datawunninggi

Word Class: 
demonstrative
Meaning:
That side X, the X on that side (where X is an upright, 'standing' object, like a fence, or a person).
Kurungurr Example:
Datakinninggi nginyinggin yilil, nem were nyinyi girribem. Datawunninggi nem ngatya ngayi. Epe ngarrnguweri kene girribem?
The one on the near side, that's your brother. And the one on the far side, that's my daddy. So who's that in between them?

datyamu

Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Cheek, side of face.
Kurungurr Example:
Yine tyamubaty datyamu napa!
Slap her on the cheek!

dawanytyirr

Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Armpit, side of chest.

dawayirr

Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Forehead.

dawuni

Word Class: 
place noun
Meaning:
Country a long way from here.

dayi

Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Catfish, small blue.

daymen

Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
'Diamonds', as one of four suites in playing cards.

de-

Word Class: 
noun prefix
Meaning:
Country. This prefix attaches to the demonstratives kinyi 'this' and wuni 'that' to form demonstratives that specifically refer to tracts of country.
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'.

debi

Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Thigh, upper leg.
Kurungurr Example:
Debi pagu wukume yangi fime.
Give me one leg (of that cut up bullock).

debi efeyi

Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
'Goanna thighs'.

debiwerri

Wumirri Headword: 
debiwerre
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Trousers.
Kurungurr Example:
Debiwerri wakay wuwu ninggi dingim pita nginde.
These pants are finished! A dog has torn them up.

dede

Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
World, Earth.

dede kanyirra

Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
'Camp friend', someone living in the same camp who's your best friend.

dede putymemme

Wumirri Headword: 
dede putymenyme
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Dreaming site, place formed by ancestral beings, 'created country'.

dede yewe tyityipi

Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Distant lands, lands over the sea.

dedenggurr

Word Class: 
place noun
Meaning:
Camp.

dederri

Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Back of upper body, spine.
Kurungurr Example:
Wa dederri wulek.
He's got a bad back.

dedirr

Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Tooth.
Kurungurr Example:
Kene kinyi dedirr kerre ngani nendu gimin!
Who this here with big teeth like a horse!
Kurungurr Example:
Kene kinyi dedirr minbadi ngini nendu gumu!

defirr

Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Foot.
Kurungurr Example:
Ya kene kinyi defirr yedi perpirk tye ?
Hey, whose feet is it that have made these prints here?

dege

Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Do a poo, excrete (euphemistic).
Kurungurr Example:
Dege ngini ngani ngini.
I'm going to the toilet (lit: I'm going for a 'belly').

dege ... wa

Word Class: 
noun + coverb
menggin
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Love somebody.
Kurungurr Example:
Dege ngimingginnyi wa.
I love you.

dege werri

Wumirri Headword: 
dege werre
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Pregnant, 'belly-having'.
Kurungurr Example:
Dege werri yenim.
She's pregnant.

degebilirri

Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Life, living, being alive.
Kurungurr Example:
Degebilirri ngini nganan yeli.
I ran for my life.

dekinyi

Word Class: 
place noun
Meaning:
Close country.
Kurungurr Example:
Minde wuni pefi, dekinyi pagu.
Not far, just close up to here.

delyek

Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Woman who has borne a child.

deme

Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Law, 'custom way', traditional culture.
Kurungurr Example:
Deme nayin nime nyinnin!
That's the way our Law is!

deme bamadi

Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Palm of hand.

deme kerre

Wumirri Headword: 
deme minbadi
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Thumb.
Kurungurr Example:
Wumirr kinyi benging ngi da deme kerre nide.
A boil has appeared on my thumb.
Kurungurr Example:

deme lenggirr

Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Naughtiness, wrong behaviour, crippled.

deme memetyi

Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Missing a finger or toe.

deme wulek

Wumirri Headword: 
deme wurek
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Naughtiness, wrong behaviour.
Kurungurr Example:
Deme wulek wannim.
They're being naughty.

deme yubu

Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Good hand at gambling (cards).

demenggem

Word Class: 
simple verb intr
Meaning:
Arrive at a place, come upon a person.
Kurungurr Example:
Tawun ngerrmenggem.
We arrived in Darwin.

demenytyi

Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Neck.
Kurungurr Example:
Kene kinyi demenytyi fenggu!
Who's this with the long neck!

deminmi

Wumirri Headword: 
nityiwuwu
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Elbow.

dengidingge

Wumirri Headword: 
dengirrdingge
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Calf muscle.

dengini

Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Body, substance, sense.
Kurungurr Example:
Pitya kinyi yerr minde dengini wurru!
This movie has no substance (makes no sense)!

deninytyi

Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Knee.
Kurungurr Example:
Ngudem bat deninytyi nguden ninytyiyiri detyengi.
I just fell over and jarred my kneebone.

denunbi

Wumirri Headword: 
deninbi
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Sacrum, bone in lower back.
Kurungurr Example:
Denunbi dinengngi ket.
I've got lower back pain.
Kurungurr Example:
Deninbi dinemngi ket.

dep

Wumirri Headword: 
dap
Word Class: 
coverb
dangim
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Bite something.
Kurungurr Example:
Afungi ninggi warringngi dep.
Mosquitoes are biting me.
daram
Word Class:

reflexive verb

Meaning:
Rest propped up on an elbow.
Kurungurr Example:
Ngaram dep ngirim.
I'm lying propped up on my elbow.
wudupun
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Name, bestow a name on someone or something.
Kurungurr Example:
Nem kinyi piwari wudupungngi dep.
This man here gave me my name.

depi

Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Idea, thought, plan.
Kurungurr Example:
Depi ngerim baty.
I've got an idea.

depi ... baty

Word Class: 
noun + coverb
dem
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Appreciate someone else's perspective, be considerate of another person's position.
Kurungurr Example:
Depi minde deti tye werrmingindi baty.
They weren't considerate of my position.
dem
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Have an idea, have a fresh thought.
Kurungurr Example:
Depi ngerim baty.
I've got an idea.

depi nem

Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Headache tablets, 'panadol'.
Kurungurr Example:
Yerrdepi nem yangi fime pagu?
Can you give me a panadol?

derrendep

Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Raised on edge, lie propped up on an elbow etc.

derrgidi

Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Countrymen, relations. People that are related to you. People who you know what kinterm to call them.

derrgidi tyityipi

Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Many relatives.
Kurungurr Example:
Ngayi minde yeningngi miwapup, awaderrgidi tyipityipi yannim.
You don't come visiting anymore - you've got too many relations.

derri

Meaning:
Hide.
Kurungurr Example:
Ngerin derri yedi nide.
I hid behind the men.
Meaning:
Knock (eg. on a door).
Meaning:
Ride, be seated on something's back, ride on the back of something (eg. a horse).
Kurungurr Example:
Ngini derri tye nendu.
I was sitting on horseback.

derri bang

Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
wudupun
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Drill holes in the ground (eg. for fence posts).
Kurungurr Example:
Nguddupun derribang perrik ngini.
We drilled holes for the fence.

derri baty

Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
dem
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Deliver a baby (of a midwife).
Kurungurr Example:
Dengngi derribaty.
She delivered me.
dem
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Go on and on about the same topic, bore people by harping on about the same old thing.
Kurungurr Example:
Aya, kinyi dede nyin napa kirri den derribaty yenim!
Oh no, she's going to tell us about that same place all over again!

derri du

Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
webem
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Find someone or something.

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