NGAN'GI LANGUAGE

Meaning:

You two (2nd person dual).

nagarri nime

Wumirri Headword:

narrgu nime

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Meaning:

You three (2nd person trial).

nagurr

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Meaning:

You all (2nd person plural).

naka

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Meaning:

Bright red colour.

Nalyerri

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nambanamba

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Meaning:

Text, pattern or writing on clothing (esp. T- shirts), writing on roadsigns, numbers, etc.

Kurungurr Example:

Kuru wunu yinyirri tye dirrpederr numbanumba?

Did you have a look at the (flood indicator) numbers at the crossing?

Namity

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Nanagu

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nanama

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Meaning:

Songs, especially pop and country/western songs heard on radio and tapes.

Nangala

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nangan

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Meaning:

Whatchamacallit, whatsitsname, thingamijig. A substitute word for when you can't recall the word you intend. Nangan can be prefixed by all the noun class markers.

Kurungurr Example:

Minangan ngini ngannim, miwerrmisya.

We went for that bushtucker, whatchamacallit, 'miwerrmisya'.

Kurungurr Example:

Wurnangan ne wupunnge fifili yenim.

She was looking around for whatsername.

Nangari

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nanyay

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Meaning:

Playing card numbered 'nine'.

Nauiyu

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placename

Nawula

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Nayark

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placename

nayin

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Meaning:

Everyone, every single person, all of us. 1st person total inclusive pronoun.

Kurungurr Example:

Ngatya kinnimbi nayin yubuyubu ngambani ngini.

God, from now on we'll all be good.

nayin nime

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Meaning:

We, us mob, all of us including you (1st person plural inclusive).

Nayrak

Word Class:

placename

ne

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particle

Meaning:

I guess so, maybe you're right. This particle signals tentative agreement with some proposition. As the two examples below demonstrate, it frequently co-occurs with ep 'maybe'.

Kurungurr Example:

Yerrnyin tyagannawa ngini? Ep medityin werre ngini ne.

I wonder what that stuff was for? Maybe it was used to make medicine.

Kurungurr Example:

'Ep kine Tawun', ngiminyne. 'Ep ne', menyngiti.

'Maybe this is Darwin', I said to him. 'I guess so', he told me.

negitpala

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Meaning:

Naked, a naked person.

Kurungurr Example:

Kinyi negitpala ta wani lali ngini.

She's gonna wander about naked!

nelen

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Meaning:

Road.

Kurungurr Example:

Ya, nelen girrbem, murriga ninggi wu ta ngini!

Hey, standing on the road like that, you'll get hit by a car!

nem

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Meaning:

He, him (3rd person singular masculine).

Kurungurr Example:

Nem ninggi wupungngi ta!

It was him that hit me.

nemma

Word Class:

kinterm

Meaning:

General term of address used to call out to a man if you don't know his name, or if you don't want to use his name.

Kurungurr Example:

Ya nemma!

Hey mister!

nendu

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Meaning:

Horse.

Kurungurr Example:

Nendu angayi perrik wuni girrbem nganmadi.

I've got my horse in a paddock over there.

nendunendu

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Meaning:

Piggyback, carrying a kid on your back. Playing 'horsie'.

bengim

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verb tr

Meaning:

Picture something in your mind, envisage something, imagine something visually.

Kurungurr Example:

Damuy ngebe nerrmuy napa ngaganim.

I can still see him in my mind's eye.

nety

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Meaning:

Nurse.

ngaga

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Meaning:

Arranged marriage.

Kurungurr Example:

Ngaga mengginy nyi wa.

She's grabbing you for an arranged marriage.

ngagarri

Wumirri Headword:

ngarrgu

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Meaning:

We two, me and him/her - but not you. (1st person dual exclusive).

ngagarri nime

Wumirri Headword:

ngarrgu nime

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Meaning:

We three, me and them two - but not you. (1st person trial exclusive).

ngagurr

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Meaning:

We all, me and them - but not you. (1st person plural exclusive).

ngal ... nguri

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mem

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Meaning:

Get an erection, have an erect penis.

Kurungurr Example:

Nginyinggin nimbi ngal nging nguri ngan ngini.

I always get an erection every time I see her.

ngal ngini

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yenim

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Meaning:

Aloof, be aloof, be snobbish (lit: to hold your body erect).

Kurungurr Example:

Ngayim wuni yenim ngalmuy!

She's such a snob!

ngal panmi

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yenim

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Meaning:

Bony, be really bony (lit: have a protruding 'fork' - be so bony that your pubic bone sticks out).

Kurungurr Example:

Ya yaganing ngalpanmi!

Hey, your 'fork' is' sticking out!

ngal syi

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yenim

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Meaning:

Aloof, be aloof, be snobbish (lit: to have an erect nose).

Meaning:

Offend someone. See syi ngal.

ngal tyunmi

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yenim

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