilpa
homesick, used to become
kujilarri
homosexual, used to be
kirriji ngarripayi
honey
karluwayi
·
jurtipirri
·
karluwari
honey bee
jantaru muunurrku
honey, wild
jukapayiki
·
jantaru
honeyants
wuukarta
hook from a hole, used to
narnngula
hook, a
narnngu
hop, used to
katuwa
horde, used to
jajala
horn
wirlkurru
horrified, used to be
karratarri
horse
yawarta
horse drawn wagon
turila
horse, used to saddle
jatulamula
horseback, used to go
jarlingkarri
horseback, used to ride
jarlingkala
hot
yaatapala
·
rarru
·
parlti-parlti
hot coals
lunngu
·
yikara
hot cooking stones
yapanpa
hot meat
jaapi
hot season
puyulyurru
hot stones, cooking
kanyanpa
hot time
yalijarra
·
kurli
hot time, the
parrpakarra
hot weather
yali
·
pirtirr-pirtirrpa
hot, used to become
rarrurri
hot, used to get
warurri
hot-tempered
parnu-parnu
house
maya
how many
nyaalyjirri
·
nganamalu
·
yawumani
how many?
-lyjirri
how?
yaalu
huff, leaving the mob in a
yurntiri
hug someone, used to
yampula
hug, used to
murtula
huge boulder,
yarlawara
hundred
yantarta
hunger, extreme
manyu-manyu
hungrily
kalypartuwinti
hungry
murlkurrpa
·
kama
·
kalypartu
hungry for meat
jaapi
hungry, used to become
kalyparturri
hunt with dogs, used to
wapila
hunt, a
wapira
·
wartilpa
hunting
wapira
·
wartilpa
hunting dog
mirtilya
·
kukarninti
hunting stealthily
wura
hunting trip
yarrkalpa
hunting trip, daytime
karrila
hurry, used to
walarri
·
wirrjala
husband
yinini
·
martungu
·
yarruwa
·
kirta
·
patu
·
kirtapartanu
·
nyupa
·
nyukunu
·
yirna
husband's sister
juwari
husk seeds, used to
nyurtula
I-i I
-rna
·
ngayu
idea which is borrowed
wartajanu wangka
idea, different
kuran kujupa
identifying mark of a person
walka
if
puju
·
yiipi
·
jampa
ignite something, used to
tilila
·
wiila
ignite, used to
jarrwangkawa
ignorant
yurtu
ignorant of something
maarra
·
ngurrpa
ignoring instruction
yurtu-yurtu
ignoring something
parlan-parlanpa
ill, feeling
kurlpakurlu
ill, used to make someone
kalyapuwa
illogical
manyarrpa
illuminate, used to
rantala
imagination
ruu
imitate someone, used to
mapa
imperative continuous tense
-ngama
imperative tense
-la
important
yuwinpa
important business, used to plan
jumangkarrala
important person
yatilypa
important, used to become
yuwinarri
improper
kurntaparni
in
-ta
·
-ja
·
-ngka
·
-rta
·
kaninyjarrangka
in exchange
puntaji
in order to do something
-ngkuraku
·
-lkuraku
·
-nkuraku
in return
ngapurrju
·
murnaji
·
ngaparrji
·
puntaji
in turn
ngaparrpa
in turns
purrini-purrini
in vain
purtu
in, used to go
jarrpa
in-between
kutungka
increase in quantity, used to
yarnngarri
increase the size of some material, used to
majuwartala
indicate an action to another with a hand signal, used to mara wangka indicate with a hand gesture, used to
yilijula
indistinct sight
paalypaalypa
industrious
ngarru
inhabitant
ngaamartaji
inhabitant indicating suffix
-yija
inhabits above
ngarnawarrapurluka
initaite, relations who cry for
karnku
initiate
marlurlu
initiate, an
jungan
initiate, new
jangiwinti
initiate, recent
jaminypa
initiate, with an
junganwinti
initiate, young
jaminpara
initiated man
jamunu
initiation ceremony, food for
juurnpa
initiator
jarrpurta
·
mangkalyi
inject with a needle, used to
wakala
in-laws, food for
nganykuru
insane
ngakumpa
insect, buzzy
muunurrku-nurrku
insect, species of
yuranypa
insert into water, used to
tupurljurra
·
tupulyjurra
insert object in to a container, to
takurljunu
insert, used to
yirrpila
·
kurrujula
inside
kaninypa
·
ngururrpa
·
yinjayiti
·
kaninykurti
·
kaninyjarra
inside, from
kaninyjarrajanu
inside, from the
ngururrjanu
inside, to
kaninykarti
insolent, used to become
rakarri
instantaneous action suffix
-marntu
instruct a person, used to
kuranmarra
instruct someone, used to
pirntipuwa
instruct, used to
kuranjula
·
katangka yuwa
instruction, ignoring
yurtu-yurtu
instructor
maaja
instrument
-lu
intensity indicating suffix
-minyirri
intensively question a person, used to
kintilu japira kulila
intent suffix
-kija
interested in doing what one is told, used to be not
jukururrula
interfer with another's sinew
pulykumala
interjection
kantilirri
·
kanti
interjection, an
jilkinpa
intermittent action
-ti~
interrogative suffix
-partu
·
-pakayi
·
-pa
interrogative word
wurtu
intestines
jarru
·
julu-julu
·
janingu
intestines, kangaroo
julypa
intestines, waste material in
kunakaja
introducer
karu
·
kapu
invisible
rangkarrpa
iron
yayinpa
irrascible person
jantupayi
irrelevant, used to become
pinyirri
is doing something
-ngkuni
·
-nginpa
Isaac
Yajikpa
Isaiah
Yayijaya
Israel
Yijurilpa
issue, used to give up on an
yumurri
it
palu
·
palunya
·
-lu
it, at/with/to/off/on/in
-lu
itchy
mirri-mirri
·
minyji-minyji
itchy head
kata wapaju
its
palumili
·
palunyamili
·
-ra
itself
-ngku
J-j Jacob
Jikuppa
jail for no reason, to go to
pakiku jiilja jarrpa~
jakapiri plant string
jakapiri
jakapiri sandle
jakapiri
James
Jayimijpa
jamirti relationship, two people in
jamirtirra
jealous
miku
·
nyara
jealous person
mikujaka
jealous, he's always
mikupayi
jealous, used to become
mikurri
·
nyararri
jealously guards his things, one who mikujaka Jeremiah
Jirimaya
Jerusalem
Jarujalumpa
·
Jarujalumu
Jesus
Jiijajpa
Jesus' disciples
wangkapurluka
Jesus' teaching, to live true to
Jiijajpa wana~
Jew
Juwu
Jewish festival
Pajuwupa
Jigalong
Jikulyungu
Jigalong language name
Martu Wangka
Jigalong, from
Jikulyungujanu
·
Jikulyungunguru
Jigalong, rockhole near
Ngujapunkanu
John
Jaanpa
join together, used to
kulula
join two things, used to
tinyjila
join up
ngaparrku
joking relationship
jingkirtirra
Jordan
Juutunpa
Jordan river
Juutunpa
·
Juutanpa
Joseph
Juujappa
·
Juujapu
Joshua
Jajuwa
jostle, used to
ngampapuwa
joy
yuku
Judas
Juutajpa
Judea
Juutiya
juice from meat
yilikuru
·
karrkarta
juice, squeeze
karljarrpuwa
·
karljarrkawa
juice, used to squirt out
purltujala
jump from a height, used to
wuulangka
jump up, used to
tatiwarrala
jump, used to
wurlkala
junction of a creek
karlkanyjarra
·
karlkajarra
just about
nguwanpa
·
jamurnpa
juxtaposed
-kirra
K-k kangaroo
kangkuru
·
kirti-kirti
·
kurlpirrpa
·
jarlparra
kangaroo etc, young
yangupala
kangaroo intestines
julypa
kangaroo tail, base of
jirrji
kangaroo with young
japunyjarra
·
japuwinti
kangaroo, female (with a joey in the pouch) laparli kangaroo, hill
kanyala
kangaroo, plains
marlu
kangaroo, species of
nyurukirta
·
parlkarrayija
·
yapuwija
·
purliyija
Karimarra/Panaka group
Marntiyarra
keep a fire going all night, used to
jungula
keep a word in your head, used to
kuranju kanyila
keep on doing
-ma
keep on doing something
-nama
·
-nma
keep one's word, used to
wangka kanyila
keep, used to
kanyila
keeps, for
wulu
·
yulupirti
key
wupuna
kick up dust, used to
marnturrmala
kick, used to
kantula
kill, used to
puwa
·
miturntala
·
mitu puwa
killing time
watanypa
kind
karratanyju
kind of place
-lyukurru
kind person
karratapayi
kindling
jikirr-jikirr
kingfisher
luurnpa
kinship group, in the same
kalyartu
kinship groups that can intermarry
marirra
kinship groups, two
marijirra
kinship section
Panaka
·
Purungu
kinship section name
Karimarra
·
Milangka
kinship suffix
-purru
kiss someone, used to
nyunyjula
knee
murti
kneel, used to
jantarrngara
kneeling
murti jurrpu-jurrpu
·
murtijurrpu
·
jurrpu-jurrpu
·
murtijurrpu-jurrpu
knees, used to clamp
ngurtila
knife
nayipu
knife, stone
kanti
·
jalypa
knock something down, used to
punkajingala
knock, used to
nanturrpuwa
knot, used to
witurrpuwa
know something, used to
nintirri
know, used to
kuranarriwa
knowing
ninti
knowledge
ninti
knowledgeable person
nintipuka
known, a person
nganmi
knows where waterholes are, one who
kalyurninti
kudaicha man
karrpirlpa
L-l La Grange
Likirinji
ladder
jannga
lake
warla
lame
mukuntu
lamp
laampa
·
laampu
language
wangka
language name
Nyiyaparli
·
Manyjilyjarra
·
Mangala
·
Jiwarlin
·
Nyangumarta
·
Manjiljarra
·
Kartujarra
·
Manyjiljarra
language name, ceremonial
Yapura-yapura
language name, Jigalong
Martu Wangka
language, in Martu
Martujanu
language, strange
japurr-japurrpa
lap, used to hold in
yampula
large
juma
·
julipunaja
·
jukumunu
large claypan
warla
large group appeared
paka-pakala
large group arrived
paka-pakala
large group got up
paka-pakala
large number
jina mara jina mara
large number of men
warnmarla
large, used to make
yuwinmarra
late afternoon
ruka
·
yukartu-yukartu
late in the afternoon, really
yukartuminyirri
late, before too
karrpulpi
later
kuwarrara
·
kurlu
·
ngula
·
marlakarti
·
ngulampa
·
ngulawiyayiju
laugh in derision, used to
nyurni yikarri
laugh, used to
mantarrirri
·
jurniwa
·
yikarri
·
yikarrirri
laugher, a
jurniwarta
law
luwu
law breaker, used to become a
kunkarri
Law ceremony
Maliki
Law from the Dreamtime
Jukurrjanu
law or command which is current, used to be a wangka nyini law, used to live in accordance to
luwu wanala
lay an egg, used to
kunala
lay face down
wartuyiki
lay maggots, used to
pirlpujula
Lazarus
Lajarajpa
lazy person
liijipaka
lead someone, used to
winila
lead, fell back from
kurranyujanu
leader
maaja
·
nyampali
leaf
parrka
·
pirrpilya
·
yulyju
·
mipi
leafy
jarrapa-jarrapa
leak out of something, used to
yinti
lean on something, used to
parlila
learn something, used to
nintirri
learner, slow
parrura-parrura
leave alone
jurra
leave someone behind, used to
junu yarra
·
watala
leave, used to
wanti
·
junkula yarra
leaves
pirrpilya
leaves on the mourner, he threw
jalyirrjunu
leaves, ceremonial
jalyirrpa
leaves, used to throw
jalyirrjurra
leaving the mob in a huff
yurntiri
left hand
jampu
left hand, with the
jampukarti
left side, on the
jampungka
left, to the
jampukarti
left-handed person
jampu
leg bone
tarrka
leg, calf of
nganyju
leg, on one
kanyjikujukarti
leg, spear wound in
warnurra
legs apart, standing
jarrarra yikinta
legs apart, used to walk with
jangka-jangkati
legs crossed
karnajarlpi
legs, used to straighten one's
jirrarajula
legs, used to stretch out
wirlkarri
leprosy
lipuriji
lerp
waranu
less than before
yaru
less than before, used to become
yarurri
lessen something, used to
yarula
let go, used to
jalkala
let out a big breath
ngaanypa kurtiwa
let someone go, used to
yiyala
let something go, used to
kurtiwa
let's do something
-ngkura
·
-lkura
·
-nkura
·
-ra
level ground
panka
level ground for camp, used to
runngula
Levi
Lipayi
Levite
Lipayimili wangkapurluka
liar
mayunyju
·
mayinyju
lick something, used to
nyanyjula
lie down on belly, used to
wartungara
lie down, used to
ngarri
·
ngarriti
lie face-downward, used to
ngamparl-ngamparl ngarri
lie, a
mayinyju
lie, used to
kajala
·
mirnijurra
lies, person who tells
pakipayi
lies, used to tell
mayula
·
mayujula
·
paki kajala
lifeless person
mituny-mitunypa
lift an object , used to
katula
lift someone up, used to
ngarnawarrala
lift the edge of something, used to
yarlila
lift up, used to
jikajula
·
yaanypuwa
light
ralya
·
layiti
light a fire, quickly
kuja-kujala
light a fire, used to
wiila
·
tilila
light coloured hair
jilyarrkura
light rain
jiimpi-jiimpi
light weight
ranpu
light winter rain
kurluwa
light, misty rain
jil-jil
light, when it is
karrpumarta
light, while there is still some
karrpulpi
light/day, used to become
karrpurri
light-coloured hair
kilyarrkura
lighten something, used to
ranpula
lighter, used to make something
ranpumala
lighter, when it gets
karrpu-karrpumarta
lightless
puwalypa
lightning
layitningpa
lightning flash, used to
parrmala
like
-yuru
·
-yuku
·
-yiku
·
-pirti
like before
yangkayuru
like that
jiiyuru
·
jingulanya
·
-jaka
like that, used to do
jilala
like the real thing
yiltayuru
like this
jingulpa
·
jilanya
·
jingula
·
jingulanya
like this one
ngaayiku
like/love, used to
layikamurri
likes/loves something, one who
layikamu
limbs, unable to move
parralayiji
limestone
pulpurru
limitational suffix
-ngurninyji
limp along following an injury, used to
tunmurlyarra
limp along, used to
narntatiwa
limping
mukuntu
line
ngalparra
line, in a
yiliti
lion
layinpa
lips
murtirrpa
liquid, used to dip in
jarlajula
list something, used to
yiilyjula
listen carefully, used to
kintilu kulila
listen to someone, used to
kulila
listen, used to
ngangkula
listen, won't
kurrurnpa kalyurringu
little
juku
·
japu
·
juli-juli
·
juli
little ones
jukunyjukunypa
·
julinyjulinypa
·
jukunjukunypa
live at a place, used to
nyina
live correctly, used to
junga nyina
live in accordance to the law, used to
luwu wanala
live the wrong way, to
yiwarra kujupa wanarnu
lively person or animal
pikalya
liver
mirliki
·
yalu
lizard, bluetongue
lungkurta
·
lungkarta
lizard, species of
talypirrngari
·
parnajarrpa
·
tartayulu
·
parnaparnti
·
katapakarrpa
·
narntarlpina
·
mulumaru
·
jinyjinyji
·
jinyjila
·
parnka
·
tilti
·
parla-parla
·
papanymaru
·
luma
·
ngalyiwilirrpa
·
pirurrpa
load a spearthrower, used to
jurtila
load a truck or vehicle, used to
luutumula
load, a
luutu
loaf of bread
karlu-karlu
·
yampalpa
loaf, used to make a
yampaljurra
lock up a person in goal , used to
lakamapula
log, hollow
nganmarlpa
lonely for one's relatives
kurrurnpa marr-marr
long
langupala
·
warlpukurru
long ago
nyukurni
·
julyju
·
julyjukurlu
·
kurrarlka
long ago, really
julyju-julyju
long distance
wirrirli
long time
rawa
long time, for a
kakuputu
long way
warnma
·
wirrili
·
tiwa
long way off, used to cause to go a
wirrirlimala
long, used to become
warlpukurrurri
look after someone, used to
marangka kanyila
·
ngampurrmala
look after, used to
ngankala
·
ngampurrju kanyila
look at, used to
nyawa
look for something, used to
ngurrila
look for, used to
nyawa
look the other way, used to
wartarlarri
look upward from a lower position, used to
yirra nyawa
look, a backward
nyankarra
look, side
ngiri
looking at something, used to stop
yurturri
looking in opposite direction
wartarlpa
looking, proud
jarntarrngarapa
loose
luujwanpa
·
yirni
loose fitting
lalypa
loose, used to become
yirnirri
loose, very
yirni-yirni
loosen a small shrub and pull it out
muntulngunyjarri
lose a child by death, used to
kampurri
lose a fight
jijawa
lose one's purpose, used to
yumurri
lose one's spirit, used to
kuurtiparnirri
lose something, used to
kawarlila
lose the flavour, used to
wunyarri
lose weight, used to
murrjinarri
lose, used to
pujarri
lost, used to be
luujarriwa
lot, a
yarnngartuka
lots of loud bangs
tarl-tarlkaja
lots of water
kalyukuyarra
loud
wiltu
loud bangs, lots of
tarl-tarlkaja
loud noise
tarl
louder!
Wiltumarta!
louse
putinypa
·
wirnka
love song, used to sing a magic
wilykumala
love/like, used to
layikamurri
loved greatly???
wirla walykurringu
loves/likes something, one who
layikamu
low
nyirri
lower back
kala
·
narnma
lower, used to become
nyirrirri
lucky to avoid a mishap
yuku
Luke
Luukpa
lump
turrku-turrku
lump, used to get a
turrku-turrkurri
lungs
ralyu-ralyu
lying down with feet to feet
jinangka-pula kanturnuka ngarrini
lying on side
karlipirtunu
·
wingkurnpa
M-m mad
ngakumpa
·
kawarn-kawarnpa
mad, bit
kata kurirri-kurirri
mad, used to become
kawarn-kawarnarri
·
ngakumparri
made a step
janngajunu
madness, used to cause
ngakumpala
maggots
pirlpu
maggots, used to lay
pirlpujula
magic on someone, used to work
wuramala
magpie
kurrparu
·
kurrpanyji
make a bore, used to
tapurrpuwa
make a cave, used to
pirnkila
make a clicking noise, used to
tilkirrmala
make a fire, used to
ngujurlpuwa
·
kujala
make a friend, used to
ngulyjula
make a hole in something, used to
tapurryarra
·
tapurrpuwa
make a large amount, used to
majula
make a noise, used to
tuurnngurlwangka
make a ripping sound, used to
yarrwangka
make a rustling noise
karralmala
make a shade, used to
purijula
make a spear, used to
kurlartala
make a statement, used to
wangka puwa
make a thudding sound, used to
tujurrpuwa
make a track by going over the same course, used to
yiwarrarra
make a vibrating noise
lilyirrwangka
make a wind break, used to
wuungkujula
make alive, used to
wankamala
make angry, used to
jaarramula
·
wirrilyirra
make another ashamed, used to
kurntajula
make another do something, used to
yumunyjurra
make another, used to
kujupala
make arrangements, used to
jumangkarrala
make bad, used to
walykumarra
make beautiful, used to
jurimala
make black, used to
marumala
make blind, used to
pampurula
make confident, used to
punparrmala
·
murlpirrmarra
make cry, used to
yulajingala
make fire, used to
pajipuwa
make good , used to
kunyunyula
make hard or strong, used to
wiltula
make hitting sound, used to
rikirrmala
make into relatives, used to
walyjamala
make known, used to
miralmala
make large, used to
majuwartala
·
majumarra
·
yuwinmarra
make paralysed, used to
narntungula
make pubic coverings, used to
nyimparrala
make quiet, used to
yakamala
make right or correct, used to
jungala
make room, used to
rinyngumala
make rustling sound
jurumala
make rustling sound, used to
riilymala
make satisfied by feeding, used to
parljamala
make smooth, used to
jiralymala
make someone alive, used to
wankala
make someone ill, used to
kalyapuwa
make someone sit down, used to
nyinajula
make someone well, used to
wankala
make something , used to
miikamula
make something big, used to
jumala
make something different, used to
kujupakartila
make something good, used to
kunyjunyula
·
kunyjunyumala
make something happen, used to
-jinga~
make something lighter, used to
ranpumala
make something new, used to
nyuwanmala
make something slip, used to
jirarrmala
make something visible, used to
yutijula
make something, used to
palyala
make strong, used to
murlpirrmarra
make sure, used to
purujula
make visible, used to
yutila
make well , used to
maparnmala
make well, used to
palyamala
·
maparnjula
make, to
-mala
male ancestors
jamunyjanirri
male cousins
yungkujarra
·
juwarrparra
man
kirta
·
patu
·
yirna
·
puntu
·
martu
man who is always chasing girls
wantipayi
man's sister
nyarrumpa
man's wife's brother
wajirra
man, big
yirna jukumunu
man, initiated
jamunu
man, marriageable
karntamarri
man, old
jirlpi
man, used to become
punturri
·
marturri
man, young
yangupala
·
murturrpa
·
warrinyji
manhood, stage of
pukurti
manipulate for healing, used to
pampula
manna
waranu
many
laltu
·
yarnnga
·
jina mara jina mara
many fell down
punka-punkala
many?, how
-lyjirri
maparn, person without
munta
maparn, possessing
maparnwinti
maparn, visible only to
karrpiri
Marble bar
Mapulpa
marble tree
tarrjarnpa
March fly
jatu
mark
puranta
mark of a person, identifying
walka
marker, focus
-ngurninyji
marker, question
kaji
marks, decorative
walka
marriage relationship, wrong
ngakaji
marriage, wrong
yinyurrpa
marriageable man
karntamarri
married
marriti
married, used to get
nyupajarrarri
marrow
nyunyjurnpa
marry, used to
marra
marsupial pouch
jara
marsupial, mole
kakarrarturl
Martu language, in
Martujanu
Mary
Miiri
massage a sore muscle, used to
kurntirrpuwa
massage someone, used to
puranypuwa
mate, wrong
warnngi
material that can be eaten
ngalkupinti
mates
marlpa
mates, two
jamirti-jamirti
Mathew
Maajurru
mature, used to become
yuwinarri
maybe
mawurra
·
maarranyu
·
jinguru
·
mayitpi
me
-rni
·
ngayu
me, away from
-jura
·
-julura
me, for
-ju
me, on
-rni
me, to
-rni
me, with
-rni
meal, evening
jaapa
measure something, used to
miijaramula
measure, used to
miijaramula
meat
kuka
·
kuwiyi
meat for old people
ngayikarla
meat gift, ceremonial
yinyjanu
meat of goanna, white
pirntarlpa
meat or food gift, ceremonial
mirtayirti
meat, hot
jaapi
meat, hungry for
jaapi
meat, juice from
yilikuru
·
karrkarta
meat, tin of
tinamiti
meat, to want
kukakijalu
meat, used to cut up
jarralypuwa
meat, without
kukaparni
medicine
mitijinpa
meet together, used to
kumungkarriwa
meet up
ngaparrku
meet up, used to
kulula
meet, used to
mirrjurri
meeting
japalpa
·
wangkakarra
·
wumungka
·
miitingu
·
miitingpa
meeting up
ngata-ngata
meeting, at
japalja
melody, good
juri
member, family
-kurnu
men's costume,
naka
men's wooden decoration
kukulypa
men, attracted to
kirtapayi
men, the
yirnaparaku
·
yirnakaja
mend something, used to
miintamula
message
jakulypa
·
jakurlpa
message, one who has
jakurlpurluka
message, used to change
kujupakartila
message, used to report
jakulyjula
message, used to spread around
jakulpa kawa
·
jakulpa kati
messenger
wangkapurluka
·
wikarru
met up with, used to
palipuwa
meteor
malya
midday
jirntu kutuwati
middle
kurtururru
·
kutu
middle child
malyurta
middle of the night
kutuwatini
middle, alone in the
jarntilyirri
middle, from the
kutuwanajanu
middle, in the
kutungka
middle, used to cause to be in the
kutu
midnight
kutuwartini
·
kutuwatini
might
-jaku
·
mayitpi
might be
-mpa
·
mawurra
·
maarranyu
·
mayiti
might do something
-ngkujaku
·
-nkujaku
·
-lyjaku
milk
milki
milk, breast
ngapurlu
·
pipi
·
ngama
Milky Way
Warrukurnti
mine
-ju
mine sample drill
turilpa
mine, a
mayinpa
miners
mayinajpa
mirage
marrka-marrka
mishap, lucky to avoid a
yuku
miss hitting a target, used to
jiwarrpuwa
miss, used to
purtala
mission
miijinpa
·
mijinpa
mistaken for something else
-karala
mistaken thought
-kukala
mistakenly
-karala
mistakenly think someone is a big man, used to
jumakukala
mistakenly think something is not true or unimportant, used to pakikarala mistletoe
milyulyu
mistook you for someone else, I
Kujupakararnu-rnanta.
misty
warrkulypa
misty rain, light
jil-jil
misty, used to get
warrkulyarri
mix, used to
runyula
mob
wuru
·
-malu
·
-jirri
·
maapu
mob from the east
kakarramalu
mob from the north
kayilimalu
mob of young men
warrinyji-warrinyji
mob, big
yarnngartuka
·
japalpa
·
wumungka
mob, that
jiikaja
mob, used to become
wururri
mob, used to come to the centre of
kuturri
mob, you
nyunturtin
·
nyuntunpa
mole, marsupial
kakarrarturl
money
mani
money, wage
wijij mani
moon
wirlarra
·
panyalpa
moon, used to be a new
karliyiki
·
karlingara
moonless
wirlarrapunaja
moonless, used to be
wanirri
more
muu
more softly
yaru
morning
yungunpa
·
kanara-kanara
·
yungunjarra
morning, next
yungunkujupa
morning, another
yungunkujupa
morning, early
mungawana
·
mungalypa
·
karrpu-karrpu
·
yapurrapuri
morning, in the
yungunjarra
morning, previous
yungunkujupa
morning, used to become
yungunpakala
Moses
Muuja
·
Muujajpa
mosquito
kimirikinypa
·
kumurikinypa
most important
miinwanpa
mother
yakurti
·
mami
·
ipi
·
yipi
·
tilypu
mother and daughter
jarnimirri
mother and son
kajararra
mother's brother
kamparnu
·
kaka
·
kamuru
mother's brother's wife
yumari
mother, real
mamipartanu
mother/daughter relationship
jarnimirrirarra
mother-in-law
yumari
·
wumari
·
umari
·
marruku
motherless
mamipunaja
mothers and aunties
pipinyurra
motion
yurri
motion across
wati-
motionless
yurriparni
·
pirtirr-pirtirrpa
motionless, used to be
yurriparnirri
motorcar
mutuka
Mount Newman
Nyumanpa
mountain devil
mingari
·
ngiyari
·
kataputa
mourners in a ceremony
karnku
mourning, in
wirla walyku
mouse
kilu
mouse, species of
jilyku
·
munyarri
mouth
yirra
·
jaa
mouth to become open
jaamankarri
mouth, something in
jungkujarra
mouth, used to cover
jaamurtula
mouth, used to foam at
janga pakala
mouth, used to open one's
jaa pakala
mouth, used to pick up with
jungkula
move food with a stick while cooking on fire
lilula
move something around, used to
yurrijingala
move something, used to
muurrpuwa
move toward something, used to
warntikala
move, used to
yurri
movement
yurri
movement to one side
wati-
movement, lots
yurri-yurri
movement, silent
jakarrpunaja
much, too
jumaji
muddy
jupi
muddy water
luka
·
kalyu luka
muddy water, small puddle of
luka-luka
muddy water, used to become
lukarri
mudlark
tiwily-tiwilypa
mug
panikinpa
mulga seed
jalyka
mulga tree
wintamarra
mulgara
papanyji
multiply, used to
majula
Mundiwindi
Mantuwinti
murderer
winyjurru
mushroom, food like
mijikirti
music
nyuwijiki
musical sound from an instrument
nyuwijiki
-ju
myself
N-n nail
niilpa
nail an object to another, used to
nyiilamurra
nail, used to drive
niilamula
naked
nikitpala
name
yini
·
ini
name of a claypan
Pirrkili
name of a song line
Kurangarra
name of ceremony
Nyarnayi
·
Wala-walangu
name of Dreamtime man
Warlukulawu
name of spring
Mika
·
Najarra
name since childhood
jijijanu yini
name someone, used to
yinijula
name, Jigalong language
Martu Wangka
name, kinship section
Karimarra
·
Milangka
name, language
Jiwarlin
·
Kartujarra
name, subsection
Jakamarra
·
Jangala
name, substitute
nyaparu
·
Nyaparu
·
kunmarnu
name, used to say someone's
yinijula
name, what's its
ngapi
name, without a
yiniparni
nanna
nana
nape of neck
karlparrpa
·
nyanka
·
tarn-tarnpa
narrow
wujurnu
·
wuju
narrow, really
wujul-wujulpa
nasal septum hole
nyiirnka
native cat
tarnpa
native of a particular place
-martaji
native plum bush
munyurnpa
nauseated, used to feel
karunypuwa
nauseous
kurlpakurlu
navel
nyunyjirnpa
Nazareth
Najarijpa
nearby
kinti
·
ngamu
·
jungulkirra
nearby, that one
jii
nearby, this one
jii
neck
ngalyi
neck, back part
nyanka
neck, nape of
nyanka
·
tarn-tarnpa
·
karlparrpa
neck, on the back of
nyankanyuku
necklace
nikilijpa
nectar
wama
nectar, drop of
kuru
nectar, used to dip grass into
minala
needle
niitulpa
needle, used to inject with a
wakala
negate, used to
wiyamala
neighbor
nganmi
nephew
kaja
·
karli
·
puuyi
nephew and uncle
kalyarra
nephew, uncle and his
wapujurra
nephew/niece and uncle
kamururra
nervous
ralpurrpa
nest
jangku
nest, used to build a
jangkujula
nestling bird
marraka
net, fish
niitingpa
netting wire
parru-parru
netting, wire
niitingpa
never
naapa
nevertheless
nyuri
new
kamparra
·
nyuwanpa
·
jalykarra
new initiate
jangiwinti
new one
kuwarrijanu
newborn child
jiji kuwarrijanu
next morning
yungunkujupa
nice
juri
niece
yurntalpa
niece/nephew and uncle
kamururra
night
munga
night, at
mungangka
night, I was there when it became
Mungajarrarringu-rni
night, middle of the
kutuwatini
night, used to become
mungajarrarri
nightmare, used to have
jukurrmala
nighttime
mungajarra
·
yupunyju
no
maranypa
·
wiya
·
paki
no children
jijiparni
·
jijikanyilmunu
no notice, taking
yurtu-yurtu
no particular reason, for
yumu
no room
ruumuparni
no tune
juriparni
no wind
tilykuru
no, used to say
wiyajula
·
wiyamala
Noah
Nuuwa
nod head in sleep, used to
nyurrmala
nod off to sleep, used to
nyuruti
nodding
malurrpa
nodding head
nyuwurrpa
noise of a car engine running
nguntirrila
noise, engine, used to make
tututula
noise, loud
tarl
noise, scraping
rarr-rarrpa
noise, used to make a buzzing
nyirrmala
noise, used to make a clicking
tilkirrmala
noise, used to make a vibrating
lilyirrwangka
noisy, they were being
jaarlurrpanyjanpa-ya
nomadic period in the desert
pujimanpa
non Jew
Juwuparni
non-achiever
karnuja
noon
jirntu ngarnawarra
·
karrpuwati
north
kayili
·
kayilirra
north wind
kayilirrangu
·
kayilikarta
north, mob from
kayilimalu
north, people from
wayungarri
north, toward
kayilirra
north, used to become in the
kayilirri
northerly direction
kayili-kayili
northwards
kayilirra
·
kayilikarti
nose
mulya
nose, bridge of
nyurru-nyurru
·
jirntajarra
not
-munu
·
mirta
not come close, used to
kintirri
not direct teaching
yumuwanpa
not helpful
karrataparni
not only concerned with money, used to be
raapamula
not skilled in
karnujalka
not speaking
kanmarrpa
note, ten dollar
ngarnkurrjarra
nothing
munu
·
yumu
·
wiya
·
paki
·
maranypa
nothing!, It's really
Yumurta!
·
Yumurtuka!
nothing, really
yumuminyirri
nothing, used to become
yumurri
·
wiyarri
·
pakirri
·
munurri
notice something beyond one's immediate concentration , used to munkarrajula novice
jaminpara
now
kuwarri
·
nawu
now, about
kuwarrilyu
Nullagine
Nalakayinpa
number
nampa
number, large
jina mara jina mara
numeraliser
-lyjirri
O-o oak, desert
wikirrpa
obedient person
kurlkawarta
obedient to another
pamparrju
obedient, very
yirninyju
object, hidden
kuku
object, powerful
maparnpa
object, straight
jirumpu
objects from European source with unknown names, number of wartakaja obligation to be met
pulyi
obscured by rain
kalyupuru
occupying oneself until something happens
watanypa
ochre, red
pujurrpa
·
julkarrpa
·
karrku
ochre, red, covered with
pujurrpara
ochre, yellow
karntawarra
odour, used to cause
parntijula
odour, used to give off
parntiyiki
·
parntingara
of course!
-nyu
·
pintupi
of sand, heap
juurlpa
off
-ngka
off, used to come
wupulyangkawa
offer something, used to
jamartapuwa
office
yupujpa
·
yupuji
offspring
kaja
·
ngulyi
oh!
paa
·
panta
old man
jirlpi
old people
wulpipulpa
old person
jijipirla
old person or thing
wuurlpala
old time car
jitartu-jitartu
old woman
parntanypa
·
jaluru
old, used to become
jirlpirri
old, used to cause a person to be
jirlpimala
older brother
pupu
·
papartu
older brother, one's
kurtapartanu
older brother, person and
kurtararra
older sister
jurtu-ra
·
jurtu
older woman with many children
jijiyarnngajarra
older, brother,
kurta
on
-ta
·
-rta
·
-nyuku
·
-ja
·
-ngka
on board something, used to get
tatila
on board, used to get
takala
on foot
jinangu
on his own
kujurninti
on the run
walakurlukurlu
on top
kankarra
on top of another
katulkirra
once, He hit him
Kujungka puwa!
one
kuju
·
wanpa
one (nearby), this
ngaanya
·
ngaampa
·
ngaa
one after another
purrini-purrini
one at a time
kujumarriti
one by one
kujunguru kujunguru
·
kujun-kujunpa
one elbow, on
kurlkupinti
·
kurlkupirti
one end, at
mulyakarti
one end, from
mulyajanu
one leg, on
kanyjikujukarti
one side
kujukarti
one side, to
yitiwana
one sided favour
kujukartiwiyayiju
one who acts deliberately
minyirrju
one who despises
nyurnipayi
one who does not fight
kuwayitpala
one who doesn't care about others
ngarruta
one who doubts
jankinpa
one who feels strong and energetic after eating food
wirla ngarrurta
one who gives quickly when asked
pamparrju
one who goes around telling lies
paki kajalpa
one who has a message
jakurlpurluka
one who has just arrived
yannga
one who is knowlegable about taboo ceremony
ngurluninti
one who is sorry or pitying
yawiyi
one who is sulking
yunturi
one who is wanting sex
kurlakurla
one who is wanting sex very much
kurlanyju
one who knows certain information
nintilumarta
one who knows words
wangkarninti
one who persists under hard circumstances
wamparu
one who remembers to pay his debts
pinalkarra
one who stands up for another
purntu
one who steals all the time
ngulyunyju
one who strongly disregards or rejects another
jankanyjankanypa
one who takes no notice
yurtu
one's own
kurrurnjarra
one's own man
kirtapartanu
one, another
-yampajara
one, other
kujupa
one, that
nyarranya
·
jiinya
one, used to become
kujungkarri
·
kujurri
ones, little
jukunjukunypa
·
jukunyjukunypa
·
julinyjulinypa
oneself
walyja
oneself, used to brag about
marninpuwa
oneself, used to praise
marninpuwa
one-sided favour
kujuyiti
onion, wild
jurnta
·
jalirrpa
·
minyarra
only
-wiyayiju
oops!
paa
·
panta
open
yupunpa
·
wupunpa
open a cover or door, used to
wupuntamula
open eyes
paarlarnpa
open eyes, used to
paarlkawa
open one's eyes after sleep, used to
paarlala
open one's mouth, used to
jaa pakala
open something, used to
wupunamula
·
lakarnpuwa
·
paarlpuwa
·
parlala
open up a bundle, used to
warnmalypuwa
Open your eyes!
Parlala-ngku kuru!
·
Parlpuwa-ngku kuru
open, eyes
paarlpa
open, mouth to become
jaamankarri
open, used to
wupunumula
opened, used to be
wupunarri
oppose another, used to
kiinjamula
opposite direction, looking in
wartarlpa
order to do something, in
-raku
·
-nkuraku
orders, used to give
wajarnu yuwa
original, not
wartajanu wangka
ornament, head
jininypa
orphan
minyjilpa
·
kampurta
orphaned?, used to become
pinyirri
other mob, the
warrmala
other one
kujupa
other one, the
-kujupa
·
kujupa
other way, the
kujupakarti
other way, used to go the
kujupakartirri
others who arrive after the main group
kulupalarrpa
others, the
karlki
·
karlkinpa
·
karlkin
ought to do something
-ra
·
-ngkura
·
-nkura
·
-lkura
ought to, but didn't
-lngara
ours (including you)
-lampa
ours (not including those spoken to)
-limpaju
ours (not including you)
-lampaju
ourselves
-ngku
out of
-janu
outing, day's
purikarta
outside
yawujayitu
·
yawujayiti
over heels, head
katakaninypa
over, used to bend
pupa
over, used to turn something
kujupakartila
overweight
jinyjimama
overweight, used to become
jinyjimamarri
owl
kurr-kurrpa
owl, species of
piwi
own relation
-partarnu
own, on its
jarntilyirri
own, one's
kurrurnjarra
owner
walyjajarra
P-p paddock or fenced off area
yaartu
pain
karr-karrpa
pain, person who won't admit to
janarri
pain, used to
karr-karrarri
painful
wilyji-wilyji
paint some object with paint, used to
payitamula
paint something, used to
walkajula
paint, used to
julkarrpuwa
Panaka people, all the
Panaka-Panaka
Panaka/Karimarra group
Marntiyarra
pant from exhaustion, used to
rangamala
paper
mili-mili
paperbark tree
jalkurrpurta
·
jalkuran
papers, working with
mili-milikarra
paralysed
parralayiji
·
parralaji
paralysed, used to make
narntungula
paralysed, with fear
kurrurnpa palyjalypa
parent is yilyu when a son or daughter dies
yilyu
parent, bereaved
kampurta
·
kampu
parents, bereaved
kampukujarra
Parnngurr
Parnngurrpa
Parnpajinya
Parnpajinya
parrot, species of
turn-turnmarta
part way
kutu
participants, ceremonial
jinyjanungu
·
jinyjanu
particular place, native of a
-martaji
particularising suffix
-rti
pass wind, used to
pulypurrmala
Passover
Pajuwupa
path
yiwarra
·
karru-karru
Paul
Puulpa
pea, Sturts Desert
marlukururrpa
peaceful
jurtaparni
·
kurrurnpa yalta
·
kawalya
peaceful and calm
wirla yalta-yalta
peek at something, used to
nganpila
peel off, used to
lakarnpuwa
·
lakarnkawa
·
tupirrkati
peel something, used to
yakurrapuwa
peeled off, used to be
lakarnyarra
peeling off
tupirr-tupirrpa
pelican
jurtarra
pen
piinpa
Pentecost
Pintikajpa
people
martu
people from the north
wayungarri
people in a punyayi relationship
punyayi-punyayi
people, circle of
jarnayirra-jarnayirra
·
jarnarti-jarnarti
People, Emu
karlaya
people, group of
wumungka
·
japalpa
people, large ground of
wamumpu
people, old
wulpipulpa
people, these
ngaakaja
permissible to look
yuti
permission, used to give
yuwajula
perplexed, used to be
ngurinyjirri
perplexed, very
ngunjul-ngunjulpa
persistent
nyuri
·
mannganyju
persistent, used to become
nyurirri
person
puntu
·
martu
person addicted to alcohol
wamapayi
person and older brother
kurtararra
person and older sister
jurturarra
person and spouse
nyupararra
person clean from washing
kilinpala
person from the bush
pujimanpa
person of Aboriginal and European descent
marta-marta
person or animal, lively
pikalya
person who asks lots of questions
japil-japilpa
person who avoids punishment
janarri
person who can be trusted
yiltapayi
person who doesn't know what they're talking about
yirra kalyurrpa
person who fights
jikipala
person who is about to go
yannga
person who is almost well
wankanyjanmarta
person who is always playful
ngarlpu-ngarlpu
person who is often angry
wirrilyipayi
person who is too sick or sore to move
parralaji
person who is touchy
jukururru
person who is truthful, a
yiltapayi
person who knows about sacred things
ngurlurninti
person who knows the value of rocks and minerals
yapupurluka
person who often fights
pikapayi
person who pays attention to authority
pinalkarra
person who talks big but does not do anything
wangkawiyaju juma
person who tells lies
pakipayi
person who won't admit to pain
janarri
person with a beard
ngarnkurrjarra
person with pierced nasal septum
nyiirnkajarra
person with weapons
yirrpirnkurlu
person without a maparn
munta
person's own property
walyja
person's own relations
walyjamarri
person's real father
mamapartanu
person, a good
pakipayi
person, angry
ngalya rarru
person, big
kaluyarntu
person, brave
rakajarra
person, caring
karratapayi
person, cheeky
pirrkawarta
person, clever
pinalkarra
·
nintipuka
person, dangerous
jinakarrpil
·
warnapa
person, dead
marlkarri
person, disagreeable
parlanpayi
person, disobedient
kuran kirtijarra
·
kuran murltu
person, generous
yirnipayi
·
munyjapayi
person, important
yatilypa
person, irrascible
jantupayi
person, jealous
mikujaka
person, knowledgeable
nintipuka
person, known
nganmi
person, lazy
liijipaka
person, lifeless
mituny-mitunypa
person, pot-bellied
nyurukirta
person, quick acting
waarr-waarrpa
person, quiet
yakapayi
person, really clever
nintikaja
person, short
jilinypa
·
yatu
person, simple
parrura-parrura
person, single
kirriji
person, stubborn
ngalya wiltu
·
ngalya
person, touchy
jukuru
person, tough
raka
person, unfeeling
karratapayimunu
person, unhelpful
karratanyjuparni
person, white
kartiya
personal concern
watapirti
persuade another, used to
yumunyjurra
·
muunpuwa
pet
ngulyju
Peter
Piija
petrol
pitulpa
Pharisee
Paraji
Pharisees
Parajikaja
Philip
Pilapu
·
Pilappa
phlegm
nguntu
phlegm, to spit out yellow
jangajunu munyjuly
pick fruit, used to
yinala
pick on someone, used to
yukunpuwa
pick up seed by cupping hands, used to
yarlala
pick up with the mouth, used to
jungkula
pick up, used to
jurntala
picked as a person went along
yinalkatingu
pierced nasal septum, person with
nyiirnkajarra
pig
pinyi ngalku
·
ngurlturr-ngurlturrpa
·
piki-piki
·
minyingalku
·
nguurr-nguurrpa
·
ngurnturr-ngurnturrpa
·
ngurr-ngurrpa
·
pinyingalku
pigeon
kurumijimiji
·
kurumiji
pigeon, crested
jarrarlakari
piggy-back
jarnangka
Pilate
Payilatpa
pillow
piila
pimple
puta
pimples
putaly-putalypa
pinch someone, used to
tiilyjala
pinched in
tingki
pistol
minyju
pitiless
kurrin-kurrin
pitying/sorry, one who is
yawiyi
place a damper on the ground or table to cool after cooking , used taampajula to place an object on another, used to
takajula
place face-downward, used to
ngamparljula
place name
Karrparti
·
Kinyu
·
Jilukurru
·
Warturarra
·
Pilyangunya
·
Nyiyarnunya
·
Yirrkalyilyinya
·
Yarlkupajinya
·
Ngurtulypa
·
Pinturiji
·
Wirlurna
·
Wari-wari
·
Pantinti
·
Pilurnnyuka
place on something, used to
jurra
place on the head, used to
jarlirri
place recklessly, used to
watajula
place something upright, used to
murrujula
place the initate on the backs of the mourners, used to
ngawujula
place with lots of firewood
warukurru
place, at that very
jiingkartuka
place, cool
yalta-yalta
place, creation
nyuka
place, hilly
turntururru
place, kind of
-lyukurru
place, name of water
Kurtakurta
place, sacred
japiya
place, shallow
jararrpa
place, this is the
ngaangkalyu
place, to this
ngaakarti
place, used to return to a
ngaparrpuwa
place, used to stay at a place
nyina
place, warm
parn-parnpa
·
parrpa
plain
pila
plain, a
larrku
plainly seen
mirangarra
plains country
pararra
plains kangaroo
marlu
plant, species of
kalyupijurlpa
·
karrjulypa
·
kanyjamarra
·
munturu
·
kalaru
·
juraly-juraly
·
kuuri
·
pipijarli
·
karnti
·
jirrpirlinypa
·
kanyjilyi
·
pirljiwirnpa
·
mungkilypa
·
kunaruntu
·
pipi
plant, species of edible
wamurla
plant, succulent, species of
panma
plate
puliti
·
pulayiti
play
ngarlpu
play a game, used to
ngarlpurri
play a musical instrument, used to
ngarlpuyuwa
play, used to
parawa
·
ngarlpurri
playful, person who is
ngarlpu-ngarlpu
plaything
ngarlpupinti
plenty
laltu
·
yarnnga
plenty, used to become
yarnngarri
pluck fruit , used to
warrpula
pluck fruit, used to
witala
plum bush, native
munyurnpa
plural (more than two)
-paraku
plural suffix
-rtin
·
-nyjarri
·
-kaja
pocket
pakiti
point with the fingers, used to
yilijula
point, by the
jalinynguru
pointing eastward
kakarrawarraku
poison
kungkungu
·
payijinpa
poke someone, used to
tirtila
police
marntamarangka
policeman
kalungarnarra
·
ngalyikarrpilpa
·
pulpayija
·
pulijimanu
ponder, used to
wuurr kulila
pools of water after rain
kalyukuyarra
poor design
juriparni
poor fellow!
nyarru
poor person
puupala
poor sight
paalypaalypa
poor sighted, used to be
paarlarri
poplar, desert
karntarangu
position, squatting
tangkarra
possessing
-kurlu
possessing a maparn
maparnwinti
possessing a topknot
pukurtijarra
possession
ngulyu
possessions
purnunpa
possessions, bundle of
jantulpa
possibility
-lyjaku
·
-jaku
·
-nkujaku
possibly
jinguru
potato, bush
kulyu
·
mata
pot-bellied person
nyurukirta
pouch (of marsupial)
jara
pour out of something, used to
yinti
pour out, used to
liwarrpuwa
pour something out, used to
yintila
powerful object
maparnpa
praise oneself, used to
marninpuwa
praising person
marnin-marninpa
precious
marululpi
precious thing
kalipurra
pregnant, used to be
raparrkurri
pregnant, used to become
munkurri
prepare camp, used to
paljula
prepare to go, used to
raatirri
prepared
wurlku
prepared, Be
Wurlkumarta!
prepared, to be
rayiti
presence, used to feel
karala
press grapes or the like to produce juice, used to
nyupila
press in closely, used to
wumurri
pressure, used to put on
parlila
pretty
kunyjunyu
·
jangkarri
·
wanganypa
previous event, recall
yangka
previous morning
yungunkujupa
previously referred to
yangka
prickle
jilkarnpa
·
manguji
prisoner
pirijina
·
purijina
processional caterpillars
marlurlu-marlurlu
progress in growth indicating suffix
-lara
promise
jamarta
promise something, used to
jamartapuwa
promise, used to
jamartajula
promise, used to break a
jamarta warla
promised girl
jamarta
promised spouse
pilyurrpa
proper
tukulku
property, person's own
walyja
prophet
·
jakurlpurluka mamamili ngurlunintipurluka
protect a person from harm, used to
ngarlkilmala
proud looking
jarntarrngarapa
proud of one's accomplishment
muku-muku
proud stance
warrparn-warrparnpa
pubic covering
jani
·
nyimparra
pubic coverings, used to make
nyimparrala
puddle of muddy water, small
luka-luka
pull hair out, used to
tungkurrpuwa
pull something out, used to
yilala
pull up a small bush or plant, used to
wulykula
punish another, to
panijimunu
punish, used to
yumunyjurra
punishment, person who avoids deserved
janarri
punishment, used to escape
janarriyarra
Punmu
Punmu
punyayi relationship, people in
punyayi-punyayi
purpose, used to lose one's
yumurri
purring noise
nguntirrila
pus
yurna
pus, dried
lupurr-lupurrpa
push someone, used to
nanturrpuwa
push something, used to
yurntula
pussycat
nyanyjarnpa
·
mulyangamu
·
ngalyangamu
·
pujikatu
·
minyawu
·
wilykinngalku
put a glob of something on something, used to
yapalypuwa
put decorations on, used to
kukulyjula
put down, used to
tipujula
put ends of wood into fire, used to
mulyajula
put inside, used to
yirrpila
put it back
marlajunu
put more and more things together in one place, used to
pirtijula
put on top, used to
katujula
put out a fire, used to
juturntala
put pressure on, used to
parlila
put resin on, used to
milirrjula
put scars on
kumurljunu
put something down on its belly, used to
wartujula
put something in the sun, used to
yarlkajula
put something in, used to
jarrpajula
·
kurrujula
put something up in something, used to
yurtijula
put somewhere, used to
jurra
put spinifex wax on, used to
kirtijula
put wax on
manyalyjula
put wax on, used to
milirrjula
put, to
-ju~
puzzled
ngunjul-ngunjulpa
·
ngunjurlpa
·
ngurnjulpa
puzzled, used to be
ngunjularriwa
·
ngurnjularri
python, species of
nanyjarnpa
Q-q quandong
jawirli
quantity suffix
-purrja
query
kaji
question
-wa
question a person intensively, used to kintilu japira kulila question marker
kaji
question one's self , used to
ngampa
questioning
ngampaku
quick acting person
waarr-waarrpa
quickly
pipurru
·
jampalyu
·
pula
·
wirrurru
·
wala
quickly or directly to a destination, go wuna quickly run away, to
jawarnu ya~
quiet
mitirlpa
·
yaka
·
nganmi
·
kurnu
·
kawalya
·
kanmarrpa
quiet person
yakapayi
·
kuwayitpala
·
yakapurluka
quiet, used to cause to be
yatarnmala
quiet, used to get
yakarri
quiet, used to make
yakamala
quieten a group, used to
yakamala
quieten someone, used to
kurnumala
quieter
yaru
quietly
jakarrpa
R-r rabbit
nani
·
paparnarra
·
malka-malka
·
jipuku
race
riiji
rag
rayiki
raging
kurrurnpa wirrilyi
rain
kalyu
·
kapi
rain hitting people
kurluwalu puwa
rain, heavy
karlkawarta
rain, light
jiimpi-jiimpi
rain, light misty
jil-jil
rain, light winter
kurluwa
rain, obscured by
kalyupuru
rainbow
jurtirangu
·
junyju
rainbow, used to appear
jurtirangujula
rained heavily on us
kurluwalu puwa
rainmaker, Dreamtime
Jaramarra
rainy
kalyupuru
raise a child, used to
jumala
raise an arm, used to
ngarnawarramala
raise someone's arms, used to
ngarnawarrajingala
·
kankajingala
raise something, used to
ngarnawarramala
ramp, goanna
yirntirri
rattle boomerangs together, used to
timpirirripuwa
rattlepod grevillea
malypa
rattling noise, clicking or
tilykirrmala
raw
kunka
·
wanka
·
nguyu
reacting offensively to rebuke
jarruly-jarrulypa
read, used to
riitamula
·
riitamurri
·
wangka wajara wanala
ready to go, used to be
raatirri
ready to work
ngarrurta
ready, Be
Wurlkumarta!
ready, to be
rayiti
real father
mamapartanu
real mother
mamipartanu
real thing, like the
yiltayuru
really
-lyu
really ahead
kurranyu-kurranyu
really clever person
nintikaja
really different
kujupa-kujupa
really good
kunyjunyuminyirri
·
ngalypangulyu
really long ago
julyju-julyju
really narrow
wujul-wujulpa
really shy
kurntaminyirri
really sick
ngarntaminyirri
really true
yiltaminyirri
reason, for no
manyarrpa
reason, for no particular
yumu
rebellious
janykan-janykanpa
rebuke, reacting offensively to
jarruly-jarrulypa
recall a previous event
yangka
receding hairline
ngalya pararra
recent
kuwarrijanu
recent initiate
jaminypa
recently
kuwarri-kuwarri
recently rain watered area
wuru-wuru
reciprocal gift
murnaji
·
puntaju
reciprocal suffix
-yinta
reckless
janykan-janykanpa
recklessly place something, used to
watajula
reckon oneself bad
jankawa
recognise someone, used to
yikurntala
recognise someone, used to fail to
nganarnpuwa
recognise, used to
yintala
·
palipuwa
red
miny-miny
·
miji-miji
red ochre
julkarrpa
·
karrku
·
pujurrpa
red ochre, covered with
pujurrpara
red, used to become
miji-mijirri
reed artefact
jinyjira
reference to a father, respectful
mamapirrayi
referred to, previously
yangka
refers usually to cheap items
jiipwanpa
reflexive suffix
-yinta
reformed
nyira
refrain from foods, to
jaji
refused to stop doing something
jalypajunu
reject another's advice, used to
kulirnu jurra
reject someone or something, used to
mingarrjurra
reject what a boss is saying and want to go against him, used to yurnturnu ngarajula rejects another, one who
jankanyjankanypa
relation, own
-partarnu
relation, reminder of dead
tawun-tawunpa
relations
nganmi
relations who cry for initiate
karnku
relations, person's own
walyjamarri
relationship
ngumpa
relationship term
yapanypa
·
yungkuri
·
yinkarni
·
yinara
·
punyayi
·
yartajirri
relationship, grandfather and grandson
jamujarra
·
jamurarra
relationship, joking
jingkirtirra
relationship, people in a punyayi
punyayi-punyayi
relationship, straight
yawanyja
relationship, two people in jamirti
jamirtirra
relative
-kurnu
relatives, lonely for
kurrurnpa marr-marr
relatives, used to make into
walyjamala
release, used to
kurtiwa
remember
nyampa
·
nyingka
Remember that advice!
Kuranju kanyila!
remind a person what they have been told, used to
kuranjula
reminder of dead relation, a
tawun-tawunpa
remove guts from game, used to
warnjila
remove something, used to
wupulypuwa
remove, used to
wikilypuwa
repair something, used to
palyamala
repair, used to
kunyjunyula
repairman
palyalpayi
repeat an action, used to
yarrala
repeatedly
-na~
report a message, used to
jakulyjula
report of some incident
jakurlpa
report, a
jakulypa
resembles
-pirti
resident
-martaji
resin
manyalypa
·
kirti
·
pira
resin, used to put on
milirrjula
respect suffix
-pirrayi
respectful address of father
mamarti
respectful reference to a father
mamapirrayi
rest in camp
yurlta
rest, the
karlki
·
karlkinpa
·
karlkin
restless
karnngarrpa
restricted
wujurnu
return
marlaku
return to a place, used to
ngaparrpuwa
return, in
murnaji
return, used to
ngarrarri
·
marlakurri
returning person
ngaparri
reveal something, used to
yutijula
reveal teeth, used to
yirra pakala
revealed, used to be
yutirri
revenge party
warnmarla
rib
yiri
·
yimiri
·
nyimiri
ride horseback, used to
jarlingkala
ride, used to
jarlipuwa
rifle
tarlparlmarta
·
rayipulpa
rifle, used to shoot with
jutumula
right away
kuwarringulyu
right hand
jurrku-jurrku
·
junga
right hand side, toward
jungakarti
right here
ngaangka
right side
jurrku
right side, toward
jurrkukarti
right there
jiingulyu
·
jiingkangulyu
·
nyarrangulyu
right through
wapirripirri
right way
jungangkangulyu
right-handed
jungakarti
ring
riingu
rinse, used to
jarlajula
rip something, used to
yarrpuwa
rip, a
yarrpa
rip, used to
yarrkatiwa
·
tungkurrka
ripe
munyjulypa
·
yurnmi
ripe, used to become
munyjulyarri
ripe, used to get
yurnmirri
ripping sound, used to make a
yarrwangka
ripples on the water
murrpu-murrpu
rise, down the
yirriti
rise, used to
ngarnawarrarri
river
karru
river gum
walyji
road
ruutu
·
yiwarra
road, dip in the
takurru
rob, used to
raapamula
robber
ngulyujaka
rock fig
kunawirnka
rock wallaby
warlpaju
rockhole near Jigalong
Ngujapunkanu
rocky cliff, smooth,
jiwalykarra
rocky ground
yapulyukurru
rocky place
yapulyukurru
rocky place, in a
purlikurrungka
roll about, used to
warli-warliyarra
roll an object, used to
ruulumula
·
ruulamula
roll around (on the ground), used to
warli-warlirri
roll downhill, used to
kurti-kurtiyarra
roll up a swag or blanket, used to
rulumapila
roll up swag, used to
mulyjila
roll, used to
kuti-kutiyarra
Roman citizen
Ruumanpa
room, used to make
rinyngumala
rooster
ruuja
root
wanalpa
roots
nyirla
rope
ruupu
·
ruuppa
·
mirrilyi
rotten
pilki
·
yurna
·
pirninypa
rotten, used to get
pilkirri
rough edges, used to shave off
miilpuwa
rough ground
parnka
rough hill country
wankurlpari
round
nurru-nurru
rounded surface
wirla
row, a
ngalparra
row, all in a
wati-pirra-pirra
row, He put it in a
Junkura wanalku
rub ashes onto the skin, used to
nyutila
rub grain filled husks to obtain grain, used to
ruurrpuwa
rub off lots of things, used to
rurru-rurrupuwa
rub oil or fat into a person or instrument, used to
yinyala
rub something off, used to
rurrupuwa
rub something, used to
puranypuwa
rubbish
rapiji
·
pinyi
rubbish a person, used to
minyjiljula
rubbish another person, used to
pinyijula
rubbish another, used to
kiinjamula
·
minyjilymala
rubbish, used to
minyjilymala
·
panypura
·
ngarnanpuwa
rubbish, used to become
minyjilyarri
·
pinyirri
rubbish, used to yandy
jajarrapuwa
Rudall River
Karlamilyi
rude
kurntaparni
Rufous Hare-wallaby
mala
ruin something, used to
putamala
·
walykula
ruined, used to be
putarri
rule as a boss, used to
ngampurrju kanyila
run away quickly, to
jawarnu ya~
run away, used to
jawa-jawara-ya yarra
run, used to
pini
·
pinirri
·
wirrjala
·
pini-pinirri
·
pirta
running full
parlkurta
runt
japujara
rush at something, used to
partu-partula
rustling noise, used to make
karralmala
rustling sound , used to make
jurumala
rustling sound, used to make
riilymala
S-s Sabbath
Jarriti
sacred
tarruku
·
ngurlu
sacred area
ngurlu
sacred place
japiya
sacred series of ceremonies
Tingarri
sacred things, person who knows about
ngurlurninti
sad
wirla walyku
·
kurljirrpa
·
pukurlparni
sad feeling
kurrurnpa maju
sad, very
kujilkujilpa
saddle a horse, used to
jatulamula
Sadducee
Jatakmili wangkapurluka
sadness
wirla walyku
·
wirla karalyanu
safe
kunyjunyu
saliva
jarla
·
janga
·
jala
salivate, used to
yirra kalyurri
salty water
jawul-jawulpa
Samaria
Jamiriya
sample food, used to
nyipilyjala
sample something, used to
yajila
Samuel
Jamiyulpa
sand
parna
sandhill
tuwa
·
tali
sandle, jakapiri
jakapiri
sandles, bark
mangarrpa
·
malkapiri
sat intermittently
nyinatingu
satisfied
yuwilyi
·
yiwilyi
·
muku-muku
satisfied from drinking
jarrulyu
satisfied, used to be
jangkulyarra
·
munkurri
satisfied, used to become
muku-mukurri
·
jarrulyurri
satisfied, used to cause to be
munkurra
satisfied, used to get
yiwilyirri
satisfied, used to make
parljamala
Saturday
Jarriti
Saul
Juulpa
savage
jikipala
savage animal
pikalya
savage person or animal
pirrkawanpa
save from sin
wankamala
save, used to
wankamala
say 'yes', used to
yuwajula
·
yuujula
say another should die, used to
mitujurra
say no , used to
wiyajula
say no, used to
wiyamala
say one is ignorant or inexperienced, used to
ngurrpajula
say someone's name, used to
yinijula
say something is bad against another, used to
parlanyju jurra
say something that is not true, used to
katangka wajala
say something, to
-ju~
say something, used to
wajala
say straight to someone's face, used to
junga wajala
says bad things
jaaputa
scales for measuring quantities
wayitipinti
scar, a
kumurlpa
scars on, put
kumurljunu
scattered about
jirrja
scattered in every direction, The mob
Jirrjarringu-ya
school
kuulpa
scissors
karlkajarra
·
karlkanyjarra
scold someone, used to
warrkila
·
payila
scold, used to
ngumpala
scoop out, used to
jawala
scoop up and drop, used to
jayirnu punkajingala
scoop up something, used to
yawula
scoop, used to
marnmala
scorpion
karnpa
scrape grain into heaps , used to
warrula
scrape the ground, used to
jarntila
·
warrarnpuwa
scraping noise
rarr-rarrpa
scraping out seeds, stick
kurru
scratch, used to
jawala
scribes
nintipuka
·
muujamili luwuku ninti
sea
kujungurru
search for a track, used to
watijula
search for something, used to
ngurrila
search for, used to
parrila
season, hot
puyulyurru
secret
kumpi
secretly
kukujarri
secretly, group talking together
jaalpu wangkangu
section name, kinship
Karimarra
·
Milangka
section, kinship
Panaka
·
Purungu
see a cloud coming, used to
jalurapuwa
see, in order to
paarlarriraku
see, used to
nyawa
seed
yurninypa
·
wilyki
seed food
kalyupijurlpa
·
kunaruntu
seed food, species of
pipi
·
kalaru
seed, mulga
jalyka
seed, species of
marnkal
·
mungkilypa
·
janikurtinypa
·
jartarrpuka
seed, species of edible
yuwinyji
seeds from grinding stone
laja
seeds, stick for scraping out
kurru
seeds, used to husk
nyurtula
seeds, used to winnow
karnila
seeds, used to yandy
karnila
seen, plainly
mirangarra
selective suffix
-purra
self
walyja
·
jaalpu
selfish
janykan-janykanpa
self-willed
jari-jari
sell, used to
jalamula
send away, used to
junkula yarra
send someone, used to
wirtula
send, used to
kurtiwa
·
yiyala
·
jalkala
sense of danger
jukuru
sense something, used to
karala
sensible, used to become
kuranarri
separate
partuka
·
partumparra
separate groups, into
jaalpu-jaalpu
separate into groups, used to
lalawa
separate into two parts, used to
kujarrarri
separate one group of people or animals from another, used to
katamatula
separate, used to
jaalpumala
sequentive suffix
-marriti
serial suffix
-ra
serious
minyirrpa
·
nyirrparnpa
·
nyinyjarrpa
serious, become
minyirrarri
serious, very
minyirr-minyirrpa
set (of sun), used to
kurruwa
set fire to something, used to
yumala
set free, used to
walajurra
settle down, used to
mulyarri
settle, used to
paljula
settled
mulypa
seven
japanpa
sever completely, used to
tawunpuwa
sever something, used to
kurntala
sew something, used to
wakala
sex desire
nyirru
shade
puri
·
wilyja
shade shelter
wilyja
shade, used to make a
purijula
shadow
puri
shaft of a spear, used to whittle the
yirila
shake a firestick, used to
riripuwa
shake off dirt from shoes, used to
wiilypuwa
shake out, used to
parntupuwa
shake some object, used to
yurrijingala
shake something, used to
yurripilyala
shake with fear , used to
minirrngara
shake, used to
tirritipuwa
·
yurri-yurrirri
·
yurri-yurri
shallow
yarurnpa
·
katu
shallow hole
jata
shallow place
jararrpa
shallow place, used to dig
jararrpuwa
shame
kurnta
shame towards the man, he felt
kurntarringu-lura
shameless
parnu-parnu
·
kurntaparni
share around a group, used to
nyarranypuwa
share around, used to
ngarranypuwa
share, fail to
jajala
sharp
jaapala
·
jalinypa
sharpen a spear, used to
jinkala
shave off rough edges, used to
miilpuwa
shave, used to
mulula
she
palunya
·
palu
shearing shed
jirrarnjirti
shed, shearing
jirrarnjirti
sheep
jiipu
·
kukurnjarri
·
kukurnjari
sheep's wool
wuuna
shelter
yurlu
·
mangkaja
·
ngurra
·
wuungku
·
puri
shelter, bush
kanaja
shelter, shade
wilyja
shelter, used to build a
wuungkujula
shepherd, used to
kamu-kamula
shield
jara
·
yata
shift something a long way, used to
warnmala
shift something about, used to
parra-muurrkati
shift something away, used to
muurrkati
shift something over
muurrkati
shift something, used to
muurrpuwa
shine in sun, used to
piirlangkala
shine, used to
pirrpala
shiney
kapararra
ship
puutpa
shirt
jaarta
·
kulujpa
shirts
wararri
shiver, used to
tititipuwa
shock
karrata
shock, used to get a
julurrangkawa
shocked, used to be
marrjula
shoe or foot, back area of
tarta
shoes
jijika
·
jantaparrpa
·
jujika
·
jinapuka
shoes, used to undo
tikamatula
shoo away, used to
manypuwa
shoot with a rifle, used to
jutumula
shoot, used to
juutamula
short
kuta
·
mujurnpa
short of the mark
ngalyarlpa
short person
jilinypa
·
yatu
short spear
wurrumpuru
short while
jampalyu
shortly
rawapunaja
shorts
juutu
shotgun
jurtkan
·
jurrkana
should have done something
-nkungara
shoulder
ngurnti
shoulder, something across
wirrki-wirrki
shoulders
ngurnti
·
pirni
shoulders, carry on
jarli kati
shoulders, on a person's
ngurntingka
show something, used to
mirajula
show, used to
nintila
·
nintijula
shrub, wattle, species of
nyalyka
shut
jutu
shut a door, used to
jatamapula
shut door, a
jatamapu
shut, used to become swollen
juulyarri
shy
kurnta
shy!, He is
Kurntangka!
shy, really
kurntaminyirri
shy, someone who is always
kurntapayi
shy, used to become
kurntarri
sibling, younger
marlangu
·
marlaju
sic a dog on game, used to
wapila
sic dogs on game, used to
yirrijula
sick
ngarnta
·
pika
sick all over
wapaju
sick all the time
ngarntapirla
sick people
ngarntakaja
sick, really
ngarntaminyirri
sick, used to get
ngarntarri
sickness causing thing
liiti
sickness there, used to be
ngarntangara
sickness, used to cause
ngarntamala
sickness, without
ngarntaparni
side
kultu
·
-yiti
·
jayiti
·
kapulyurru
·
yiti
side look
ngiri
side of a creek, the
yirrirri
side of creek
tartalpa
side of the head
katawana
side, lying on
karlipirtunu
side, one
kujukarti
side, our, used to take
purntujula
side, right
jurrku
side, to one
yitiwana
side, to the
yirrirrikarti
sigh, used to
ngaanypa kurtiwa
sign (a document), used to
jayinamula
sign of a curse
yumpu
sign, used to make a
wampipuwa
signal someone, used to
mirajula
silence
yaka
silent movement
jakarrpunaja
silent, used to become completely
wurtuwa
silver
jilpa
Simon
Jayimanpa
·
Jayimunpa
simple person
parrura-parrura
simple, typically
ngakumpajaru
simple-minded
ngakumpa
simple-minded, used to become
ngakumparri
sin
walykukaja
since childhood
japujanu
sinew
pulyku
sinew, used to interfer with another's
pulykumala
sing a magic love song, used to
wilykumala
sing a song, used to
turlku yilala
sing out, used to
mirra
sing, used to
yinkala
single people's camp
kirriji
single person
kirriji
singly
nganyjarrpa
sip water, used to
yiilpurrjala
sip, used to
kunyjala
sister's son
puuyi
sister, father's
kurntili
·
yumari
·
umari
·
wumari
sister, husband's
juwari
sister, man's
nyarrumpa
sister, older
jurtu-ra
·
jurtu
sister, person and older
jurturarra
Sit down the proper way!
Palyayirra nyinati!
sit down, used to make someone
nyinajula
sit, used to
nyina
sitting in a circle
jarnarti-jarnarti
·
jarnayirra-jarnayirra
sitting on heels
tangkarra
sitting position, used to get up to a
nyinanyjarri
sitting, while
nyininyjanpa
six
jikaji
six card
Jikulyungu
·
jikaji
sixty
jikijiyi
skillful
wakuwarta
skin an animal, to
kiinanu
skin burning, smell of
kinyimulyju parnti
skin of fruit
likarra
skin, animal
kiinpa
skin, bumps on
putaly-putalypa
skin, what?
yaalupurru
skink, species of
jarlurli
skinny
takarnpa
·
murrjinpa
skinny, used to become
tarrkala
sky
ngarnka
·
yilkari
sky, along the
ngarnkawana
slanted
tingki
sleep
kunyala
·
kunyarla
sleep, from
kunyalajanu
sleep, used to go to
kunyalarri
sleep, used to nod off to
nyuruti
sleep, used to open one's eyes after
paarlala
sleepy
kunyalakarra
slide something along, used to
jirarrmala
slide, used to
jirarrwangkawa
·
jiralywangkawa
slip, make something
jirarrmala
slip, used to
jiralywangkawa
·
jirarrwangkawa
·
jirarrangkawa
·
jiralykati
·
kapuralykawa
·
jiralykawa
slippery
kapuraly
·
kapuruly
·
jiralypa
slow
purrka
·
wanyu
·
walapunaja
Slow down!
Wanyumarta!
slow down, used to
yarurri
slow someone down, used to
wanyula
slow zigzag, in a
parlan-parlanpa
slower, used to get
wanyurri
slow-learner
parrura-parrura
slowly, used to go
kinti yarra
small
juli-juli
·
juli
·
juku-juku
·
japu
·
juku
·
jukujuku
small boys, group of
murtilya-murtilya
small chisel
jintapalpa
small dish
marnma
·
nyayalypa
small one
japuwarta
small, become
jukurri
small, gully,
warli
small, used to become
japurri
small, very
julijuli
small/young, while
jukuwulu
smallest one
japujara
smart clothes
kuluju juriwanpa
smart!, You think you're
Rakakaraningku-n!
smart, used to get
rakarri
smash by throwing stones, used to
kaartala
smash something, used to
karljarrpuwa
·
karljarrkawa
smell
parnti-parnti
smell animal track, used to
parntilkatiwa
smell either good or bad
parnti
smell of burning fur
jilururru
smell of skin burning
kinyimulyju parnti
smell something, used to
parntila
smell, strong
minyi
smell, used to
parntiyiki
·
parntingara
smell, used to give off
winyirirripuwa
smoke
puyu
·
jungan
smoke column
puyungara
smoke or wind from the west
yapurrakarta
smooth
kapararra
·
jiralypa
·
karulypa
·
jarntirri
·
kapuruly
·
kapuraly
smooth gait
jitarr-jitarrpa
smooth out something, used to
runngula
smooth skin
karulypa
smooth surface
runngu
smooth, rocky cliff
jiwalykarra
smooth, used to
jarntirripuwa
smooth, used to become
jiralyarri
smooth, used to make
jiralymala
snake
jila
snake, species of
kanaji
·
nyanyjarnpa
·
larrja
·
purruyuru
·
kararrpa
·
panaka-panaka
snap in two, used to
turlwangka
sneaking about
wura
sneeze, used to
nyurrjipuwa
soak, a
jurnu
soap
juupu
soft
runyu
soft, used to get
runyurri
soften something, used to
yarula
softly
katu
softly, more
yaru
soil, white
piirl-piirlpa
soldier
yirrpirnkurlu
·
jawulyja
soldiers
jawulyjakaja
sole of the foot
jina palyka
solemn
minyirrpa
solitary
jarntilyirri
Solomon
Jalamanpa
some
karlkin
·
yupalpa
·
karlkinpa
·
karlki
·
marnkurrpa
someone always having wrong relationship
ngakajipayi
someone who can't walk
jinaparni
·
jinapunaja
someone's way, used to get in
yangajula
someone, used to tell on
jakulyjula
someone/something, away from
-lura
something belonging to someone
ngulyu
something in mouth
jungkujarra
something, become
-rri~
something, did
-nu
something, doing
-ra
something, get
-rri~
something, used to become
-arri
something?
wurtu
somewhere
maarra
somewhere else, from
kujupajanu
somewhere, used to put
jurra
son
kaja
·
karli
·
katin-katinpa
son and father
kajararra
son and mother
kajararra
song
turlku
song cycle
warlawarlangu
song line name
Kurangarra
song time
turlkukarra
song, used to sing a
turlku yilala
son-in-law
marruku
·
yumari
·
umari
·
wumari
sonless or daughterless, used to become
yilyurri
sons, all
kajapirti
soon
rawapunaja
·
jampakarta
sorcerer
warnapa
·
karrpilpa
·
mangu
·
jinakarrpilpa
sore
wilyji-wilyji
·
juuwa
sore, used to get
wilyji-wilyjirri
sore, very bad
jantalypa
soreness
yarnma
sorry for, used to feel
nyarrurri
sorry!
panta
·
paa
sorry/pitying, one who is
yawiyi
sound like swift water flowing, used to
lalalajula
sound of a thud
tujurrpa
sound of activity
jaarlurrparlurrpa
soundlessly
jakarrpa
sounds, confusion of
jaarlurrparlurrpa
sour
kalyjirr
·
kalyjirrpa
south
ngaparti
·
yulpari
·
yurlparirra
spade suit
jayipul
spark
tiirru
speak against, used to
ngarnanpuwa
·
panypura
speak along a different line, to
wajarnu wangkangu kujupawana
speak an extended discourse, used to
wajara wanala
speak disparagingly about another, used to
minyjiljula
speak disparagingly of another, used to
minyjilypa warni
Speak louder
Wiltumarta!
speak, child who has learned to
wangkakurlu
speaker, close to the
yangarra
speaker, toward the
-rni
spear
karrparta
·
jarraparn
·
nyinyji
·
tawu
spear barb
tarlku
spear shaft, used to whittle
yirila
spear something, used to
wakala
spear wound in leg
warnurra
spear, a
kurlarta
spear, barb of
tarlka-tarlka
spear, butt of
kuna
spear, fighting
karu
spear, short
wurrumpuru
spear, used to make
kurlartala
spear, used to sharpen
jinkala
spearthrower
warlparra
·
marapaku
spearthrower, used to load
jurtila
speech
wangka
speech, avoidance
Yapura-yapura
speechless
wangkaramunu
·
wangkapunaja
speed up to hurry another , used to
walamala
spell, have a
yurlta
spherical
nurru-nurru
spider
taapari
spill something, used to
yintila
spill, used to crack and
pintilyangkawa
spin hair, used to
yungkala
spindle
yinti
spine of echidna
jilkarnpa
·
manguji
spinifex
paru
spinifex country
parulyukurru
spinifex grass
janpi
spinifex wax
kirti
·
manyalypa
spinifex wax, used to put on
kirtijula
spinifex, species of
marnkal
spinning
kurirri
spiny anteater
jilkamarta
spirit
kuurti
·
kurrurnpa
·
ngunu
·
pilurrpa
spirit became weak, his
Wiyurrpa palyjalyarringu
spirit children
jijikarrkaly
spirit, used to lose one's
kuurtiparnirri
spit
jala
·
jarla
·
janga
spit out yellow phlegm, to
jangajunu munyjuly
spit something out, used to
juupupuwa
spit, used to
jangajula
·
jarlajula
splash down into water quickly by jumping off some object, used to
lalyurrangka
splinter
jikirr-jikirr
split bone for marrow, used to
janyipuwa
split in half, used to
pangkapuwa
split in two, used to
kujarrala
split into groups, used to
lalawa
·
lalapuwa
split up, used to be
lalayarra
split, used to
yarrkatiwa
spoil something, used to
lurrpala
·
putamala
spoil, used to
walykurri
spotted
waputirr-waputirrpa
spouse
martungu
·
nyupa
·
yarruwa
·
nyukunu
spouse with a
nyupajarra
spouse, person and
nyupararra
spouse, promised
pilyurrpa
spouse, used to take
nyupajarrarri
spouse, with
nyupakurlu
spouse, with a
nyupawinti
spouse, wrong
warnngi
spray water on someone, used to
kurrpila
spread a message around, used to
jakulpa kati
·
jakulpa kawa
spread something, used to
nyirtila
spring of water
puringu
spring time, used to be
parna yukurirri
spring, name of
Najarra
·
Mika
sprinkle water with hand, used to
kurrpi-kurrpila
sprinkle with water, used to
kurrpila
squat down off and on, used to
pupati
squat down, used to
pupa
squatting position
tangkarra
squeeze faeces from animal intestines, used to
junyipuwa
squeeze juice
karljarrpuwa
·
karljarrkawa
squeeze orange, used to
mulyjila
squeeze out, used to
junyila
squirt out juice, used to
purltujala
stab something, used to
wakala
stab with a stick, used to
tarrwarniwa
stage of manhood
pukurti
stagger, used to
karurri
staggering
kakari
staggering back and forth from too much wama, he was
Kakari-kakarirringu wamajanu
stalk of wama, the end of
mulyaparu
stamp about, used to
jutarriwa
stamp along, used to
kantulkati
stamp feet, used to
jurrkawa
stamp on, used to
piturrmala
stamp one's feet, used to
kantula
stamping feet
jurrka
stance to receive sentence
nguyalpa
stance, proud
warrparn-warrparnpa
stand before a group for rebuke
kantula
stand something upright, used to
yikijula
stand there crying, used to
yulara yiki
stand up as a group, used to
yiki-yiki
stand up for someone, used to
purnturri
stand up, used to
yiki
stand upright, used to
ngarajula
stand, used to
ngara
standing upright, used to be
murrungarati
standing, legs apart
jarrarra yikinta
star
malya
·
kurtalya
·
wiirlpa
stare at someone, used to
tarrkula
start going, used to
warntitiwa
·
warntikala
start up (of an engine), used to
ngurntirrirri
start, used to
jaarramurri
starving
manyu-manyu
state Government in Perth
kapamanpa
statement, used to make a
wangka puwa
stative focus marker
-nga
stay at a place, used to
nyina
steady someone down, used to
marrku-marrkula
steady something, used to
purujula
steal, used to
ngulyula
·
ngulyu marra
stealthily hunting
wura
step
jannga
step, made a
janngajunu
steps of a dance
jina
stick
mungka
·
warta
·
ngarna
stick (tipiny) in place, with a
tipinyjarra
stick for cleaning seeds from fruit
pirrkiri
stick for closing stomach incision
tipinypa
stick for moving food on fire
lilulypa
stick for scraping out seeds
kurru
stick, digging
wana
stick, forked
jarra
stick, hitting
jurtinypa
·
kurnti
·
linmurru
·
jurna
stick, used to stab with a
tarrwarniwa
sticking up, hair
jalyjakarra
stiff
wiltu
stiff, used to become
narntungula
still
mannga
·
pirtirr-pirtirrpa
·
tilykuru
·
jalypa
·
nyuri
still, used to be
yurriparnirri
stinking
minyi
stir something, used to
murli-murlila
stir up and make angry, used to
jaarramula
stomach
nyuru
·
wirla
·
juni
stomach incision, stick for closing
tipinypa
stomach incision, used to close up
tipinypuwa
·
tipinyjula
stomach, full
parlja
·
munku
stomach, upset
jurninyjirri
stone
yapu
·
purli
·
yalyi
stone knife
kanti
·
jalypa
stone, flat
limpi-limpi
stone, lower grinding
jiwa
stone, upper grinding
wakura
stones, big
karlka-karlkakaja
stones, hot cooking
yapanpa
·
kanyanpa
stony place, at a
purlikurrungka
stop looking at something, used to
yurturri
stop someone fighting, used to
ngarlkila
stop someone or something, used to
marrkula
stop suddenly
jarr-jarr-jarr-jarrpa
stop worrying about something, used to
yumurri
Stop!
Maa-yiki!
store
tuumaya
·
tuuwa
·
tuuwamaya
storm, dust
yungku-yungku
story
tuuri
·
wangka
·
jukurrpa
·
yumuwanpa
story, used to tell a
yurrala
stragglers
kulupalarrpa
straight
jukarurru
·
yirnku
·
yinturlpa
·
murru-murru
·
junga
·
jurrku-jurrku
·
turitpala
straight manner
jungangkangulyu
straight object
jirumpu
straight relationship
yawanyja
straighten one's legs, used to
jirrarajula
strange language
japurr-japurrpa
stranger
wukurlu
·
wamparla
·
wayungarri
·
ngajarri
·
warrmala
strengthen, used to
rakamarra
stretch
kuulypa
stretch onself, used to
wartula
stretch out legs, used to
wirlkarri
stretch something out, used to
winymirala
string
turingu
string, jakapiri plant
jakapiri
strip bark off tree, used to
likarrapuwa
strong
kurnpu
·
jurnpurrpa
·
murlpirrpa
·
panyanyju
strong dislike
mingarrju
strong smell
minyi
strong, used to make
murlpirrmarra
strong, used to make hard or
wiltula
stubborn
marlirrpa
·
mannganyju
·
juni marlirr-marlirrpa
stubborn person
ngalya wiltu
·
ngalya
stuck on something, used to be
tapayiki
stuck on, used to be
mantalyngara
stumped
ngunjurlpa
·
ngurnjulpa
Sturts Desert Pea
marlukururrpa
submissive to authority
nyira
submissive to authority, used to become
nyirarri
subordinate clause suffix
-ngka
subsection name
Jakamarra
·
Jangala
substitute name
nyaparu
·
kunmarnu
·
Nyaparu
succulent plant, species of
panma
suck out, used to
kuunyjala
suck something, used to
kunyjala
suddenly
ngaamarntu
suddenly realise something important happening, used to
kutunjanu kanarri
suffix agent
-ju
suffix characterising
-rninti
suffix indicating completion
-ngkumarranypa
suffix indicating inhabitant
-yija
suffix indicating intensity
-minyirri
suffix indicating progress in growth
-lara
suffix transitive
-ju
suffix, certainty
-ngulyu
suffix, characterising
-marta
·
-warta
·
-puri
·
-puka
·
-para
·
-payi
·
-rurru
·
-puru
suffix, completive
-nirra
·
-nkumarranypa
·
-marranypa
·
-lmarranypa
suffix, coupling
-rra
·
-rarra
·
-yirra
suffix, directional
-rra
·
-karta
·
-waki
suffix, doubt
-mpa
suffix, durative
-lpi
suffix, emphatic
-kaja
·
-rtu
·
-rtuka
·
-rta
suffix, ergative
-lu
suffix, exclamatory
-pi
·
-pu
suffix, focus
-mpa
suffix, instantaneous action
-marntu
suffix, intent
-kija
suffix, interrogative
-pakayi
·
-partu
·
-pa
suffix, kinship
-purru
suffix, limitational
-ngurninyji
suffix, particularising
-rti
suffix, plural
-rtin
·
-nyjarri
·
-kaja
suffix, quantity
-purrja
suffix, reciprocal
-yinta
suffix, reflexive
-yinta
suffix, respect
-pirrayi
suffix, selective
-purra
suffix, sequentive
-marriti
suffix, serial
-ra
suffix, target
-nyuku
suffix, terminative
-lyu
suffix, transitivising
-jinga~
suffix, verbalising
-ju~
·
-kawa
·
pu~
·
-yiki~
·
-ya~
·
-wangka~
·
-kati
suffix, warning
-rta
sugar
jaangkayuwulypa
·
jukurta
·
juuka
·
jangkayurrulypa
sugarbag
waranu
·
jurtipirri
·
jukapayiki
suit of clubs
kaarlapu
suit, clubs
pujikatu
suit, spade
jayipul
sulk, used to
mulyarrarri
sulky
yurntiri
summer
yali
·
kurlijarra
summer, early
tulparra
summertime
yalipuru
·
yalijarra
sun
jirntu
sun shining and causing a person to be happy about life
parrjula
sun, heat of the
yarlka
sun, used to put something in he
yarlkajula
Sunday
Jaanti
·
Wiiki
·
Jantayi
sunless
jirntuparni
sunny spot
yararri
sunny, used to become
jirnturri
sunset
karrany-karrany-pa
·
jirntujirrpa
sunset, after
mungarr-mungarrpa
sure, used to make
purujula
surface, from
katujanu
surface, rounded
wirla
surface, smooth
runngu
surprise
ngampaku
surprised, used to be
kuru majurri
·
kuru pakala
·
kuru jumarri
·
ngurinyjirri
surround(?)
kutu
surround, used to
tinkila
swag
warntu
swallow something, used to
nyuulkula
·
kurljula
·
ngukala
swear at someone, used to
karrjapuwa
sweat
warrkulypa
·
jinymirlpa
sweater
juwita
sweaty, used to become
jinymirlarri
sweaty, used to get
warrkulyarri
sweet talk someone, used to
jukaramula
sweet taste
juri
swell up from some sickness, used to
juurlaparri
swift water flowing, used to sound like water flowing swiftly, used lalalajula to sound like swim, used to
jarrpa
·
jarlawa
swirl something, used to
murli-murlila
swollen
mulyjarra
·
raparrku
swollen eye
kurujuulypa
swollen shut, used to become
juulyarri
swollen, used to become
mulyjarrarri
·
raparrkurri
sympathetic, used to be
nyarrurri
synagogue
jaaji
T-t table
tiipulpa
taboo
ngurlu
taboo, food
jaji
tadpole
wipu-wipu
tail
ngulpurru
·
wipu
tail of kangaroo, base of
jirrji
take a decision, used to
wangka puwa
take a fit, used to
karurri
take a girl for sexual reasons who has not been given to you , used to warnngila take a handful, used to
yawula
take another's wife, used to
raapamula
take away
maa-kati
take care of someone, used to
ngampurrmala
take clothes off, used to
tikamatula
take in arms, used to
yampula
take off (into the air), used to
parrpakala
take off clothing
warrmalypuwa
take other's the land, used to
parna murntala
take our side, used to
purntujula
take over for someone, used to
purnturri
take something apart, used to
wupulypuwa
take something off some other object, used to
wikilypuwa
take something off someone, used to
muntala
take something, used to
marra
take the lead, used to
kurranyurri
take, used to
kawa
·
kati
taking no notice
yurtu-yurtu
talk about someone, used to
jantipuwa
·
yimpila
talk among themselves
wangkanypuwa
talk constantly, used to
wangka nguunypuwa
talk continually, used to
nguunypuwa
·
ngalyjurrmala
talk to someone, used to
wangka
talk to, a friend to
wangkapinti
talk, a
wangkakarra
talk, baby
juuwa
talked while others were sleeping, He still
Kana wangkapayi
tall
warlpukurru
tall, used to get
warlpukurrurri
tame
ngulyju
tap someone, used to
nunupuwa
target suffix
-nyuku
target, used to miss hitting
jiwarrpuwa
taste something, used to
yajila
taste, good
juri
taste, just a
jaaku
taste, sweet
juri
tea
parrka
·
tii
teach or give a discourse, used to
wangkaya
·
ngampurrarri
teach someone something, used to
nintipuwa
teach someone, used to
nintila
·
nintimala
·
minyirrpuwa
teach something, used to
pirntipuwa
teach the meaning of some written word, used to
yuti nintila
teach, used to
katangka yuwa
·
kuranjula
teacher
nintipurluka
teaching contained in a figure
yumuwanpa
tear cloth, used to
yaarrpuwa
tear something down, used to
wupulypuwa
tear something off, used to
lakarnpuwa
tear something, used to
yarrpuwa
tear, a
yarrpa
tear, used to
yaarryarra
·
tungkurrka
·
yarrkawa
tears
milyarnpa
tease someone, used to
tirtila
·
nyurnimala
tease, a
lanyma
tease, used to
jitila
teasing
nyurni
teeth
yirra
teeth chattering
minmirrmala
teeth, grinding of
ngirr-ngirrpa
tell a story, used to
yurrala
tell lies , used to
mayujula
tell lies, used to
mayula
·
paki kajala
tell off, used to
ngumpala
tell on another, used to
juntumala
tell on someone, used to
jakulyjula
tell someone something, used to
wajala
tell, used to
kuranjula
temperature, used to get
warurri
tempt, used to
yumunyjurra
ten dollar note
ngarnkurrjarra
tendon
pulyku
tent
tiinpa
term, relationship
punyayi
·
yapanypa
·
yartajirri
·
yinkarni
·
yinara
terminative suffix
-lyu
termite
manyjurrpa
test something, used to
yajila
testes
kurlurrpa
that direction, in
nyarrawaka
that distant place, at
nyarrangka
that far!
nyamu
That is really it!
Palunyangulyu!
that mob
jiikaja
that one
jiinya
·
nyarranya
·
jiinpa
that one nearby
jii
that one there
jiingka
that situation
jiinpa
that time
palutayimu
that way
palawarraku
that way, along
jiiwati
·
nyarrawana
that's it!
palulyu
that's them!
partu
that, after
palunyajanu
that, in distance
nyarra
thats all!
nyamurtuka
the ground, along
parnawana
the noise of a boomerang after it bounces off the ground
tuurnngurlwangka
the Son of Man
puntu yarnngaku marlpa
theirs
-janampa
theirs (two)
-pulampa
them
-jananya
them (plural)
palunyanpa
·
palunyakaja
·
palukaja
·
palurtin
them (two)
palukujarra
·
-pulanya
them (two), to
-pulanya
them two
-pula
them two, for
-pulampa
them, at
-jananya
them, away from
-janampalura
them, for
-janampa
them, to
-jananya
themselves
-ngku
then
palunyangka
·
-yilapa
·
-yila
·
-yilampa
·
kapu
·
palunyangkayilampa
·
ka
·
kaa
·
-kayila
then, after
palunyajanu
then, well
karu
there
palanya
·
jiinpa
·
pala
there, right
nyarrangulyu
·
jiingulyu
there, that one
jiingka
there, to
nyarrakarti
there, used to go along
palawanarri
these people
ngaakaja
these persons or things
ngaanpa
these two
ngaakujarra
they (plural)
palunyanpa
·
palunyakaja
·
palurtin
·
-ya
·
palukaja
they (two)
palukujarra
they two
-pula
thick
kurnpu
thick one
kurnpumarta
thicket
purnu
thief
ngulyunyju
·
ngulyujaka
thigh
junta
·
jawali
thigh wound
lani
thin
murrjinpa
·
takarnpa
thin something down, used to
ranpula
thin wedge
tingki
thing
-pinti
thing causing sickness
liiti
thing that you blow
puulpinti
thing used for holding things
ngalunyjapinti
thing, green coloured
yukuriwanpa
things
jantu
·
jantukaja
·
wartakaja
think about someone, used to
wurrkulila
think about something, used to
kulila
think about, used to
wurrngangkula
·
ngangkula
think continually about a problem
wuurr kulila
think mistakenly that something is unimportant, used to
pakikukala
think or live a different way from the norm, used to
kujupakartirri
think someone is a big man, used to mistakenly
jumakukala
thirst, exhausted from
puwarn-puwarnpa
thirsty
marrku
·
yurra
thirsty, used to get
yurrarri
this is the place
ngaangkalyu
this one
ngaangulyu
·
ngaanga
this one (nearby)
ngaanya
·
ngaa
·
ngaampa
this one nearby
jii
this one, like
ngaayiku
this one, too?
ngaapa
this person or thing
ngaanpa
this place, to
ngaakarti
this side
ngalyarni
this way
jingulpa
this way, coming
kalkurnijarra
this, like
jilanya
·
jingulpa
·
jingula
Thomas
Tamajpa
thorn
jilkarnpa
·
manguji
thoroughly
purapuli
those same ones
palunyanpa
those two
jiikujarra
those two, away from
-pulampalura
those who dispise
parlanypayi
though, even
mannga
thought, mistaken
-kukala
thousand
jawujunpa
three
jurri
threw the leaves on the mourner, he
jalyirrjunu
throat
kuurljulkuurljulpa
·
kuurljulpa
·
ngalyi
through
-rrany
through the hole
tapurrwana
through, right
wapirripirri
throw crookedly, used to
kikirijula
throw dirt up into the air when angry, to
ngarnkangka warningu
throw down, used to
wirru-wirrupuwa
throw leaves, used to
jalyirrjurra
throw out liquids, used to
wiilypuwa
throw out rubbish, used to
ngankala
throw out, used to
wirru-wirrupuwa
throw something forcefully to the ground
warntipuwa
throw something, used to
wirrupuwa
·
yungkala
·
warniwa
thud sound
tujurrpa
thudding sound, used to make a
tujurrpuwa
thunder
jantaju
Thursday
Kapara
·
Jayaji
thus
jiiyuru
·
-jaka
·
jingulpa
·
jilanya
·
jilala
·
jingula
thus, become
jilanyarri
·
jingularri
tickle, a
kiji-kiji
tickling feeling, used to get
jukururri
tie something with a rope or binding , used to
tayimapula
tie two things together, used to
tinyjila
tie up, used to
karrpila
·
nanpajurra
·
yilpijula
tight grip
karrpa-karrpa
tighten a fastening, used to
witurrpuwa
tighter, used to make
wiltumala
time
tayimpa
time, for a long
kakuputu
time, hot
parrpakarra
time, killing
watanypa
time, long
rawa
time, particular
tayimu
time, used to beat with boomerangs
tijilpuwa
tin of meat
tinamiti
tip out liquid, used to
yirritijurra
tip-toe, used to
narntatiwa
tired
jawalyurru
·
jaka-jaka
·
manarr
tired, become
jaka-jakarri
tired, used to become
manarrarri
to
-kurna
·
-rtu
·
-kutu
·
-wakara
·
-karti
tobacco
wama
·
tupaka
·
jangu
·
janyungu
tobacco wad
panyja
·
purlku
tobacco, bush
jurntilyarr
·
japiya
tobacco, wad
kulyja
today
kuwarri
toe, big
mamartura
together
lurrju
·
jartangkalu
·
jungulkirra
·
kujungka
·
kumu
tomato, bush
pura
·
jinyjiwirrily
tomorrow
mungalypa
·
yungunpa
tomorrow, day after
karrpukujupa
tongue
nyarlinypa
·
jarlinypa
·
nyanyjarla
too
-lurrju
too big
lalypa
too much
tumaji
too steep to climb, cliff,
jiwalykarra
top
katarlpa
·
katu
top of the head
ngamunpa kata
top, on
kankarra
·
kankararra
topknot
pukurti
topknot, possessing
pukurtijarra
tortoise
wuku
totem, conception
jarrinypa
totem, used to get
jarrinypuwa
·
jarrinymarra
touch something, used to
pampula
touchy person
jukurupayi
·
jukuru
·
jukururru
tough
nantirrpa
tough person
raka
toward
-karti
·
-wakara
·
-kurna
·
-rtu
·
-kutu
toward right hand side
jungakarti
toward someone, disagreeable
parlanpa
·
mingarrpa
toward something, used to move
warntikala
toward the north
kayilirra
toward the right side
jurrkukarti
toward the speaker
-rni
toward the west
yapurrkura
towel
tawulpa
town
tawunpa
·
tawunu
toy boomerang
wuupayinpa
track
yiwarra
track something, used to
jinawatijula
track, along the
yiwarrawana
track, animal, used to smell
parntilkatiwa
track, used to
watijula
track, used to follow
jinawanala
track, used to search for a
watijula
traditional chewing tobacco
mingkurlpa
traditional doctor
maparnpa
train particularly for football, used to
turayinamula
transitive suffix
-ju
transitivising suffix
-jinga~
travellers
jilkaja
·
jilkangkaja
tread on, used to
kantula
tree
warta
tree branch
pirrpilya
tree fork
karlkajarra
·
karlkanyjarra
tree, bark of
likarra
tree, base of
jirrji
tree, bauhinia
jikarra
tree, bean, species of
pinarti
tree, blackboy
nyurntilirri
tree, bloodwood
mijarrpa
tree, fork of
jarrapa-jarrapa
tree, forking branches of
jarrapa
tree, gidgee
janyjuru
tree, like a
wartayuru
tree, marble
tarrjarnpa
tree, mulga
wintamarra
tree, paperbark
jalkurrpurta
·
jalkuran
tree, species of
jukutany
·
junturru
·
jaakampa
·
jima
·
jawalyurru
·
kurarra
·
munyjanpa
·
junturta
·
ngurtuma
tree, species of acacia
jipari
·
marntarru
·
jilyili
·
parlpirr
·
parlpiny
tree, species of cassia
punti
tree, species of eucalyptus
kurrulyu
tree, species of grevillea
parntalpa
tree, used to strip bark off
likarrapuwa
tree, wattle
karntawarra
tree, young
ngurntilya
trees, among
wartapuru
tremble, used to
yurri-yurrirri
·
tirritipuwa
·
minmirrmala
·
tititipuwa
trim wood, used to
jinkala
trip up someone, used to
kurlpila
trip up, used to
karlpila
trip, daytime hunting
karrila
trip, hunting
yarrkalpa
trouble
jarripi
·
jurta
trouble maker
pikapayi
trouble-maker
jurtawarta
·
jurtapayi
troublesome, used to become
jurtawartarri
trousers
jawuja
·
jaawaja
·
juntakurrungku
·
kulujpa
truck
turaka
true
yirnku
·
mularrpa
·
yilta
·
yintulpa
·
jukarurru
true, really
yiltaminyirri
true?, Is it really
Yiltakaja?
truly
yiltartu
trumpet, a
puyulpinti
·
puulpinti
trusted, person who can be
yiltapayi
truth
yilta
truthful person
yiltanyju
·
yiltapayi
try out something, used to
yajila
try something, used to
nyipilyjala
try to do something, but fail
purturri
try to get past a barrier, used to
nguunjula
tune, no
juriparni
turkey, bush
jarrki
·
ngarlpunyji
·
ngarnurti
·
tarrki
turn a vehicle around to go back the same way, used to
marlakula
turn a windlass, used to
yungkala
turn around, used to
kalkurnirri
·
kupirlangkawa
turn back, used to
pijurriwa
·
marlakula
turn some object, used to
tarnamula
turn something around, used to
kupurljingala
·
kupirlpuwa
turn something over, used to
kujupakartila
·
kujupakartinala
turn something, used to
payinpuwa
turn toward, used to
kalkurniwarrakurri
turn, in
ngaparrpa
turned something quickly
walakupilyangka
turning around, a
nyankarra
turns, in
purrini-purrini
twelve
tuwalpa
twenty four
tuwintipuu
twice
kujarrangka
twin
yarlpu
twirl something around, used to
kurirrijingala
twirl something, used to
riwi-riwipuwa
twist, used to (of a spear as it flies through the air)
mamurlpa yarra
twisted
lupu
·
turli-turli
twisted, used to become
lupurri
two
kujarra
·
tuu
·
-kujarra
two age-mates
yarlpururra
two at a time
kujarramarriti
two female cousins
juwarirra
two kinship groups
marijirra
two mates
jamirti-jamirti
two parts, used to separate into
kujarrarri
two things together , used to tie
tinyjila
two things, used to join
tinyjila
two, these
ngaakujarra
two, those
jiikujarra
two, used to split in
kujarrala
type of boomerang,
warlanu
typical of him
-jaru
typically simple
ngakumpajaru
tyre
taaya
U-u umbilicus
nyunyjirnpa
unable to move limbs
parralayiji
unafraid
kurrurnpa wiltu
unaware
yurtu
uncertain
ngurinyji
·
taju-taju
uncertain, used to be
ngukarrila
·
ngurinyjirri
uncertain, used to become
taju-tajurri
uncle
wapuju
uncle and his nephew
wapujurra
uncle and nephew
kalyarra
uncle and nephew/niece
kamururra
uncle or father
japunyurra
unconcerned, used to become
yumurri
unconscious person
nguyuwarra
uncover, used to
miralmala
undecided
ngurnjulpa
·
ngurinyji
·
ngunjurlpa
undecided, used to be
ngurnjularri
·
ngunjularriwa
undecided, used to become
ngurinyjirri
under
kaninyjarrangka
under water
kalyupuru
underneath
kaninyjarra
·
ngururrpa
·
kaninykurti
underneath the foot
jina kaninykurti
understand, used to
kuranarriwa
·
kulila
undo shoes, used to
tikamatula
undone, used to be
wupulyarra
uneasy
ralpurrpa
uneasy, used to become
ralpurrarri
unfastened, used to be
wupulyarra
unfeeling person
karratapayimunu
unhelpful person
karratanyjuparni
unknowing
ngurrpa
unknown
maarra
unnecessary, used to become
pinyirri
unplug a blockage, used to
tangkurrpuwa
unreasonable
panyjarrpa
unrelated situation
minyjilpa
unrelated, used to be
minyjilyarri
unripe
kunka
unsettled business
kamparr-kamparr
unskilled
karnujalka
unsuccessfully
purtu
unsure
taju-taju
unsure, used to be
ngukarrila
untamed
wayilwanpa
untie bush sandles and take them off, used to warrmalypuwa untie, used to
yarralypuwa
up
kankarra
·
kanka
·
ngarnawarra
up, closed
tirnu
up, curled
mulyji
up, head
ngalya yinyja-yinyja
up, join
ngaparrku
up, used to fill
wirlarri
·
kalyjala
up, used to hold something
jikajula
up, used to jump
tatiwarrala
up, used to lift
yaanypuwa
up, used to lift something
jikajula
up?, what's
wanyjalpa
upper back
jarna
upright, used to be standing
murrungarati
upright, used to place
murrujula
upright, used to stand
ngarajula
upright, used to stand something
yikijula
upset
yarrju
·
kamparr-kamparr
·
nyinganyinga
·
wirla
upset stomach
jurninyjirri
upset, used to become
jurtarri
upset, used to get
yarrjurri
urinate, used to
kumpujala
urine
kumpu
urine in or on
kumpupara
us (including you), away from
-lampalura
us all (including those spoken to)
-lanya
us all (including those spoken to), to
-lanya
us all (including you), for
-lampa
us all (not including those spoken to)
-lanyaju
us all (not including you), away from
-lampajulura
us all (not including you), for
-lampaju
us all, to (not including those spoken to)
-lanyaju
us two (including hearer), away from
-limpalura
us two (including the one spoken to)
-linya
us two (including the one spoken to), for
-limpa
us two (including the one spoken to), to
-linya
us two (not including hearer), away from
-limpajulura
us two (not including the one's spoken to)
-linyaju
us two (not including those spoken to), for
-limpaju
us two(not including the one's spoken to), to
-linyaju
used as part of an age number
yiiya
used to
-la
used to be doing something
-ma
used to do something
-wa
·
-rra
used together, used to bring
kujungkala
used together, used to gather
kumungkarriwa
used together, used to meet
kumungkarriwa
used top, used to put something on
katujula
used touch, with burning stick
nyilyjijula
used toward, used to go and enter
jarrpatiwa
used towards, used to turn
kalkurniwarrakurri
uselessly
purtu
V-v vain, in
purtu
valley
larrku
·
pila
vegetable food
mirrka
·
kunawirnka
vehicle, used to drive
jipala
vein
pulyku
·
jirliwa
verbalising suffix
-ju~
·
-yiki~
·
-kawa
·
pu~
·
-kati
·
-ya~
·
-wangka~
vertical, used to be
ngara
very afraid
ngurluny-ngurlunypa
very bad
putaputa
very carefully
purinyju
very confident
murlpirrju
·
rapanyju
very deliberate
minyirrju
very happy
pukurl-pukurlpa
very homesick
kurljirrkurljirrpa
very late afternoon
ruka-ruka
very loose
yirni-yirni
very perplexed
ngunjul-ngunjulpa
very playful
ngarlpungarlpu
very sad
kujilkujilpa
·
kurljirrkurljirrpa
very small
julijuli
·
karri-karri
very top of hills
katukatu
vibrate, used to
lilyirrmala
vibrating noise, used to make
lilyirrwangka
visible
miralpa
·
yuti
visible only to maparn
karrpiri
visible, clearly
mirangarra
visible, used to become
yutirri
·
miralarri
visible, used to make
yutila
visible, used to make something yutijula vision, poor
pampuru
visit, a
mayajarri
visitor
yannga
vomit, used to
jarntarajula
·
kurlpa-kurlparri
·
kurlpajula
·
karunypuwa
W-w wad of tobacco
panyja
·
kulyja
·
purlku
wad up something, used to
tirnula
wadded up
tirnu
waddle along, used to
jangkati
wage money
wijij mani
wages
wiijijpa
·
wiijiji
wagon, horse drawn
turila
waist
kultu
·
kapulyurru
wait for someone, used to
mirangara
wait for, used to
majala
wait with patience, used to
kinti majala
wait, used to
majala
waiting
mira-mira
waiting around
watanypa
wake everyone up, used to
kanalkati
wake someone up, used to
kanala
wake up, used to
kanarri
waking-up time
kanara-kanara
walk around in no particular direction, used to
parrati
walk backwards, make someone
jayira wanala
walk up and down, used to
karrujurra
walk with legs apart
jangka-jangkati
walk, used to
jina
wall
wuulpa
wallaby, rock
warlpaju
wallaby, species of
jamparnpa
·
pakulyarra
wallet
pawuji
want someone, used to
wangka
want something badly
jarla ngukarnu
want that very much, he
Jangakulyjurni-ra jiiku
wants that very much, he
Janga-ra kulyjurni jiiku
wants to do something
-nkukija
·
-lkija
·
-ngkukija
warm
wuumpala
·
junpurrpa
warm area
wuumpala
warm oneself to
nganyjila
warm person
wuumpala
warm place
parrpa
·
parn-parnpa
warm spot
yararri
warmth
junpurrpurtayi
·
junpurrpa
warn of frightening consequences, used to
ngurlujula
warning suffix
-rta
warped
lupu
wart
puta
was doing
-lwara
was doing something
-wara
·
-nkuwara
·
-ngkuwara
·
-nkupayi
·
-lpayi
·
-payi
·
-ngkupayi
wash dirt off, used to
kilinpalala
wash someone, used to
jarlajula
wash something, used to
wajamula
wash, used to
jarlawa
·
waajamula
washing, one who needs
jaartipala
waste material in the intestines
kunakaja
waste some valuable material, used to
wiijamula
Watchpoint Hill
Mirtikanya
Watchpoint windmill
Kartaparli
water
kapi
·
jalyu
·
kalyu
water container
kalyupinti
water pools after rain
kalyukuyarra
water prevented an action, because
kalyuparrarningka
·
kalyuwapayingka
water, dive in to
kurruwa
water, flood
parlkurta
water, muddy
kalyu luka
·
luka
water, ripples on the
murrpu-murrpu
water, salty
jawul-jawulpa
water, sprinkle
kurrpi-kurrpila
water, the creek is full of
Wirla ngarrinpa
water, under
kalyupuru
water, used to become muddy
lukarri
water, used to become without
kalyupunajarri
water, used to dry up
juturri
water, used to fetch
marnmala
·
jayila
water, used to fill with
ngaapakala
water, used to get from creek
jayila
water, used to sip
yiilpurrjala
water, used to spray on someone
kurrpila
water, used to sprinkle with
kurrpila
water, without
kalyuparni
water,small puddle of muddy
luka-luka
waterbird, species of
tarrkaru
waterhole
jurnu
waterhole in home country
yinta
waterholes, one who knows where they are
kalyurninti
wattle shrub, species of
nyalyka
wattle tree
karntawarra
wax, spinifex
manyalypa
·
kirti
wax, used to put on
manyalyjula
·
milirrjula
way, part
kutu
way, this
jingulpa
way, wrong
wuumurru
we all
ngayurtinpa
·
-laju
·
ngayun
·
ngayurtin
·
-la
we all (not you)
-ju
we two
ngayukujarra
we two (including the one spoken to)
-li
we two (not including those spoken to)
-liju
weak
ralya
·
palyjalypa
·
kalyurrpa
weak, his spirit became
Wiyurrpa palyjalyarringu
weapons, group of
yirrpirnpa
weather, calm
tilykuru
weather, hot
pirtirr-pirtirrpa
·
yali
wedding
wiitingu
wedge, thin
tingki
wedge, used to chop
tingkila
wedge-shaped
tingki
wedgetail hawk
winy-winypa
Wednesday
Tuupakatayi
·
Wiiniji
·
Julkulypari
weigh down something, used to
parlila
weigh down something, used to weigh
parlila
weight, light
ranpu
weight, used to lose
murrjinarri
welcoming
karratanyju
well
wanka
·
kunyjunyu
·
kunyunyu
·
kurnpu
·
wiilpa
·
palya
·
ngarntaparni
·
ngalypa
well then
karu
well, person who is almost
wankanyjanmarta
well, used to become
palyarri
well, used to do
jungamala
well, used to get
wankarri
well, used to make
palyamala
well, used to make someone
wankala
well-behaved
kawalya
west
yapurrpa
·
yapurra
west, toward
yapurrkura
westwards
yapurrkura
wet
kalyupara
·
wirna
·
milya
·
jupi
what
nganawa
·
nyaa
·
ngana
·
ngaapa
what did he/she do?
yaalula
·
wanyjalmala
What do you want?
Nganaku-ran wangkinpa?
what group was it
nganartinpa
what happened?
yaalurri
what he said
ngana wajarnu
what instrument?, with
nganawintilu
what is it
ngananga
what is it like
nganayuru
what other person, with
nganakamu
what reason, for
nyaangkamarra
what reason, for
nganangkamarra
·
nyaaku
what relation is that person to me
nganaju
what relation is that person to you
nganangku
what skin?
yaalupurru
what source, from
nganajanu
what was that
nganapa
what will we do?
jijika
what's its name
ngapi
what's up?
wanyjalpa
what's up?, well,
kayi
what, from
nganangkamarra
what, on
nganangka
wheat
wiiti
wheat fields
wiiti
when
nyaarta
·
jamurnpa
·
nyaangula
·
jampa
·
puju
when it gets lighter
karrpu-karrpumarta
when it is light
karrpumarta
where
wanyja
where? from
-manta
which
wanyja
while
jamurnpa
·
jampa
while daylight
karrpukurlu
while sitting
nyininyjanpa
while there is still some light
karrpulpi
whip
wiipu
·
wiippa
whisper
jaamalya
·
yaalypa
whisper, a
jaalypa
whistle, used to
winypurala
white
mirta-mirta
·
nyumpurlpa
·
pirl-pirlpa
·
ngintarlpa
·
piirl-piirlpa
white and black
kurtirl-kurtirlpa
white ant
manyjurrpa
white clay
juurnpa
·
kakinypa
·
wira
·
karlji
white coloured object
wayitwanpa
white meat of goanna
pirntarlpa
white one
piirl-piirlwanpa
white person
kartiya
white soil
piirl-piirlpa
white woman
mijiji
whitefellas, before
kartiyaparningka
whitefellow
walypala
whiteman
muntungu
whittle the shaft of a spear, used to
yirila
who
ngana
who did something to someone
nganalu
whole lot, the
yarnngakuyarra
whose is it
nganamili
why
nyaaku
·
nyaangkamarra
·
nganangkamarra
wide
lipi
wide leaf gum tree
jarturtu
widow
parnalyji
·
yirnapunaja
wife
martungu
·
yarruwa
·
tuju
·
nyupa
·
yinini
·
nyukunu
·
kartungu
wife who has been given by appropriate relatives yungkujarra wild
kurrurnpa wirrilyi
·
wirrilyi
wild dog
jitirta
wild flowers
purtipulawu
wild honey
jukapayiki
·
jantaru
wild ones
wayilwanpa
wild onion
jurnta
·
jalirrpa
·
minyarra
will
-lku
·
-ku
will be doing something
-nmalpa
·
-malpa
·
-namalpa
will do something
-ngku
·
-nku
willing
yirninyju
·
ngarru
willing to do a job, used to be
ngarrurri
willy-wagtail
jirntirr-jirntirr
win a race or contest, used to
winamurri
win an event, used to
winarri
win, used to
piitamula
wind
wangalpa
·
wilinypa
·
karripartu
wind blowing gently
kinti wangka
wind break, used to make a
wuungkujula
wind or smoke from the west
yapurrakarta
wind, no
tilykuru
wind, north
kayilirrangu
·
kayilikarta
wind, used to pass
pulypurrmala
windbreak
wuungku
winding
kupirl-kupirlpa
windlass, used to turn a
yungkala
windless
yatarnpa
windmill
winmilpa
·
wiinymaya
windmill, Watchpoint
Kartaparli
window
winta
wine
wayinpa
·
pulakinpa
·
wayinu
wing
wiingu
wings
nyarlpi
wink, used to
kurukujukartirri
winnow and gather, used to
nyurtula
winnow by hand, used to
jajarrala
winnow grain, used to
jajarrapuwa
winnow seeds
karnila
winnow, used to
karnampila
winter
wantapuru
·
wantajarra
winter rain, light
kurluwa
wipe dry or clean with a cloth etc, used to
wayipamula
wipe oneself, used to
yurila
wire
waya
wire netting
niitingpa
wire, netting
parru-parru
with
-ngka
·
-kurlu
·
-winti
·
-jarra
without
-jirrija
·
-punaja
·
-parni
without a maparn, person
munta
without asking
japilparni
without footprints
jina yarrka-yarrka
without having seen him
nyakupunajangka
without meat
kukaparni
without sickness
ngarntaparni
without water
kalyuparni
without water, used to become
kalyupunajarri
witness
mirangka
woman
wanajarra
·
tuju
·
wanti
·
kartungu
·
mirrkajarra
·
ngilypi
woman who is expecting a child
nyurujarra
woman with one child
jijikujujarra
woman's brother
nyarrumpa
woman's brother's wife
wajirra
woman's cousin
juwari
woman, old
jaluru
·
parntanypa
woman, older, with many children
jijiyarnngajarra
woman, with many children
jijilaltujarra
woman, young
yangupala
women in generation above one's own
pipinyurra
women, Dreaming
Minyipurru
·
Jakulyukulyu
wood, flat crate type
pukuju
wood, flat thin
pukuji
wood, used to carve
jinkala
wood, used to trim
jinkala
wooden decoration, men's
kukulypa
wooden dish
wirni
·
karnilpa
·
piti
·
pingkilypa
wool, sheep's
wuuna
woolly
pankuly-pankulypa
woollybutt grass
yuwinyji
word
wangka
word, interrogative
wurtu
words
jukurrpa
words, encouraging
tungun-tungunpa
words, one who knows
wangkarninti
work
warrkamu
work magic on someone, used to
wuramala
work out a mathematical result, used to
kawuntamula
work, to
warrkamunu
work, used to
warrkamurri
worker
warrkam
workers, ceremonial
jinyjanungu
working with papers
mili-milikarra
worms
kiwily-kiwilypa
worries, no
kurrurnpa wiltu
worry about family, used to
warlkula
worse, used to get
walykurri
would have done something
-nkungara
would have done something but didn't
-ngkungara
would have, but didn't
-lngara
wound in leg, spear
warnurra
wound in thigh
lani
wound, a
limi
wound, used to bandage a
pantimula
wounded
kulyu
wrap up something, used to
murljila
wren, species of
jily-jilyka
·
jiwilyirrwilyirr
wrestle with someone
tuulyala
wrinkles
wilirrpa
write something, used to
wakala
wrong
raangu
wrong doing against the laws of God
walykukaja
wrong marriage
yinyurrpa
wrong marriage relationship
ngakaji
wrong mate
warnngi
wrong relationship, couple in a
ngakajirra
wrong relationship, someone always having
ngakajipayi
wrong spouse
warnngi
wrong things, he went back to doing
Marlaku walykukarti yanu.
wrong way
wuumurru
·
pakiwana
Y-y yandy dish
jartu
·
karnilpa
·
lupu
·
karnampi
yandy rubbish, used to
jajarrapuwa
yandy seeds
karnila
yandy something, used to wanpuwa yandy, used to
jartula
·
karnampila
yank out hair from, used to tungkurrpuwa yard
yaartu
yarn, used to
jumangkarrala
yawn, used to
jaawarlula
year
yiiya
years
yiija
yellow ochre
karntawarra
yes
yuu
·
yuwa
·
yuwayi
yes, used to say
yuujula
·
yuwajula
yesterday
karrpungka
yesterday, day before
karrpukujupa
yet
jalypa
·
nyuri
·
mannga
yonder
nyarra
you
-nta
·
nyuntu
you (plural)
nyurrartin
·
-nyurranya
you (plural), away from
-nyurrampalura
you (singular)
-n
you (singular), away from -lungkura you all
nyurrartinpa
you all, for
-nyurrampa
you came, before
nyuntupunajangka
you mob
nyunturtin
·
nyuntunpa
you plural
-nyurra
you two
-npulanya
·
nyuntukujarra
·
-npula
you two, at
-npulanya
you two, away from
-ngkurapula
·
-npulampalura
you two, for
-npulampa
·
-ngkupula
you two, to
-npulanya
you've got to
yikarra
you, all of
-nyurranya
·
-nyurra
you, at
-nta
you, away from
-ngkura
you, for
-ngku
you, off
-nta
you, to
-nta
you, to all of
-nyurranya
you?, and
kapu
young animal
nyamanypa
young animals
kurlunypa
young boy
jarrkanpa
young girl
mulyamunmulpa
·
turn-turnpa
·
kuyurnpa
·
mulyamulpa
·
yurrkanpa
young initiate
jaminpara
young kangaroo etc
yangupala
young man
yangupala
·
murturrpa
·
warrinyji
young men, mob of
warrinyji-warrinyji
young thing
kalirtura
young tree
ngurntilya
young woman
yangupala
young/small, while
jukuwulu
younger sibling
marlanypa
·
marlaju
·
marlangu
youngest child
nyirtingunya
·
nyirti
yours
-nyurrampa
·
-ngku
yours (two people)
-npulampa
·
-ngkupula
yourself
-ngku
yourselves
-ngku
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