kufa

Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Crowbar.
Kurungurr Example:
Kufa pagu yawam, mimuy ngini ngambani.
Bring a crowbar with you, so we can go for yams.

kugarra

Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Red ochre.

kuktyet

Word Class: 
interjection
Meaning:
Hang on a minute, let it rest, relax, leave it.
Kurungurr Example:
Kuktyet, dede kinyi pirri giben ne.
Don't worry, (let him wander off) this country will still be here for him.

kukubukdirr

Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Gentle slope, a part of an embankment that is easier to get down.

kukuluk

Word Class: 
nominal as coverb
dim
Word Class:

verb intr

Meaning:
Cough, be coughing.
Kurungurr Example:
Ngiring kukuluk.
I'm coughing.
yenim
Word Class:

verb intr

Meaning:
Cough regularly, cough all the time.
Kurungurr Example:
Ngayi ngaganing kukuluk, demenytyi wulek kana.
I'm always coughing, my throat's bad.

kul

Word Class: 
coverb
dangim
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Clouds building up for rain.

kuli

Word Class: 
coverb
dim
Word Class:

verb intr

Meaning:
Move quickly, speed, travel fast.
Kurungurr Example:
Ngiwi kuli ngini!
I'm gonna really fly!
dagum
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Throw something away, discard something.
Kurungurr Example:
Ngekin masyapu ngana kuli ngini.
I'm going to throw the guts away.

kuliny kuliny

Word Class: 
sound noun
Meaning:
Sound of paddling.
Kurungurr Example:
Yu wanytyirr, kuliny kuliny yimi!
Come on, really paddle! Make that paddling sound!

kulirr

Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Circle.

kulkul

Word Class: 
coverb
dingin
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Boast, skite about something.
Kurungurr Example:
Dinging kulkul yenim, minde dem piyiri.
He's a boaster, he's got no shame.

kultyi

Word Class: 
time noun
Meaning:
Evening.
Kurungurr Example:
Kultyi kana dadirri yiwi efenggu kana yenim barr.
It's evening now, stay close by, snakes will be coming out.

kultyinimbi

Word Class: 
time noun
Meaning:
Yesterday.
Kurungurr Example:
'Kide yagadi tye?' 'Kultyinimbi'.
'When did you come?' 'Yesterday'.

kultyinimbi mefagarri

Wumirri Headword: 
kultyinimbi mewagarri
Word Class: 
time noun
Meaning:
Day before yesterday.

kultyiyeninggi

Word Class: 
time noun
Meaning:
In a few days.

kuluk

Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Cough.

Kuluy

Word Class: 
placename

kum

Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Comb.
Kurungurr Example:
Kene kum yerrngayi dengngi mitum?
Who's stolen my comb?

kumaday

Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Catfish species.

Kumang

Word Class: 
placename

Kumani

Word Class: 
placename

Kumuytyi

Word Class: 
placename

kun'gem

Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Card game.

kunarra

Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
White cedar tree.

kuninytyin

Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Boab tree.
Kurungurr Example:
Kuninytyin midamuy milalirr. Membirrweti dengini wuni fityi nimbi, wuddini gerrgirr yewirr kinyi nide, e menewurru gen'gepurr yedi. Deme apirri nyinda wirrme waddi.
Boab tree seeds are good to eat. Also, when a child was undernourished, they used to rub it against this tree and it would fatten up. That's what we used to do in the olden days.

kunmirrmirr

Word Class: 
adjectival noun
Meaning:
Solidly built person.

kunumbut

Wumirri Headword: 
wesi
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
White clay, white ochre.

kunyunguny

Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Boomerang.

Kurapiying

Word Class: 
placename

kuri

Wumirri Headword: 
kuru
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Beer.
Kurungurr Example:
Wulmen, kuru nuwurr ngimbi kuduk pe?
'Oldman', how about a quick beer?

kuri demenytyi fenggu

Wumirri Headword: 
kuru demenytyi fenggu
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Wine, plonk, (Lit: long-necked grog).

kuri damunerr

Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Hailstones.

kuri damuy

Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Deep sinkhole in one part of a billabong.

kuri dangim syirr dim

Wumirri Headword: 
kuru dangim syirr dim
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Waterfall.

kuri mawuliny

Wumirri Headword: 
kuru mawuliny
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Electrical storm.

kuri tyanbalarrk

Wumirri Headword: 
kuru tyanbalarrk
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Frothy water, also alternative name for 'beer'.

kuri wangi

Wumirri Headword: 
kuru wangi
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Monsoon rain.

kurim

Wumirri Headword: 
kurum
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Short mangrove-tipped spear.

kurim darri

Wumirri Headword: 
kurum darri
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Spear with a canegrass shaft and an ironwood tip.

kurim yiliyili

Wumirri Headword: 
kuruk
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Mangrove spear.

kurimuy

Wumirri Headword: 
kurumuy
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Colostrum, first milk when baby is born.
Kurungurr Example:
Kurimuy pirri menggetet.
Colostrum is coming out already.

kuritya

Wumirri Headword: 
kurritya
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Shale stone from which flints are made.

kurityerr

Wumirri Headword: 
kurutyerr
Word Class: 
adjectival noun
Meaning:
Liar, someone who can't be trusted to tell the truth. (lit: 'watery-mouthed').

kurr

Kurungurr Reduplication: 
kurrkurr
Word Class: 
coverb
yenim
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Collect things, pick up many things.
Kurungurr Example:
Yani kurr fepi kinyi.
Pick up all those rocks !
wupun
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Dig a hole in the ground.
Kurungurr Example:
Yu kurr weri asyinbirr ngini!
Dig a hole in the ground for an oven!
dangim
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Carve something, dig out wood with a pointy instrument.
Kurungurr Example:
Yeninggisyi ya kurrkurr yagama ngini.
You should carve the red kapok tree for woomeras.
menggin
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Wipe something (like a table top).
dem
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Dig with your hands, scrape at something with a fingernail.
dangim
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Collect something for someone, get something for someone.
Kurungurr Example:
Kuru lirrmem derrigidi yerrmigu pe? Nganirrki kurr pe. Ngayi wityki nawa ngi kuduk pe, ngirrngirr ne werre ngim pe.
Would you two guys like a cold beer? I could get you some. I'm having a whiskey instead just to help me get to sleep.

kurrkurr

Word Class: 
coverb
yenim
Word Class:

verb intr

Meaning:
Dig up the ground, turn over soil as you move.
Kurungurr Example:
Pigipigi nimbi waddi kurrkurr tye.
Pigs have broken up the ground .

kurrmanygu

Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Saratoga, fish species.

kurrwakkurrwak

Word Class: 
sound noun
Meaning:
Sound of kookaburra's call.

kuruba

Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
First sprinkle of rain, that first drop which alerts you to the fact that it's raining.

kurumuy

Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Soak, a patch of ground with permanent surface water.

kutkut

Word Class: 
coverb
yenim
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Carry someone sitting on your shoulders.
Kurungurr Example:
Ngapa ngaddi wirr kutkut tye.
We carried the children on our shoulders.

kutypiring

Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Gooseberries.
Kurungurr Example:
Kutypiring ngini ngannim.
We're going for gooseberries.

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