-dirr-

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Meaning:

Teeth, edges, knife blades, riverbanks, things that can be thought of as having two parallel edges.
The noun root -dirr- can occur inside the complex verb immediately before the verb root, where it can convey meanings ranging from literal to metaphorical.

Kurungurr Example:

Wudeni dirrfulirr.

He was grinding his teeth.

Kurungurr Example:

Dideninggi nganggininy dirrtyerr.

We pulled up on the opposite bank (of the river).