Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
dem
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Pick something (eg. fruit) from a branch.
Kurungurr Example:
Mimeli ngerringgi baket.
We picked black plums.
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
dem
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Raise a child, bring someone up.
Kurungurr Example:
Werringngi batal.
They raised me.
wudupun
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Rear a child, bring a child to adulthood.
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
menggin
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Pick up somone by the arm, take a child into your care, direct or care for someone.
Kurungurr Example:
Ngiminggin bawa membirr weti.
I picked up the baby.
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
dem
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Shake someone's hand (eg. as in introducing yourself).
Word Class: 
placename
Meaning:
Woolianna. Name for the downstream community of Woolianna.
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Handle on billycan, dillybag.
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Ash, dust, powder.
Kurungurr Example:
Bafun pagu yerrtyarrawu ngini.
Pass me that ash for chewing tobaco.
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Bones in lower arm, radius and ulna.
Wumirri Headword: 
bakuru
Word Class: 
adjectival noun
Meaning:
Pacifist, a quiet non-confronting type of person.
Wumirri Headword: 
tyityipi
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Many, lots.
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Club used for pounding fibrous roots before cooking.
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Wrist.
Word Class: 
coverb
dem
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Pierce something by pinching it with your fingernails.
Kurungurr Example:
Mengari ninggi ngerim bang.
I pierced it with my fingernail.
dangim
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Pierce something by poking it.
Kurungurr Example:
Dangingngi syibang.
He pierced my nose.
disen
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Pull something out from inside.
Kurungurr Example:
Anguri disyem menytyibang.
She pulled the turtle's guts out through its neck.
Word Class: 
kinterm
Meaning:
Brother-in-law.
Kurungurr Example:
Banytyi ngayi wa wuni.
That bloke is my brother-in-law.
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Creek.
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Afterbirth, placenta.
Word Class: 
coverb
wudupun
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Knock something down into a horizontal position, lay something out flat.
Kurungurr Example:
Post kinyi yudi bat ngini.
You'll need to knock these fence posts down.
wudem
Word Class:

reflexive verb

Meaning:
Fall, fall into a lying position, lay yourself out flat.
Kurungurr Example:
Ngudem bat.
I fell flat over.
Word Class: 
coverb + bodypart
yenim
Word Class:

verb intr

Meaning:
Have loose, droopy lips.
Kurungurr Example:
Yaganim bat tyerr!
You've got loose droopy lips!
Word Class: 
coverb
mem
Word Class:

verb intr

Meaning:
Squint, look out from under a lowered brow.
Kurungurr Example:
Bat mem muy.
She's squinting.
Word Class: 
coverb + bodypart
mem
Word Class:

verb intr

Meaning:
Frown, adopt a look of focus and concentration.
Kurungurr Example:
Bat wirrim wayirr.
They're frowning.
Word Class: 
coverb + bodypart
mem
Word Class:

verb intr

Meaning:
Fail to notice something, be unaware of what is going on around you, be 'off with the fairies'.
Kurungurr Example:
Batbat mem muy napa dim, minde yenim werrtyeri!
He's not taking any notice, he can't hear it!
Kurungurr Reduplication: 
batybity
Word Class: 
coverb
dem
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Hold, have, be in possession of something.
Kurungurr Example:
Membirr warrakma ngerim baty.
I've got three kids.
dagam
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Tread on something, hold something down with your foot, kick something.
Kurungurr Example:
Defirr ninggi nganam baty.
I held it down with my foot.
weyim
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Hold something in your mouth, chew.
Kurungurr Example:
Ngayi derrigidi ngerim nga baty ngini yetyerrawu.
I want to chew some tobacco.
dangim
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Know a language or a song.
Kurungurr Example:
Yerrmenytyi nyindeti ngarim baty.
I know that song.
dinem
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Slap.
Kurungurr Example:
Nginenyi tyamu baty ngini.
I'm going to slap you.
wayim
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Burn, cook, be hot, be angry.
Kurungurr Example:
Minde fekiderri wa baty ngini.
He's going to cook it soon.
Kurungurr Example:
Kurungurr Reduplication: 
bebe
Word Class: 
coverb
dangim
Word Class:

impersonal verb

Meaning:
Burp, cough up fluid (eg. a baby coughing up breastmilk).
Kurungurr Example:
Warringi bebe ngini.
I'm going to burp.
Word Class: 
coverb
dinyerrem
Word Class:

reflexive verb

Meaning:
See yourself, look at yourself.
Kurungurr Example:
Nginyerrem mibebi.
I checked my face (in the mirror).
dinyinggin
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Look around, look at something spread out, cast your eyes over the landscape.
Kurungurr Example:
Membirr dede winnyinggin madibebi wannim.
The kids are looking at the country laid out in front of them.
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Wrinkled facial skin, heavily wrinkled like soft mud.
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Womb.
Word Class: 
coverb + bodypart
nagawam
Word Class:

reflexive verb

Meaning:
Stand with the instep of one foot resting on your other knee.
Word Class: 
coverb
dangim
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Pick on someone, bully someone.
Kurungurr Example:
'Tyagani wuni?'. 'Garim bileli girim'.
'What's going on?'. 'He's picking on him'.
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Cute baby.
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Alive, still living.
Kurungurr Example:
Nem peyideti bilirri yenim?
Is he still alive there?
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Heavy muscle at the back of the thigh.
Word Class: 
adjectival noun
Meaning:
Ripe, cooked, ready to eat.
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
'Southerners', the name of one of the two patrimoiety groups through which trade is mediated.
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Sticky-arsed, wet (especially of kids with diahorrea).
Kurungurr Example:
Kene kinyi bingini purr?
Who's this sticky-arsed kid?
Word Class: 
coverb
wayim
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Dry out from heat, be dried up.
Kurungurr Example:
Ya, kuri wayim biny kana!
Hey, this billy's boiled dry now!
Word Class: 
coverb
dinem
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Smoke a child, expose newborn babies' bodies to smoke.
Kurungurr Example:
Membirr nginnebirrki birr kana ngini!
Let's 'smoke' both these kids right away!
dangim
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Clip something, fasten something.
Kurungurr Example:
Nga birr ngini pin.
I'll do the pin up.
dagam
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Stop someone, arrest someone, physically prevent someone from moving.
Kurungurr Example:
Nganam birr.
I stopped him.
dangim
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Have your plan change suddenly.
Kurungurr Example:
Minde kana yenim, dangim birr nide.
He won't be going, his plans have changed on him.
Word Class: 
coverb + bodypart
mem
Word Class:

verb intr

Meaning:
Stay with a person.
Kurungurr Example:
Wakineti birr nginne pi.
I'm gonna stay with this bloke!
Word Class: 
coverb
wupun
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Become dry and stuck (of spilt food, sleep in the eyes, etc.)
Kurungurr Example:
'Mingarapa kinyi kene yedi derriwutyity tye?' 'Gupun birrbirr girim'.
'Who spilt this weetbix on the table?' 'It's dried rock hard now'.
Word Class: 
time noun
Meaning:
Late in the night, after midnight.
Kurungurr Example:
Tyagani ngini yaganin lali dede kinyi birrbirrfingini wurru?
What are you wandering around camp for, this late at night?
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Other end of some space (eg. far corner of the room, other end of the billabong).
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Blocked up (of a drain, toilet, etc.).
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
'Northerners', the name of one of the two patrimoiety groups through which trade is mediated.
Word Class: 
coverb + bodypart
wibem
Word Class:

verb intr

Meaning:
Lying along road (water).
Kurungurr Example:
Kuri wibem butyerr.
Water is lying on the road.
Word Class: 
coverb
dim
Word Class:

verb intr

Meaning:
Sleepy, be sleepy, become sleepy.
Kurungurr Example:
Damuy nyinyi yirim bubu kide.
Your eyes are getting sleepy.
dem
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Fetch water, scoop up water.
Kurungurr Example:
Yemingindi bubu kuri!
Fetch me some water!
wayim
Word Class:

verb intr

Meaning:
Overripe, be overripe, be too soft (of fruit).
dangim
Word Class:

verb intr

Meaning:
Overcooked, be overcooked (of meat).
wupun
Word Class:

verb intr

Meaning:
Feel sad.
Kurungurr Example:
'Tyagannimbi?' 'Tyamennapa ngupun bubu'.
'What's wrong?' 'I'm just sad, that's all!'
dem
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Blow bubbles.
Kurungurr Example:
Malarrgu dem bubu yenim tyentyirri.
The turtle is blowing bubbles.
webem
Word Class:

verb intr

Meaning:
Feel sad.
Kurungurr Example:
Ngayi ngebem bubu.
I feel sad.
wemem
Word Class:

impersonal verb

Meaning:
Be made sad.
Kurungurr Example:
Dege wemem bubu nginde.
Word Class: 
coverb + bodypart
mem
Word Class:

verb intr

Meaning:
Heartbroken, be heartbroken, be crying inside.
Kurungurr Example:
Bubu nging ge.
I'm heartbroken.
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Rotten, soft.
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Nest, birdnest.
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Pied cormorant, Little pied cormorant.
Kurungurr Reduplication: 
bulbul
Word Class: 
coverb
wudupun
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Cook, barbeque, roast meat.
Kurungurr Example:
Yudingindi baty gagu mamdeti.
Cook me some more beef.
wayim
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Become hot.
Kurungurr Example:
Ayan fiti ninggi wayim bul.
The iron is hot from the sun.
ngirem
Word Class:

reflexive verb

Meaning:
Fight (verbally), argue.
Word Class: 
coverb + bodypart
mem
Word Class:

verb intr

Meaning:
Angry, be angry.
Kurungurr Example:
Minde bul yimi ge nginde!
Don't get angry with me!

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