NGAN'GI LANGUAGE

wudupun

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Meaning:

Make someone sing out, encourage someone else to sing out on your behalf.

Kurungurr Example:

Wudupungngi mikayki gagu ngini.

He made me call out (to them) for money.

mi kek

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dangim

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Go all day without resting, fail to pace yourself appropriately.

Kurungurr Example:

Mirri ya mikek yani madiwirri pefi ngini, wari tyip napa ngini.

You think you can just go out and play all day without resting, right through till sundown!

mi kuduk

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daram

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reflexive verb

Meaning:

Lonely, be lonely, be alone.

Kurungurr Example:

Ya yirrine kay wityi, garam mikuduk girim felfi.

Hey, sing out to him, he's sitting there lonely all by himself.

mi leng

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coverb

wudupun

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Meaning:

Have a go, try your luck at something.

Kurungurr Example:

Ngu mileng ngini kat!

I'll try my luck at cards!

mi ngidi

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wudupun

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Transfer things from one place to another, put things back where they were before, pour liquid back and forth (as you would to cool it).

mi pal

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wupun

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Own, have something of your own, own something personally.

Kurungurr Example:

Ngayi wupungngi mipal kana murriga.

I've got my own car now.

mi pit

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wudupun

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Add ingredients to something, mix things together.

Kurungurr Example:

Lawa ngudi miput ngini yerrifun pefi.

I'm going to add more flour to make it less moist.

mi purrpurrk

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bengim

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Meaning:

Knock someone out cold, bash someone unconscious.

mi syarr

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wupun

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Meaning:

Bale a boat out, scrape out a hole to allow water to collect.

Kurungurr Example:

Ngupun mi syarr ngirim.

I'm baling the boat out.

mi syisyi

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diwem

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reflexive verb

Meaning:

Splash water at each other.

mi syusyu

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wudupun

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Fill in a hole.

Kurungurr Example:

Nyinyi yudi misyusyu ngityirr.

You're going to fill in the dirt.

mi tit

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dem

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Have a headache.

Kurungurr Example:

Dengngi mitit wurru, Panadol yerim baty?

I've got a headache, have you got any Panadol?

wupun

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Hungover, be hungover, be trashed, be 'knocked out' from too much nicotine or alcohol.

Kurungurr Example:

Wupunngi mitit wurru!

Oh, I'm hungover!

mi tu

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weyim

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Meaning:

Mishear or misunderstand something.

mi tum

Wumirri Headword:

mi dum

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dem

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Meaning:

Steal something, hide something from view.

Kurungurr Example:

Peke yerrngayi dem mitum.

He stole my tobacco.

webem

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Lock up windows (or anything that moves vertically).

Kurungurr Example:

Yebi mitum winda.

Lock up the windows.

wupun

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Lock up anything that swings or slides (eg. hinged doors, sliding windows or sliding doors).

mi tuntum

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dangim

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Place things into many holes (eg. plant many tree seedlings, bury people, insert spear tips into the ends of bamboo shafts, etc.).

Kurungurr Example:

Yewirr ngambi mituntum nime ngini mumba nide.

We're going to plant trees right along here in a row.

mi tyerr

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yenim

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Stop in the presence of a person, come to a halt in front of someone.

Kurungurr Example:

Falmi ngayi nide ngangginim mityerr.

We pulled up right in front of my wife.

mi tyip

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wupun

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Lost, become lost, lose one's way, confuse two places.

Kurungurr Example:

Ngayi ngani nimbi angalin, wungi mityip.

If I go fishing, I might get lost.

mi tyirr

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wudupun

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Dismiss someone with a wave of the hand, shoo someone away.

Kurungurr Example:

Wudupungngi mityirr.

He waved me away.

mi wap

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yenim

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Sit in the company of another person, live with someone, be married to someone.

Kurungurr Example:

Ngani nyi miwap ngini kinyi.

I'll come up here and sit with you.

mi wat

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wupun

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Fruiting, be heavy with fruit, have fruit hanging from branches.

Kurungurr Example:

Mimenem kinyi wupun miwat kana.

This billygoat plum tree has fruit hanging on it.

wupun

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Hang something over a fire, place something above a fire to smoke it or preserve it.

mi way

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dem

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Dizzy, experience vertigo, feel uneasy from being high off the ground.

Kurungurr Example:

Dengngi miway wurru minda nana ngani karrbu.

I'm dizzy from being up high, I can't get down.

mi wul

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wudupun

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Bring something back, return something.

Kurungurr Example:

Ngudupun miwul pagu.

I'm bringing it back here.

weyim

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Meaning:

Have one's eyes water.

Kurungurr Example:

Mitkuri dingingngi miwul madiwirri nimbi.

My eyes have watered from laughing.

wudem

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reflexive verb

Meaning:

Return, go home, take yourself back home.

Kurungurr Example:

Etye pagu yude wul ngini?

When will you be coming home?

mi wuty

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wupun

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Throw something into a container (eg. throw tea leaves into a billy).

Kurungurr Example:

Wayim purrngpurrng kana, miringgi yu miwuty.

It's boiling now, throw in some tea leaf.

mi yawurr

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wayim

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Meaning:

Dazzled, be dazzled by strong light in your eyes.

Kurungurr Example:

Mirri wayingngi miyawurr.

The sunlight caught me in the eyes.

dangim

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Dazzle someone, shine a light in someone's eye.

Kurungurr Example:

Dangingngi miyawurr.

He shone a bright light in my eyes.

mi yerr

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webem

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Meaning:

Fall down, of small compact seeds from grasses and tree seedpods

Kurungurr Example:

Midamuy bengim miyerr kana.

It's leaf falling time now.

mi yilil

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wudupun

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Show something to someone, take someone to see something with their own eyes.

Kurungurr Example:

Awa purrpurrk ngawambirr ngini malfiyin, dede nguduwirr miyilil ngini.

I'll take these kids to Malfiyin, I'll show them the country with their own eyes.

mibimirriny

Wumirri Headword:

mibumurrsi

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Meaning:

Fruit of Syzygium suborbiculare.

mibin

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Ripe (of fruit), cooked (of vegetables).

mibuymadi

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Bush banana.

midamurri

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Three-cornered vine fruit.

midamuy

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Anus, arsehole.

midarrngari

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Burnt food stuck on the bottom of a saucepan (eg. rice, egg).

miden

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Lily root.

midetyeri

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Lily pads, large leaves of edible lily species.

midetyerr

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Calyx, the 'mouth' (attachment point) of a piece of fruit.

midigu

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Seed nuts of Cyperus bulbosus.

midilmi

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Native pea.

midiny

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Small berries (unidentified).

midinyfiny

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Tasteless, no taste.

midirwi

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Green plum.

mieferri

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Fungus, mushroom-like fungus that is eaten by bluetongue lizards.

mifagu

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Edible root (shrub)

mifalga

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Roots of vigna vexillata.

mifetyen

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mifutyen

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Edible seed (looks like a peanut).

mifinbin

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Kurrajong seeds.

mifiny

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Juice, any juices that come from fruits or vegetables.

mifirr

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Edible root (generic), especially introduced species like taro.

mifiyi

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Reed species in billabong.

mifugar

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Wild rice.

Kurungurr Example:

Mifugar anganni napa wannin lalirr i bude werrim wurity.

Geese eat wild rice grass, and build their nests in it.

mifurra

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