NGAN'GI LANGUAGE

wupun

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Meaning:

Split your lip.

Kurungurr Example:

Fiti ninggi wupungngi tyerrusyul detyerr ngayi.

The dry heat has split my lip.

tyerrwasyan

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Beard.

Kurungurr Example:

Kene wuni tyerrwasyan werri?

Who's that over there with the beard?

Tyerrwel

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tyet

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Shirt.

tyety ... ge

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mem

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Meaning:

Stop, cease (of rain).

Kurungurr Example:

Kuri tyety meng ge kana.

The rain has stopped.

tyetyirr

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yenim

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Grow in hilly country (of certain plants).

tyetyisyirr

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dagum

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Squash something with your foot.

tyeya

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Chair.

tyi

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Breastmilk, milk.

Kurungurr Example:

Gude minyirr ya, tyi wityi yatyerr!

He's really crying, give him some breastmilk!

tyi damuy

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Nipple.

tyi lalirr

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wibem

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Suckle at a breast.

Kurungurr Example:

Kukuk, wibem tyilalirr dim.

Hang on, she's still suckling.

tyi lenggirr

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'Long lost child'. This word that primarily refers to 'colostrum' is also used to refer to an adult child that hasn't been seen for a long time.

Kurungurr Example:

Kide yening karrbu erriplen? Ngayi wurru tyi lenggirr!

Who's that getting off the plane? Oh, it's my long lost son!

tyi tutu

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demem

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reflexive verb

Meaning:

Express your breastmilk by hand.

Kurungurr Example:

Tyi musyari yeme tyitutu!

Just squeeze the milk out gently with your hand.

tyi yeninggisyi

Wumirri Headword:

tyi keninggisyi

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Meaning:

Swollen nipples of a young girl just before her breasts begin to grow.

Tyigerrenyi

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tyiginin

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Nose stick, decorative stick worn through pierced nasal septum.

tyigirrit

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Cigarette.

Kurungurr Example:

Tyigirrit minde tye ngimi wa, tyip nginy tyeri!

I didn't buy cigarettes, I clean forgot!

tyik ... pi

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mem

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Dark, be dark, not stand out visually.

mem

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Have black hair.

tyik madi

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dim

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Blacken, turn black.

Kurungurr Example:

Kagulkagul midamuy mibiny nimbi wiri tyikmadi.

The fruit of the native grape is ripe when it has turned black.

tyikpala

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Sick, sick person.

Kurungurr Example:

Tyikpela wurru peyi atypil winge tye.

She's lying sick in the hospital.

tyikpin

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Five cents, a five cent piece.

tyiktyay

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Playing card numbered 'six'.

Tyilak

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Tyilerre

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tyilfa

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Coins, loose change, 'shrapnel'.

Kurungurr Example:

Tyilfa pagu yimingindi wa?

You got any coins for me?

Tyiliny

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Tyimin

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Meaning:

Place on the banks of the Daly river, marked by a cement slab, where pub goers often agree to meet.

Kurungurr Example:

Tyimin nide ngirrimbi nganmenytyi.

I'll wait for you at 'Tyimin'.

tyimingal

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'Pointy tits'.

Tyimity

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skin name

tyinggilit

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Jumper.

Kurungurr Example:

Tyinggilit pagu, ngude wirr ngini, beyingngi perrety.

Give me a jumper to put on, I'm cold.

tyinggulfuy

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Meaning:

Man without a girlfriend, an unattached 'single boy'.

Kurungurr Example:

Nyinyi tyinggulfuy?

Are you a single boy?

tyinggulgel

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Woman without a boyfriend, an unattached 'single girl'.

Kurungurr Example:

Wurmerrit men wurru nyinyi, minde tyinggulgel!

You're a married woman, not a single girl!

tyinigin

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Meaning:

Sneaky, doing something behind other's backs.

Kurungurr Example:

Tyinigin wurru, wadde tutu tye.

They're sneaking off and sleeping together.

tyinytyabululung

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Jumping from a tree or a rock into water, as kids do in play.

tyip

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dangim

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Darken, get dark (eg. of the sun).

Kurungurr Example:

Mirri dangin tyip kana pefi.

It's getting dark now.

tyip ... tyeri

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mem

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Forget something.

Kurungurr Example:

Piwari ngayi tyip yingngindi tyeri?

Have you forgotten my name?

tyirraty

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Wallaby, male agile wallaby.

tyirri bang

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dangim

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Insert a pin into a baby's nappy.

Kurungurr Example:

Ye tyirribang!

Put a nappy pin in!

tyirri ket

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wupun

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Meaning:

Embrace someone, hold somebody intimately.

Kurungurr Example:

Wupungngi tyirriket.

She embraced me.

tyirri tu

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yenim

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Rupture, be flat (eg. of a car tyre).

Kurungurr Example:

wupun

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Meaning:

Rupture something by cutting it (eg. to gut an animal).

Kurungurr Example:

Ngekin masyapu ngupun tyirritu.

I cut out the guts.

wudupun

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Meaning:

Rupture something by moving it or dropping it.

Kurungurr Example:

Amurri dem palak wudupun tyirritu.

She dropped the egg and broke it.

dem

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Rupture something by pinching it with your finger(nail)s.

Kurungurr Example:

Yerryaga balloon deny tyirritu.

He popped that balloon thing.

dem

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Turn on a tap (lit: 'touch a navel', where a tap is viewed as being like a protruding bellybutton).

tyirringgi

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String, cotton, thread.

Kurungurr Example:

Tyirringgi minde yewirr turety ngini tye nga batybity.

I was going to sew up my dress but I haven't got any cotton.

Kurungurr Example:

Tyirringgi minbe yawurr turety ne tye nga batybity.

tyirripit

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Quail, King quail.

tyirrisyut

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'Three aces', as a call in card games.

tyirrity

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wudupun

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Pester a mother for a breastfeed (eg. when an older child wishes to breastfeed against its mother's wishes).

tyirritymalmal

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