Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
dinyinggin
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Watch the back of someone.
Kurungurr Example:
Nginyirrini derrikerrety tye, din derritum.
I watched the back of him, till he was out of sight.
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
demen
Word Class:

reflexive verb

Meaning:
Bend over backwards.
dingin
Word Class:

verb intr

Meaning:
Take someone's side in an argument
Kurungurr Example:
Ngengnge derriket.
I took her side in an argument.
dem
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Leave a close friend behind, go somewhere without your partner.
Kurungurr Example:
Wakay ngayim den derriket kana, ngayim kinyi girim.
She's gone off without the other one, she's still here.
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
bengin
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Cover something over.
Kurungurr Example:
Dagum ninggi bengin derrilit.
Fog has covered everything over.
wupun
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Lay a cover over something (eg. food to protect it from flies).
Kurungurr Example:
Wakay, yupun derrilit?
Did you cover it over?
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
demen
Word Class:

reflexive verb

Meaning:
Bend over from the waist.
Kurungurr Example:
Ngemen derripal ngimingin wa.
I bent over and picked it up.
webem
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Knock something into a bent over position.
Kurungurr Example:
Wurr bengin derripal.
Lit. It's knocked the grass into a bent over position. This phrase is used as the name for the time of year when the rains knock the dried speargrass over.
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
webem
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Uncover something, clear away the surface of something, eg. to clear coals away from food cooking in a fire.
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
webem
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Covered, be covered by something.
Kurungurr Example:
Kuderri bengim derritit ngani bafun gimi.
The billabong was covered with a film of something like dust.
win
Word Class:

reflexive verb

Meaning:
Sit with your back leaning against something.
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
yenim
Word Class:

verb intr

Meaning:
Incubate, sit on eggs.
Kurungurr Example:
Yenin derri tu amurri nide.
She's sitting on the eggs.
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
dim
Word Class:

verb intr

Meaning:
Hidden, be out of sight, be hidden from view.
Kurungurr Example:
Nginyirrini derrikerrety tye, din derritum.
I watched the back of him, till he was out of sight.
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
yenim
Word Class:

verb intr

Meaning:
Set foot in country, walk the land.
Kurungurr Example:
Aya nagurr ta! Yarrene derrityetyirr! Ngagurr nawa detyeri werri yannim dede nyinnin.
(I'm not going) but you mob go ahead, set foot in that country, you know it better than me, anyway.
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
wupun
Word Class:

verb intr

Meaning:
Mislead someone, distract someone from the information they are trying to get, give someone 'the run around'.
Kurungurr Example:
Ngariny tyerrpu, epe wupungngindi derrityutyuk.
I've asked you, but you've just given me the run around.
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
dangin
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Put a second layer of clothing on, add more layers to something.
Word Class: 
coverb
dem
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Like something or someone. Want something to happen.
Kurungurr Example:
Minde derrigidi ngeme tye kuwul.
I didn't like school.
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Kid's game of 'piggyback'.
Wumirri Headword: 
derriwedi
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Island.
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Summit.
Kurungurr Example:
Wuni derrweri ngibeng nge tyeri baty yedi kayki tye.
I heard her calling out on top of the hill over there.
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Nose.
Kurungurr Example:
Yinyirri desyi kerre kirri!
Look at that big nose!
Kurungurr Example:
Yinyirri desyi minbadi mirri!
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
'Nose like a rock wallaby!'
Word Class: 
placename
Wumirri Headword: 
dendi
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Lies. Telling lies.
Kurungurr Example:
Minde deti yimi ngini, tyendi pagu yudawul ngini!
Don't tell me lies now, make sure you come on Sunday!
Wumirri Headword: 
tyawurru
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Today, now, soon, these days.
Kurungurr Example:
Ityi yirrmi ngini detyengi?
What are you mob doing today?
Kurungurr Example:
Tyawurru kinyi kuru nyine wannim kukuduk wanganggu, ambirri kuru minbe tye warrani kukuduk.
These days young men drink beer, but in the past they never used to drink beer.
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Tongue.
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Those branches of trees, like palm fronds, that all stick out from a single 'headlike' clump.
Word Class: 
noun + coverb
dem
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Understand a concept, know about something.
Kurungurr Example:
Yedi yagata gaganin lali dengini ngagurr nide, epe minde detyeri ngerrinne baty.
There's one man walking around amongst you, but you don't know he's there.
Wumirri Headword: 
detyeri wurek
Word Class: 
adjectival noun
Meaning:
Deaf person.
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Voice, speech.
Kurungurr Example:
Ya! apma ya! Detyerr kerre!
Hey! Shut up! You're too loud!
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
'Swollen lips'.
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
'Waterlily lips'.
Kurungurr Example:
Wapupurity muy mene, detyerr minimindi!
You think you're gorgeous, but you got lips like a water lily!
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Conflicting talk. Inconsistent speech, say one thing, but do another, (lit: 'many mouthed').
Wumirri Headword: 
tyerrmadi
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Jaw, lower jaw bone.
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Have a piss, urinate (euphemism).
Kurungurr Example:
Kukuk, detyirri ngini ngani ngini.
Hang on, I just have to go to the toilet (lit: I'm going for a 'bladder').
Wumirri Headword: 
detyinmi
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Back of head.
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Wheel of a vehicle.
Word Class: 
coverb
dim
Word Class:

verb intr

Meaning:
Cry.
Kurungurr Example:
Minde yiwi di.
Don't cry.
wibem
Word Class:

verb intr

Meaning:
Feel homesick.
Kurungurr Example:
Dege wiben di.
She's feeling homesick.
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Shouting, crying.
Word Class: 
simple verb intr
Meaning:
Sit, to be in a sitting posture.
Kurungurr Example:
Nem peyita dini tye.
He was already sitting there.
Meaning:
Be, exist , to live in a place, to be in a place.
Kurungurr Example:
Fepi minati ngirim. Tyandi yeyi syirre ngiwi ngini.
I'm in Peppimenarti. I'll be here until next week.
Meaning:
Have a quality, to be X. Dim combines with nominals, like 'happy' and 'lonely' in the examples below, to attribute that quality to a person. Note that the choice of dim 'sit' implies that this quality is transitory. See yenim 'go' for the attribution of more permanent qualities.
Kurungurr Example:
Felfi dim.
He's on his own (just now).
Word Class: 
adjectival noun
Meaning:
Crybaby, someone who's always crying.
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Song style sung by the Jaminjung and further to the south.
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Flu.
Kurungurr Example:
Din'girrk werri ngaganim.
I've got the flu.
Word Class: 
placename
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Timewaster, someone who's always keeping you waiting.
Kurungurr Example:
Ba ngambannime kana, wadinydiny wurru kine wani lali.
Let's get going, he's such a timewaster, let him hang around here.
Word Class: 
simple verb tr
Meaning:
See. Look at something.
Kurungurr Example:
Fepi nyin yinyinggin?
Can you see that hill over there?
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Season name: floodwater time, usually intense rainfall every day.
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Ankle. Ankle joint of foot.
Word Class: 
bodypart as coverb
wibem
Word Class:

verb intr

Meaning:
Sliver, be a thin shape, be shaped like a row of teeth, be just a sliver (eg. of the moon).
Kurungurr Example:
Diwin marrgu wiben dirr.
A new moon's just appearing.
beyin
Word Class:

reflexive verb

Meaning:
Die, pass away.
Kurungurr Example:
Beyin dirr.
He died.
bengin
Word Class:

impersonal verb

Meaning:
Have a toothache.
Kurungurr Example:
Bengingngi dirr dedirr.
I've got a toothache.
dangin
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Put a lip on something, apply an edge to something.
Kurungurr Example:
Warrgadi dangin dirr dim.
She's making a lip around the mouth of the dillybag.
daran
Word Class:

reflexive verb

Meaning:
Pick your teeth with a toothpick.
dinyinggin
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Look at someone's teeth, examine a mouth.
Kurungurr Example:
Winyirrinin dirr nime ngini.
(The dentist) is coming to look at our teeth.
wupun
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Move parallel to a river bank, swim along beside a bank, walk along a bank.
Kurungurr Example:
Yu dirr!
Go parallel to the bank!
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
diwen
Word Class:

reflexive verb

Meaning:
Stay out of trouble, avoid conflict.
Kurungurr Example:
Ngayi nawa ngiwen dirrbaty.
I prefer to stay out of trouble.
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
wayim
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Glow red from being hot.
Kurungurr Example:
Mipiyagany ngini yenggi ya fityat, fepi ya fiderrityuktyuk, wirrim pefi, fepi wa dirrfil.
For cooking cheeky yams, you build a fire, fill it up with rocks, and leave it like that till the rocks glow red.
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
wudupun
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Rub the edge of something (eg. sharpen the blade of a knife).
Kurungurr Example:
Ngudi dirr fulirr ngini nayf kinyi.
I'll sharpen this knife up.
wudupun
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Grind something between two edges (eg. as you would grind seed using two grinding stones).
Kurungurr Example:
Fepimurri ninggi ngudupun fulirr.
I ground (the seed) with grinding stones.
Word Class: 
bodypart + coverb
dingin
Word Class:

verb tr

Meaning:
Sing out from the other side of the river, call to someone from across a river.
Word Class: 
place noun
Meaning:
Otherside. Opposite side of a river.
Kurungurr Example:
Kene nawa gaganing kayki dirreninggi.
Someone's singing out there on the other side.
Kurungurr Example:
Kaminytyam dirrkinninggi yana minmiket pe. Minbe yani kafarr dirreninggi, dirrkinninggi yana mimiket pe, ganggi pe yana minmiket pe, yumu tyerr pe bawedi nyin.
Turn off on the nearside bank of Kaminytyam Creek. Don't cross to the other side, turn off on this nearside. Then turn upstream and follow that little creek up.
Word Class: 
noun
Meaning:
Bank of a creek.

Pages