NGAN'GI LANGUAGE

Meaning:

Bent, crooked, breech (of a birth).

Kurungurr Example:

Ya, karrityin wurru yirim kinyi pagu yimi madi.

Oh you're sitting crooked, face around this way.

gat

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wupun

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Meaning:

Slice something up.

Kurungurr Example:

Afurra ninggi ngunni gat.

We sliced it up with a mussel shell.

wupun

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Catch fish.

Kurungurr Example:

Anginakul bakuty ngunni gat.

We caught a big mob of fish.

dangim

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Meaning:

Travel in a group, be bunched up, move in convoy.

Kurungurr Example:

Garring gat yife kakkana wannim.

They're bunched up over there, on their way now.

diwen

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Meaning:

Restrain yourself, hold back, keep control over yourself.

gatit

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bengim

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Meaning:

Bite something.

Kurungurr Example:

Ngebem gatit.

I bit it.

dangin

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Collect things from off the ground.

Kurungurr Example:

Mimenem warring gatit.

They harvested billy goat plums from the ground.

wupun

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Bite something.

Kurungurr Example:

Ngupung gatit

I bit it.

yenim

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Fish, go fishing.

Kurungurr Example:

Dede ngayi ngaganim gatit angalin, meringgi ngayi.

That's my spot (where) I always go fishing, my shady spot.

diwen

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Meaning:

Fight, argue.

Kurungurr Example:

Mene wursyetyirr diweng gatit yenim!

She reckons she's a good fighter!

bengim

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Meaning:

Pick up a language.

Kurungurr Example:

Ngan'gi wakay benging gatit.

He just picked up that language in a flash.

ge

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bodypart as coverb

bengim

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Meaning:

Feel happy.

Kurungurr Example:

Bengingngirr ge lamurity.

It's made us really happy!

wudupun

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Meaning:

Feed someone.

Kurungurr Example:

Mindaga wurru gagu, tyagani ngini yudi ge yiwi wuwu?

There's not enough meat, why are you feeding it to that dog?

ge bangbung

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dangin

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Meaning:

Have something upset your stomach.

ge bubu

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wupun

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Meaning:

Feel sad, feel nostalgic.

Kurungurr Example:

Wupungngi gebubu wangi wiben fuyufuy.

I feel nostalgic when the seabreeze blows.

ge buy

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wayin

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Meaning:

Thirsty, be made thirsty.

Kurungurr Example:

Fiti wurru wayingngi gebuy.

I'm thirsty from the sun.

ge da

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tyeri tyil

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dangim

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Meaning:

Sad, be sad, feel upset.

Kurungurr Example:

Dangingngi geda.

I'm feeling sad.

ge ferr

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dingin

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Frighten someone by what you tell them.

Kurungurr Example:

Wirrim wuni werrenyi geferr.

They frightened you by what they said.

ge fu

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wupun

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Meaning:

Full-term, be full-term in a pregnancy, be ready to give birth.

Kurungurr Example:

Wupungngi gefu.

I'm full term now.

ge ful

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dingin

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Meaning:

Feel hungry.

Kurungurr Example:

Dingingngi geful.

I'm hungry.

ge ket

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dem

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Meaning:

Feel jealous of a child's cuteness, feel angered by qualities in other people that you'd like to have yourself.

dem

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Frustrated, be fed up with someone, be sick of (something).

Kurungurr Example:

Dem ge ket.

(It) makes me sick of him.

ge leli

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demen

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Be happy to see someone, rejoice at someone's homecoming.

Kurungurr Example:

Werrmene geleli.

They were happy to see him.

ge pek

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webem

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Feel angry.

Kurungurr Example:

Nem minde benging gepek.

He's not angry.

ge pudup

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weyim

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Make someone melt inside, make someone feel emotional by talking or singing to them.

Kurungurr Example:

Ngini nanama tye, di kana dini di tye, ngeng gepudup.

I was singing, and he was crying. I made him weep with my singing.

ge pup

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dingin

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Meaning:

Have a sense about the availability of bush tucker, know intuitively that the season is right.

Kurungurr Example:

Walkity nginyinggin, e dinginnin gepup amurri kana wupun waga.

Seeing those flowers in bloom, we get this feeling that (crocodiles) would be laying their eggs.

ge purity

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dagam

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Meaning:

Uninterested, be uninterested, have no enthusiasm for something.

Kurungurr Example:

Dagangngi gepurity.

I'm just not interested.

ge sul

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menggin

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Meaning:

Fool someone, feign (eg. sickness or death) to trick someone.

Kurungurr Example:

Menggingngi gesul mene perrety mem.

He's just pretending to be dead.

ge tet

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demen

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Meaning:

Come out from inside, rise up.

Kurungurr Example:

Ninytyininytyi nimbi werrmeng getet.

They emerged from the thick scrub.

ge tum

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bengim

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Meaning:

Feel peaceful, calm, content.

Kurungurr Example:

Bengingngi getum kana.

I'm feeling calm now.

ge tyek

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dem

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Meaning:

Diahorrea, get diahorrea.

Kurungurr Example:

Minde bakuty wusu waty, geminnyi getyek.

Don't eat too much, you'll get diahorrea.

ge wirr

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disen

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Meaning:

Pull the guts out of something.

Kurungurr Example:

Ngisye gewirr ngini ngekin masyapu.

I'm going to cut out the guts.

ge wirrir

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wudupun

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Meaning:

Try someone's patience, push someone too far, refuse to cooperate with someone.

Kurungurr Example:

Yudupungngi gewirrir kana!

You've pushed me too far now!

ge wu

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dangin

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Feel sorry for someone, sympathise with someone.

Kurungurr Example:

Ep danging kawu merriny, dagam madikuli murriga ninggi.

He must have felt sorry for him, he gave him a lift in his car.

ge wul

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dingim

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Meaning:

Get someone to imitate you, make someone want to hear more of something.

Kurungurr Example:

Wuwu ngeng gewul.

I made the dog howl (by singing to it).

ge wurr

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weyim

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Meaning:

Rest someone, allow a person to catch their breath.

Kurungurr Example:

Wengi gewurr wityi.

Let me rest a little.

ge wutit

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dingim

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Meaning:

Tell something to someone that makes them upset.

Kurungurr Example:

Dingingngi gewutit, nyinde nimbi ngirrem bulbul kana.

She told me something that got me upset, and from that we started arguing.

gen ket

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dem

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Meaning:

Break something in half.

Kurungurr Example:

Deninytyi ngayi nide ngering genket.

I broke it in half over my knee.

dangim

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Meaning:

Cut something in half.

Kurungurr Example:

Ngambi genket ngini.

I'll cut it in half for you.

wupun

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Meaning:

Cut the middle out of something.

Kurungurr Example:

Anguri menytyikanbi pagu ngupung genket.

I cut (the turtles) guts out through its throat.

webem

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Meaning:

Break something in half (by smashing it with a rock, or chopping it with an axe, etc),

Kurungurr Example:

Ngerrbeng genket bi ngingi.

We chopped in two with an axe.

dagum

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Meaning:

Break something in half with your foot.

Kurungurr Example:

Defirr ninggi nganang gengket yawul.

I broke the spear in two with my foot.

wayim

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Meaning:

Burn something into two, burn through the midddle of something.

Kurungurr Example:

Yenggi wayim tyerrket yewirr, waying genket, bengim baty.

The fire burned the tree, burned it in two, it fell.

yetyin

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Meaning:

Break something in two.

Kurungurr Example:

Wakerre yenim derriwap yetyin genket yawul.

This big heavy man sat on the spear and broke it.

dem

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Meaning:

Hug someone, hold someone around their middle, hold someone at your middle (ie. nurse a baby at your waist).

Kurungurr Example:

Ngering genket falmi.

I hugged her.

gen'ge

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Meaning:

Full up, flat chat, to the max, as much as possible.

Kurungurr Example:

Gen'ge napa ngini.

(Fill it up) right till it's full.

gen'ge baty

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bengin

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Meaning:

Tie something up around its middle.

Kurungurr Example:

Musyulng ngenbeng gen'gebaty.

I tied the swag around the middle.

gen'ge dudu

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dingin

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Meaning:

Blow, use your breath to inflate something (eg. blow up a balloon)..

Kurungurr Example:

Nyinyi pagu yene gen'gedudu.

You blow it (a balloon) up for him.

gen'ge tyerr

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yenim

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Stop in the middle of something, come to a halt halfway along the side of some object.

gen'ge tyutyuk

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wupun

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Meaning:

Alone, be alone.

Kurungurr Example:

Wupungngi gen'getyutyuk.

I was all on my own.

gen'gefi

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place noun

Meaning:

Sideways, to the side, side-on.

Kurungurr Example:

Gen'gefi pefi ya fityat.

Move the billy to the side (of the fire).

gen'gepurr

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Meaning:

Fat, plump, overweight person, someone with a 'full arse'.

geninggu

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adjectival noun

Meaning:

Person whose sibling has died.

ger

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dingim

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Meaning:

Upset someone, make someone upset by something you say.

Kurungurr Example:

Ngaddi tye brother ngerrmenggenne, epe ngerreng ger gi merriny.

We went up to the Catholic brother (and asked him for a favour) but we somehow upset him, like he was angry.

gerrgerrge

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adjectival noun

Meaning:

Helpful, co-operative, lends a hand.

gerrgerrtyerr

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Meaning:

Rotten, putrid (of flesh, etc.).

gerrgerrtyerrpurr

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Meaning:

'Rotten-arsed', 'smelly-arsed'.

gerrgirr

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wayim

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Meaning:

Burn hot.

Kurungurr Example:

Yenggi waying gerrgirr kana.

The fire's burning hot now.

webem

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Meaning:

Chop (eg. wood).

Kurungurr Example:

Yenggi ngebi gerrgirr ngagadi waweti ninggi.

I used to chop firewood when I was lad.

wudem

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Meaning:

Rub yourself against something.

Kurungurr Example:

Kuninytyin nide ngudem gerrgirr.

I rubbed myself against the bottle tree (to improve my health).

wudupun

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Meaning:

Rub someone or something against something else.

Kurungurr Example:

Membirr weti dengini wuni fityi nimbi, wuddini gerrgirr yewirr kunintyin nide e menewurru gengepurr yedi. Deme apirri nyinda wirrme waddi.

If a child was wasting away, they rubbed it against the trunk of the bottle tree, and from that it would put the weight back on the child. This is the way they used to do it.

wayim

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Meaning:

Hot, be burning, feel hot, have a temperature.

Kurungurr Example:

Waying ngi gerrgirr.

I'm burning, feverish.

wupun

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Meaning:

Cut something, slice (eg. meat off bone).

dangim

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Meaning:

Glow, stand out brightly.

Kurungurr Example:

Tyet nyinyi danging gerrgirr kidenapa.

Your shirt's really bright!

geyit

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Meaning:

Gate.

gigi

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diwen

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