Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
wudem
Word Class:

reflexive verb

Meaning:
Roll yourself over.
Kurungurr Example:
Wudem madifili, ep minde fekiderri webi baty ngini.
The baby has rolled itself over, it should be born soon.
wibem
Word Class:

verb intr

Meaning:
Roll over.
Kurungurr Example:
Yenggi nide wibem madifili.
He rolled into the fire.
wudupun
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Roll something over, turn something over.
Kurungurr Example:
Wayim baty kana, gagu nyinnin, yudi madifili!
It's cooked now, that beef, turn it over!
dim
Word Class:

verb intr

Meaning:
Roll over, be rolled over.
Kurungurr Example:
Yeninggisyi wibem ngandirr, dim madifili.
There was this canoe lying on the bank, rolled over.
Word Class: 
coverb
wupun
Word Class:

impersonal verb

Meaning:
Be happy to be in a place.
Kurungurr Example:
Dede kinyi yubu dim, wupun madifuy dim.
He's living in this good place now, he's happy to be here.
wupun
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Sweep.
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
wudupun
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Turn something 'belly up', turn something to face upwards.
Kurungurr Example:
Ace wudupun madiganggi.
She turned up an ace.
wudem
Word Class:

reflexive verb

Meaning:
Turned yourself 'belly up', turn yourself over so you are facing upwards.
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
dinyinggin
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Appreciate a place when it's bathed in sunshine.
Kurungurr Example:
Dede yubu napa dim mirri werri dinyinggin madigatit dim.
She feels good about that place with the sun shining on everything.
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
dangim
Word Class:

impersonal verb

Meaning:
Thwarted, do something to no avail, carry out some activity that yields no result..
Kurungurr Example:
Dangingngi madiket.
I wasted my time on it.
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
yenim
Word Class:

verb intr

Meaning:
Get into something (eg. get into a car), pick up a person on your travels.
Kurungurr Example:
Yani madi kuli ngindi Tawun!
Pick her up in Darwin for me!
dagam
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Throw something inside something else.
Kurungurr Example:
Enbek nem nganam madikuli murriga.
I threw his suitcase into the car.
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
yetyin
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Meet someone coming the opposite way.
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
yenim
Word Class:

verb intr

Meaning:
Cimb up into something, climb to a location where you are contained within a space (eg. climb up into a truck, or a high chair).
Kurungurr Example:
Murriga nem nganninggi madipap.
The two of us climbed up into his truck.
yenim
Word Class:

verb intr

Meaning:
Rise up (of the tide).
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
dagan
Word Class:

verb intr

Meaning:
Slip, fall down.
Kurungurr Example:
Wana madi purity ngini.
He's going to fall.
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
dem
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Bend something in your hands.
Kurungurr Example:
Ngemi madisi ngini waya angalin kimi.
I'm gonna bend this wire like a hook.
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
dangim
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Scrape out something, create a hollow shape by scraping.
Kurungurr Example:
Ngunguni warringgi madisyarr.
They were scraping out a coolamon.
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
wudupun
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Heal up, smoothe over a wound.
Kurungurr Example:
Muk wudupun madisyusyu, yubu kana.
The sore healed up, it's good now.
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
dingin
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Refuse somebody's request.
Kurungurr Example:
Ngem maditit.
I knocked him back (turned down his request).
wupun
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Sit with your back braced against a wall.
Wumirri Headword: 
madi du
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
yenim
Word Class:

verb intr

Meaning:
Lie in a nest (of a bird), lie in a hollow, contained space. Camp in a hollow.
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
menggin
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Stick close to something, act as though you're attached to something. (eg. of frogs: to position themselves in the corners of rooms, of people: to stick close to the lee of a wall to escape the wind).
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
yenim
Word Class:

verb intr

Meaning:
Huddle in a group.
Kurungurr Example:
Awapurrpurrk wannim madityerr pulpul.
The kids are in a group playing football.
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
wayim
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Blacken something, fire or sun turns something black.
Kurungurr Example:
Membirr ngayim tyikmempi yenim kana, wayim madi tyip.
Her child is black now, has turned black in the sun.
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
webem
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Put something aside, place something on the side of something else.
Kurungurr Example:
Ngebi madi tyuk ngini padudu, mibiny kana.
I'll put these potatoes aside, they're done.
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
dagam
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Be unable to reach something.
Kurungurr Example:
Miyi wannanggu madiway.
They were unable to reach the fruit.
daram
Word Class:

reflexive verb

Meaning:
Confused, be confused, be unable to make a decision.
Kurungurr Example:
Ngaram madiway wurru, murriga minde yewirr.
I just don't know what to do, I've got no car.
dingim
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Finish off someone's food, drink, etc.
Kurungurr Example:
Miyi mindemi kana wurru, yengngi madiway.
I've got no food now, you've finished mine off.
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
wirribem
Word Class:

verb intr

Meaning:
Inside, be placed inside something else.
Kurungurr Example:
Bek nyinyi wirribem madiwirr.
It's inside your bag.
dangim
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Evade someone, fail to be where someone expects to find you.
Kurungurr Example:
Dangingngi madiwirr.
He's evaded me.
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
yenim
Word Class:

verb intr

Meaning:
Play, have fun.
Kurungurr Example:
Wannim madiwirri wirrim
They're playing now.
wupun
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Play a joke on someone, do tricks.
Kurungurr Example:
Wupungngi madiwirri.
She played a practical joke on me.
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
dangim
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Overpower someone in an argument by being noisier, out-talk someone.
Kurungurr Example:
Dangingngi madiwirrir.
He just drowned me out.
daram
Word Class:

reflexive verb

Meaning:
Nuisance, be a nuisance, keep pestering someone.
Kurungurr Example:
Erreke ngini kinyi, yaram madiwirrir pagu yirim, minda ga kana wurru.
How many times are you going to pester me, I've got no money for you!
wupun
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Sneak, do something behind someone's back, hide your actions from someone.
Kurungurr Example:
Wupungngi madiwirrir.
He's done this behind my back.
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
wupun
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Pick up a load, put something inside (your bag).
Kurungurr Example:
Yiba ngu madiwurity ngini.
I'll pick it up later.
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
wupun
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Gather up things that are scattered (eg. retrieve playing cards, rake up leaves, etc).
Kurungurr Example:
Yu madiwurr card yaga!
Gather up the cards!
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
wudupun
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Pour liquid into a container.
dim
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Pour liquid into something.
Kurungurr Example:
Ngirim madi wuty ti.
I'm pouring the tea.
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
wupun
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Empty a container, take everything out of something (eg. a suitcase).
Kurungurr Example:
Yu madiyer!
Take it all out!
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
dangim
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Chop the insides out of something.
Kurungurr Example:
Ngarin madi yerrp yewirr bininggi yeninggisyi ngini.
I scooped the tree out with an axe for a boat.
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Hunger, hungry.
Kurungurr Example:
Madiket ngupun fiway gagu minde ga wurru.
I'm hungry, I've got no meat!
Word Class: 
place noun
Meaning:
This side of X (where X is a broad solid 'sitting' object, like a car, a hill, a house, etc.).
Kurungurr Example:
Mudiga madikinninggi ngarim fityat.
I put it down on this side of the car.
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Cicatrices. Decorative scars cut into the chest and upper arms.
Wumirri Headword: 
madiwari
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Fullness from eating, 'stuffed'.
Kurungurr Example:
Madiwari kana dangingngi tit.
I'm stuffed from eating too much.
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Play, games, laughter.
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Fake laugh.
Kurungurr Example:
Minde madiwirri nginifin, madiwirri ganggi.
It wasn't a proper laugh, it was a fake laugh.
Word Class: 
adjectival noun
Meaning:
Cruel person, someone who delights in hurting people, a sadist.
Word Class: 
place noun
Meaning:
Other side of X (where X is a broad solid 'sitting' object, like a car, a hill, a house, etc.).
Kurungurr Example:
Fepi minbadi nide madiwunninggi, fepi wagarri widdibemgu. Dekinninggi 'Wanytyirr' nyine piwari. Dawunninggendi nyin 'Banimbilerri'.
On the other side of Peppimenarti hill, there are two other hills. The nearer of the two is called 'Wanytyirr', and the further of the two is called 'Banimbilerri'.
Word Class: 
interjection
Meaning:
Poor thing! Expression of sympathy.
Kurungurr Example:
Tyagani ngini wudupun mityirr? Madiyerrkidiny!
Why did they tell him to go? Poor thing!
Wumirri Headword: 
magulfu
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Fighting stick.
Wumirri Headword: 
banunggutyirriny
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Left-handed.
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Diahorrea.
Wumirri Headword: 
manggurrfer
Word Class: 
adjectival noun
Meaning:
Person whose spouse has died (especially recently).
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Whitebellied sea eagle.
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Axe.
Word Class: 
coverb
dangim
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Crawl through thick jungle, wriggle on elbows and knees.
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Gorge, rock chasm.
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Turtle, long-necked freshwater.
Kurungurr Example:
Malarrgu ngini ngaddi tye, mindaga nguddam wul!
We went out for long-necked turtles, but came back with none!
Word Class: 
placename
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Wallaby species (unidentified: small).
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Spinifex grass.
Word Class: 
kinterm
Meaning:
Sister-in-law.
Word Class: 
interjection
Meaning:
Goodbye, goodnight, see you later.
Kurungurr Example:
'Mamak', yiminyngiti, 'mamak', ngiminyne.
'Goodbye!', you said to me, and 'Goodbye!', I said to you.

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