NGAN'GI LANGUAGE

Meaning:

Jaw.

dirrinybuk

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Meaning:

Salmon gum.

dirrkinninggi

Word Class:

place noun

Meaning:

This nearside bank of a river.

Kurungurr Example:

Kaminytyam dirrkinninggi yana minmiket pe. Minbe yani kafarr dirreninggi, dirrkinninggi yana mimiket pe, ganggi pe yana minmiket pe, yumu tyerr pe bawedi nyin.

Turn off on the nearside bank of Kaminytyam Creek. Don't cross to the other side, turn off on this nearside. Then turn upstream and follow that little creek up.

dirrkuri

Wumirri Headword:

dirrkuru

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Meaning:

Riverbank.

dirrngala

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Meaning:

Cliff.

dirrnguri

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Meaning:

Vaginal opening.

dirrngurikerre

Wumirri Headword:

dirrnguruminbadi

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Meaning:

'Enlarged urethra opening'.

Dirrpederr

Word Class:

placename

dirrpiri

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Meaning:

Plaque on teeth.

dirrwunninggi

Word Class:

place noun

Meaning:

The opposite bank of a river.

Kurungurr Example:

Yani kafarr dirreninggi, dirrwunninggi yana mimiket pe.

Cross to the other side, and follow along the farside bank.

dirryewe

Wumirri Headword:

dirrsyewe

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Meaning:

Near the sea.

Kurungurr Example:

Dede wuni wannim wapup dirryewe napa.

They live near the sea.

disyen syiwirr

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Meaning:

Season name: based on river water. That time when the floodwaters are starting to drop, and rain falls only occasionally, usually about late March early April.

dityunggurr

Word Class:

nominal as coverb

dem

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Meaning:

Shorten something, make something shorter.

Kurungurr Example:

Ngerin dityunggurr ngirim.

I'm shortening it.

dityunggurrnguri

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Meaning:

'Short penis!'

dityunggurrpurr

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Meaning:

'Short bottom'.

diwin

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Meaning:

Moon.

diwin kerre

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Meaning:

Full moon.

diwin marrgu

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Meaning:

New moon.

diwinnyi

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Meaning:

Moonlight.

diyil

Word Class:

coverb

mem

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Meaning:

Shuffle cards.

Kurungurr Example:

Nginimem diyil yim?

Have you shuffled them already?

du

Word Class:

coverb

yenim

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Meaning:

Dream, dream about someone.

Kurungurr Example:

Alayi ngaganingnge du.

I dreamed about my mother.

wupun

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Meaning:

Touch something.

wupun

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Meaning:

Get a feeling, develop an attitude towards something.

Kurungurr Example:

Wupungngindi du.

She felt I was doing something wrong.

dudu

Word Class:

coverb

dangim

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Meaning:

Point out, or show someone something.

Kurungurr Example:

Dede ngayi ngane dudu ngini.

I'll show him my country.

dangim

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Meaning:

Track something, follow an animal's tracks.

Kurungurr Example:

Ngani dudu tye defirr.

I tracked its prints.

wudupun

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Meaning:

Try out something, have a go at something.

Kurungurr Example:

Membirr wudupun dudu kana wani man kana ngini.

The baby is trying, he's about to crawl.

dingin

Word Class:

reflexive verb

Meaning:

Build up (of clouds), thicken.

Kurungurr Example:

Wu gibem dingim dudu.

The clouds are building up.

bengim

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Meaning:

Spotty, be spotty (eg. get freckles on your face).

wuden

Word Class:

reflexive verb

Meaning:

Consider alternative plans. Think about how something fits in with other things before you commit to it.

Kurungurr Example:

'Engelin ngambannime?' 'Kukuk, ngude dudu gimi.'

'Coming fishing?' 'Hang on, I'll have to think about it.'

dudu ... firr

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mem

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Meaning:

Have a swollen foot.

Kurungurr Example:

Defirr dudu mem firr.

His foot is swollen up.

dudu menytyi

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yenim

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Meaning:

Chuckle over a memory, laugh afresh at something that happened in the past.

Kurungurr Example:

Ngaganingnge dudumenytyi.

I laughed at something that had happened to her.

dudu purr

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dagan

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Meaning:

Walk along all 'swollen-bottomed' .

Kurungurr Example:

Kene wuni ganan dudupurr?

Who's that walking along 'swollen-arsed'?

dudu syi

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yenim

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Meaning:

'Swollen-nosed', be 'swollen-nosed', have a large nose.

dudu tyamu

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wirribem

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Meaning:

Swollen, be swollen (of seeds heads on grasses). (lit: have swollen cheeks).

dudupi

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Meaning:

In company, bunched up, a group of two or more people, joined up.

Kurungurr Example:

Dudupi deti wadde tye pub pefi.

The two of them have gone to the pub in company.

Kurungurr Example:

Dudupi ngangginim nime.

We'll all go together (in a bunch).

dula

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Meaning:

Bee species.

duny

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