NGAN'GI LANGUAGE

Meaning:

Leaf, tealeaves, a bed of leaves laid down to place meat on.

Kurungurr Example:

Kinyi miringgi nide ya fityat.

Place it here on the leaves.

miringgi marrgu

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Newborn crocodiles (lit. 'new leaves').

mirinymiriny

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mem

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Quiet, be quiet, empty of noise of people.

Kurungurr Example:

Ya mirinymiriny mem, mindefala ep kakpirri gannim.

This place is empty, no-one here, they must have gone on ahead.

mirr

Kurungurr Reduplication:

mirrmirr

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wupun

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Meaning:

Thunder, make a thundering noise.

Kurungurr Example:

Wupun mirr yaga!

Hey, it's thundering!

disen

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Meaning:

Extract liquid, draw off fluid (eg. with a needle).

mem

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Meaning:

Thunder, be the thundering season.

Kurungurr Example:

Ep mirr wimi ngini

It's going to be thundering soon.

dim

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Rumble, make a rumbling noise, be running (of an engine).

Kurungurr Example:

Yerr lenggirr freezer wuni, minde nana girim mirrmirr.

That freezer's buggered, it won't run.

wirribem

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Rumble, make a rumbling noise, be running (of an engine).

mirrganggi

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Midday, middle period of the day when the sun is high is the sky.

mirri

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Sun.

Kurungurr Example:

Mirri ninggi nguda wul ngini.

I'll come back with the sun (ie. before sundown).

mirri wupun tidi

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Meaning:

Late afternoon.

mirriklaty

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Glasses, eyeglasses, sunglasses.

mirrikultyi

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Afternoon.

mirring

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Meeting.

Kurungurr Example:

Tawun pefi ngaganim mirring ngini.

I'm going into Darwin for a meeting.

mirrininggi

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Meaning:

Before sundown, within a single day.

Kurungurr Example:

Mirrininggi deti yuda wul ngini!

Come back the same day!

Mirriny

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placename

mirrinygal

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Meaning:

Light timber used for making woomeras.

mirrinymirriny

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Plant species. The straight stems of this plant are used as firesticks.

mirrisyarra

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adjectival noun

Meaning:

Blind person.

mirrityin

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Medicine.

Kurungurr Example:

Yerrnyin yerrweyi tyagannawa ngini? Ep medityin werre ngini ne.

I wonder what that strychnine seed was for? Maybe they used it to make medicine.

misi

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Meaning:

Vaginal opening.

misin kuli

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inc noun + coverb

dagam

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Meaning:

Throw something onto a fire.

Kurungurr Example:

Lawa ngerim melpe, nganam misyinkuli yenggi.

I spread the dough out flat, and dropped it onto the coals.

misin pup

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inc noun + coverb

wim

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Meaning:

Place over fire (eg. to smoke)

Kurungurr Example:

Ngi misinpup ngini.

I'll put it over the fire.

misya

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Meaning:

Seed nuts of cycad palm.

misyaga

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Edible roots of juvenile Coral tree.

misyamba

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Meaning:

Fighting stick.

misyawuni

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Meaning:

Bush potato.

misyi

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yenim

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phrasal verb

Meaning:

Die, pass away.

Kurungurr Example:

Minde derrigidi ngerim misyi ngani ngini.

I don't want to die.

misyigerre

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Fruit of Terminalia subspecies.

misyinmuy

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Hearth, fireplace.

misyinyi

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Meaning:

Cocky apple.

misytim

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mem

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Meaning:

Miss something, miss a scheduled plan, miss something you tried to hit.

Kurungurr Example:

Erriplen wakay misytim mem. Detyengi tye wani madiwap.

He's missed the plane! He was supposed to get on it today!

mitambal

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Meaning:

Log used as a vehicle for crossing rivers.

miteyi

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Plant species (no common name known). Has a small edible tuber.

mityarragat

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Mosquito net.

mityerimindi

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Inedible stalks of two lily species.

mityikmuy

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Mole, freckle, any black pigment spots on the skin.

mityity

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Meaning:

European woman.

mitykinit

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Mosquito net.

mitykuri

Wumirri Headword:

mitykuru

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Amniotic fluid.

mitypiri

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