Word Class: 
skin name
Word Class: 
skin name
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
'Johnnycake', a kind of sweet damper or scone.
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Tea without sugar.
Word Class: 
coverb
menggin
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Attach something to something else, stick something on, fasten one thing to another.
Kurungurr Example:
Adiny menggingngi garrityap.
There's a leech stuck to my leg.
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Big, really huge (of weather things, like storms, rain, clouds, cyclones, etc.).
Kurungurr Example:
Kuri tyapaty nawa nyinda gaganim.
There's a really big storm coming now.
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Love song style.
Word Class: 
time noun
Meaning:
Temporarily, for a short while.
Kurungurr Example:
Tyarrama ngini wurru ngudi miwul
I'll bring it back shortly.
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Evil spirit with big bug eyes.
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Long roll of fabric used in funeral ceremonies.
Word Class: 
coverb
yirripin
Word Class:

verb intr

Meaning:
Set up wood for a fire.
Kurungurr Example:
Nganmerr tyatit.
I'd set up wood for a fire.
wudupun
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Shake out a swag to get the dust off, grab one end of a swag and flick it.
Word Class: 
nominal as coverb
weyim
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Say the right thing, be correct in what you say.
Kurungurr Example:
Ngeny tyatma!
See, I was right!
Meaning:
Walk with a soft-buttocked motion. Have squishy bum cheeks.
Kurungurr Example:
Kene wuni ganany tyatyalakpurr!
Who's that with the squishy-arsed walk!
Word Class: 
coverb
mem
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Scull, drink beer quickly with the intention of getting drunk.
Kurungurr Example:
Kuri tyatyap ngimi ngini.
I'm gonna scull these beers.
Word Class: 
coverb
dangim
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Grow, of grass.
Word Class: 
time noun
Meaning:
Thursday.
Kurungurr Example:
Tyaydi nimbi pub yedi tye kuri ngini.
He's been down the pub since Thursday.
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Playing card numbered 'seven'.
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Intelligent, smart person.
Kurungurr Example:
Ngayim ta yarri tyarrpu, wur tyefifala wurru yenim.
Ask her, she knows everything.
Kurungurr Example:
Ngayimendimirri yarri tyarrpu, wur tyefifala wurru yenim.
Word Class: 
coverb
dagum
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Wipe away something with your foot, erase your footprints as you walk by smearing them sideways.
dem
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Erase marks, rub something out.
Kurungurr Example:
Yemi lenggirr nimbi, yemi tyek !
If you make a mistake, just rub it out !
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Prison, police lockup.
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Jam.
Wumirri Headword: 
ngurmeringgi
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Male circumcised 'white man's way' (no age implied).
Word Class: 
kinterm
Meaning:
Mother's father, daughter's son.
Word Class: 
kinterm
Meaning:
Term of address for a tyeme who is a very old grey-haired man.
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Cabbage palm.
Word Class: 
interrogative
Meaning:
What kind of X?, Which X?
Word Class: 
interrogative
Meaning:
What kind of gagu? (which animal?, what money?, which ancestral being, etc).
Kurungurr Example:
Tyen'ga yinynyinggin?
What kind of animal did you mob see?
Word Class: 
interrogative
Meaning:
'Who mob?', which group of people?
Kurungurr Example:
Tyen'gawawu wuni wanning garrbu eplen nimbi?
Who are those people who got off the plane?
Word Class: 
interrogative
Meaning:
What place is that?, Which place?
Kurungurr Example:
Dede kinyi tyende?
What country is this?
Word Class: 
time noun
Meaning:
Week, one week.
Kurungurr Example:
Tyendi syirre pagu yudingindi miwul.
Bring it back to me next week.
Word Class: 
interrogative
Meaning:
What kind of bush tucker?
Word Class: 
interrogative
Meaning:
What meeting?
Kurungurr Example:
Tyenmirring kana?
What meeting?
Wumirri Headword: 
tyennawurr
Word Class: 
interrogative
Meaning:
What kind of thing?
Kurungurr Example:
Tyennewirr kinyi?
What is this thing?
Word Class: 
interrogative
Meaning:
What time?
Kurungurr Example:
Tyentaym kana?
What's the time?
Word Class: 
coverb
wupun
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Improve, come good, revert to its proper state.
Kurungurr Example:
Ngarin syibang mawuny ninggi, e wupun tyeny kana.
I pierced my nose with an ironwood stick, and it's all dried out now.
Word Class: 
adjectival noun
Meaning:
Shy, quiet, retiring. Person or animal that won't come to you when you call them.
Word Class: 
coverb
mem
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Dress in clothes, get changed.
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Bubbles made by turtles.
Word Class: 
particle
Meaning:
Just, no other alternatives, this is the only thing that can happen.
Kurungurr Example:
Tyepe ka ngirrim tyerrakul ngini.
OK, I'll just talk now.
Word Class: 
time noun
Meaning:
A bit longer, a short time from here on.
Kurungurr Example:
Yedi tyerrmusye wannigi dirrgatit nimbi waddi. Errike nawa wannim leli dede kinyi. Yiba etye ngumbiwirrki wuty nime ngini, tyepe ngini wanni leli dede kinyi.
The old men used to walk along the riverbank. How many have walked this country. Before long it'll pass to us. They'll only be here a little longer.
Word Class: 
bodypart as coverb
webem
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Promise someone in marriage. Make a betrothal of a child.
Kurungurr Example:
Falmi ngayi wuni werrbengngi tyeri.
They promised her to me.
dangim
Word Class:

verb intr

Meaning:
Whisper, pass a message to someone privately.
Kurungurr Example:
Yangi tyeri pagu!
Whisper it to me!
daram
Word Class:

reflexive verb

Meaning:
Whisper amongst yourselves.
Kurungurr Example:
Warranggi tyeri wirringgu.
Those two are whispering.
daram
Word Class:

reflexive verb

Meaning:
Clean your ears, use a stick or cotton bud to get wax out of your ears.
dinyinggin
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Look in someone's ear, examine someone's ear.
winy
Word Class:

verb intr

Meaning:
Mind your own business, keep to yourself.
Kurungurr Example:
Yani pirr, nem pirri winy tyeri dim.
Leave him, he needs to be by himself.
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
wibem
Word Class:

verb intr

Meaning:
Hear, hear something, listen to someone.
Kurungurr Example:
Yibengngindi tyeribaty?
Are you listening to me?
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
wudupun
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Shout loudly in someone's ear.
Kurungurr Example:
Minde yudingi tyeriberk!
Don't shout in my ear!
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
wupun
Word Class:

impersonal verb

Meaning:
Feel comfortable, be relaxed and at ease.
Kurungurr Example:
Ya yubu yirim? Wupunnyi tyeribul dim?
Hey, are you OK? Are you comfortable?
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
dim
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Stall, fail to be ready when everyone else is ready.
Kurungurr Example:
Kene wunu diny tyerifakurr, mumba kakana wurru!
Who's that stalling there, we're ready to go!
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
weyim
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Fail to persuade someone, be unsuccessful in talking someone into doing something.
Kurungurr Example:
Ngem birrbirr tye epe ngeny tyerigurrgurr.
I tried to stop him, but I was unable to persuade him.
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
dingin
Word Class:

impersonal verb

Meaning:
Have a feeling about the availability of bush tucker, sense that the season is right.
Kurungurr Example:
Dinginnin tyeripup
We knew the time was right for it.
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
demem
Word Class:

reflexive verb

Meaning:
Slip from your ear, have something that's perched behind your ear slip out.
Kurungurr Example:
A, kanggalang nyinnin yemeny tyeri purity.
Hey, your ball of chewing tobacco has slipped out from behind your ear.
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
yenim
Word Class:

verb intr

Meaning:
Crippled, be crippled.
Kurungurr Example:
Yenin tyerisyirr dagarri.
He's crippled in the leg.
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
disen
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Take something out of your ears, remove headphones from your head.
Kurungurr Example:
Ngisen tyeriwirr.
I took them out of my ears.
wudem
Word Class:

reflexive verb

Meaning:
Insert something in your ear, pierce your ears.
Kurungurr Example:
Nguden tyeri wirr.
I pierced my ears.

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