dangim
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Hand something out to people, distribute rations or gifts.
dangim
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Block someone's view of something.
Kurungurr Example:
Dangingngi fimilit.
He's blocking my view.
dangim
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Inset the 'eye' (or hook) into a woomera.
Kurungurr Example:
Wanni fimipek yagama.
They were fitting the 'hooks' into woomeras.
Word Class: 
fi + fire + coverb
wupun
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Throw something into a billycan which is already sitting in a fire.
daram
Word Class:

reflexive verb

Meaning:
Kneel on one knee (have one foot and the opposite knee resting on the ground).
Kurungurr Example:
Tyety ngaganim wirr i ngaram fininytyi.
I went into the church and knelt on one knee.
Word Class: 
fi + coverb
dangim
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Pull something back towards you (especially the action of stripping fan palm leaves for their fibre for spinning).
Kurungurr Example:
Merrepen detyeri ya fipal!
Strip back the edge of the palm leaves!
daram
Word Class:

reflexive verb

Meaning:
Return home, take yourself back.
Kurungurr Example:
Etye yara fipal pe?
When are you going home?
daram
Word Class:

reflexive verb

Meaning:
Curl up (into a foetal position).
Word Class: 
fi + coverb
dangim
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Make up stories about someone, spread malicious gossip, repeat bad stories about someone, bring up past events inappropriately.
Kurungurr Example:
Dangingngi fipulpul.
She said bad things about me.
wudem
Word Class:

reflexive verb

Meaning:
Intrude on someone's space, be too close, barge in uninvited.
Kurungurr Example:
Ya kinyi napa wudem fipurr wirribem! Wunninggi gimin wanayerri.
Hey, this woman's standing in my space! She should go over there.
dangim
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Use all of something, drain something completely, empty something right to the bottom.
Kurungurr Example:
Yarim fipurrtyat nginde!
You've finished off my drink (when I only offered you a sip)!
Word Class: 
fi + coverb
dangim
Word Class:

verb intr

Meaning:
Rise (of the sun).
Kurungurr Example:
Dangim fisul mirri mengge tet kana.
The sun's rising now.
Word Class: 
fi + coverb
dagum
Word Class:

verb intr

Meaning:
Grow up.
Word Class: 
fi + coverb
dangim
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Raise something up, jack up a car.
Kurungurr Example:
Nganyi fitit ngini.
I'm going to help you up.
daram
Word Class:

reflexive verb

Meaning:
Stand up, arise, get up from sleep.
Kurungurr Example:
Nyinyi yaram fitit kana.
So, you're standing up again?
daram
Word Class:

reflexive verb

Meaning:
*Become airborne*, *rise into the air (of planes and birds)*.
Kurungurr Example:
Ngaddi tye palat, yeniny gulirr, dagum felfil, ngarrany fitit.
We drove along the airstrip, (the plane) turned around, it raced along, and then we were airborne.
Word Class: 
fi + coverb
dangim
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Put something in a place, build a house, erect some structure, stand something upright, set up a business or association.
Kurungurr Example:
Wembem warrim fityat
They built a house.
daram
Word Class:

reflexive verb

Meaning:
*Stand yourself up*, *get to your feet*.
dem
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
*Construct*, build up, *set up (by hand)*.
Kurungurr Example:
Daba kana ngerim fityat.
Then I built up the handles (of the dillybag).
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
dingin
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Tell people of your plans, announce your intentions.
Kurungurr Example:
Dingim fityatit warra, epe minde yenim kana.
He'd announced it (that he was going), but now he's not going.
dangim
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Pour a drink into someone's mouth, make someone drink.
Kurungurr Example:
Kuri weti ya fityerrkuduk!
Tip a little water in his mouth!
dangim
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Stick something long into the opening (mouth) of something else, eg. stick a spearhead into a spear shaft.
Kurungurr Example:
Waya ngarim fityerrpek.
I attached the spearhead.
wudem
Word Class:

reflexive verb

Meaning:
Arrive in big groups (as in truckloads of people coming for a ceremony).
Kurungurr Example:
Elifela yedi falmi wurrde fityerrwuty ngini.
In the morning the men and women will arrive in groups.
Kurungurr Reduplication: 
fi tyutyuk
Word Class: 
fi + coverb
dangim
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Move something to a different place, send things from one place to another.
daram
Word Class:

reflexive verb

Meaning:
Carry a weight on your hip, stand with something (eg. a child) balanced on your hip.
Word Class: 
fi + coverb
dangim
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Leave someone sitting somewhere.
Kurungurr Example:
Ngarim fiwap.
I left him sitting there.
Word Class: 
coverb
wupun
Word Class:

impersonal verb

Meaning:
Hungry, feel hungry.
Kurungurr Example:
Madiket wurru, wupungngi fiway!
I'm starving!
Word Class: 
coverb
wibem
Word Class:

verb intr

Meaning:
Roll over (in a lying position).
Kurungurr Example:
Membirr wibem fifili kana!
I just felt the baby roll over (in utero).
wupun
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Search for something, look around for something.
Kurungurr Example:
Ngu fifili ngini yenggi.
I'm going to look for firewood.
daran
Word Class:

reflexive verb

Meaning:
Dawdle, walk too slowly, frustrate other people by being too slow.
Kurungurr Example:
Wundeyirre garam fifili gaganim.
She's back there dawdling (eg. she's still poking around for turtles, but we're all ready to go now).
dim
Word Class:

verb intr

Meaning:
Loose, be loose, move around, be unfastened.
Kurungurr Example:
Tyagannawa dim fifili syirre.
Something's moving round loose in the back.
Word Class: 
adjectival noun
Meaning:
Person who can't sit in one place, a wanderer.
Word Class: 
coverb + bodypart
yenim
Word Class:

verb intr

Meaning:
Stagger, weave drunkenly from side to side.
Word Class: 
adverb
Meaning:
Well stocked with X, 'more X than you need'.
Kurungurr Example:
Tyilerre nganggin nime, gagu figanggi wurru.
We're going to Tyilerre, you'll just pull in one (turtle) after another.
Word Class: 
coverb
dangim
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Spoon something, scoop something up.
Kurungurr Example:
Menyirr ngarim firr ngarim fi madi tyuk penikin.
I scooped up the sugar and put it in the pannikin.
Word Class: 
coverb + bodypart
mem
Word Class:

verb intr

Meaning:
Awake, be awake, be alert.
Word Class: 
coverb + bodypart
wirribem
Word Class:

verb intr

Meaning:
Redden, become red (of grass stalks).
Kurungurr Example:
Wurr wirribem filgarri kana.
The grass stalks are reddening now.
Word Class: 
coverb + bodypart
wirribem
Word Class:

verb intr

Meaning:
Glow red (of coals).
Kurungurr Example:
Yenggi girribem filtyerr.
The coals are still glowing.
Word Class: 
coverb
wupun
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Fan (a fire).
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Red, yellow, orange colours. 'Halfcaste' skin colour, a 'halfcaste' person of mixed Aboriginal and European descent.
Word Class: 
coverb
dim
Word Class:

verb intr

Meaning:
Be in labour.
Kurungurr Example:
Dingnge fili.
She's in labour.
dagum
Word Class:

verb intr

Meaning:
Stagger (walk unstraight).
Kurungurr Example:
Nganam fili wutitmi.
I staggered under that heavy weight.
yenim
Word Class:

verb intr

Meaning:
Walk around, move along, wander off (unmotivated, undirected motion).
Kurungurr Example:
Awapurrpurrk wannim fili miyi nide.
The children are always walking on my garden.
webem
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Dizzy, have one's head spin, be made dizzy.
Kurungurr Example:
Depi beyin fili ngidde.
My head's spinning on me.
wirribem
Word Class:

verb intr

Meaning:
Roll along, wander around.
wupun
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Look around for something/someone, wander about trying to find something.
Word Class: 
coverb
mem
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Fill something up.
Word Class: 
coverb
daran
Word Class:

reflexive verb

Meaning:
Grasp an opportunity, do something spontaneously.
Kurungurr Example:
Ngani kinda yani madiwap! Wunipirri kana yara filirr ngini yiwi!
Just climb on board (the plane) now! Grasp the opportunity and just go now!
Meaning:
Share out something between people.
Kurungurr Example:
Nga fimetyat ngini.
I'll share it out.
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
'Skin', subsection system.
Kurungurr Example:
Finy nyinyi tyagani?
What's your skin?
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Banyan tree.
Kurungurr Example:
Yerrkinyi finytyi yerrgarrfuri yemi garritada tyungmem ninggi deti. Fi werrme way walipan ngini e warrgadi. Depi demewirr mitit werrbinyi wayirrbaty. Fi werrbe baty yawul. Fi dadirrityerr.
You can peel the bark of the banyan tree while it's wet. Then twist it into string to make netting and dillybags. People used to tie this string around their forehead to cure headaches, and also used it to attach spear heads. It's very strong.
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Milky Way galaxy. Thick band of stars visible across the night sky.
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Hollow (as in ground that has cavities or watercourses under it and sounds hollow when hit).
Word Class: 
coverb
yetyin
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Lead someone along.
Kurungurr Example:
Wawamnin firr ngini.
He'll lead us.
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
webem
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Trip someone up.
Kurungurr Example:
Bengingngi firrket yederri ninggi.
The log tripped me up.
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
dangim
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Raise your feet up, have your feet elevated.
Kurungurr Example:
Ngarim firrngal ngirim.
I'm sitting with my feet up.
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
wupun
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Stick into your foot, be buried in your foot.
Kurungurr Example:
Wupungngi firrtum pindiyay.
There's a bindi-eye stuck in my foot.
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
dangim
Word Class:

verb intr

Meaning:
Evening, be evening.
Wumirri Headword: 
firratyi
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Shoes.
Kurungurr Example:
Mene wa watypala kinyi firretyi werri!
He thinks he's a whitefella - wearing shoes!
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Noisy, continuous rumbling noise like people talking, or a generator running.
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Dream.
Kurungurr Example:
Last night I dreamt about my wife.
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Sole of foot.
Kurungurr Example:
Pindiyay yungi firrwat ngini kinyi firrmadi kirrbem.
Pull out this bindieye stuck in the sole of my foot.
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Toenail, claw.

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