dem
Word Class:
verb tr
Meaning:
Raise a child up, bring a child up, foster a child.
Kurungurr Example:
Werringngi felfil.
They raised me up.
dagan
Word Class:
verb tr
Meaning:
Run away, run off.
Kurungurr Example:
Wayedi ninytyininytyi nide dagam felfil.
The man ran off into the bushes.
wupun
Word Class:
verb tr
Meaning:
Hanging up, be raised up.
wudem
Word Class:
reflexive verb
Meaning:
Hop, jump.
Kurungurr Example:
Watkuwatku wudem felfil yenim.
The frog is hopping along.
yenim
Word Class:
verb intr
Meaning:
Wander, keep on the move, pop up here and there.
Kurungurr Example:
Minde dadirri dim, epe kukuk wani felfil ngini.
He can't keep still, in no time at all he's off again.
dagam
Word Class:
verb tr
Meaning:
Rise up, of floodwater.
Kurungurr Example:
Kuri dagam felfil kana.
The floodwater is rising now.
Meaning:
Strike (of lightning that snakes across the sky).
