dem
Word Class:
verb tr
Meaning:
Break something in half.
Kurungurr Example:
Deninytyi ngayi nide ngering genket.
I broke it in half over my knee.
dangim
Word Class:
verb tr
Meaning:
Cut something in half.
Kurungurr Example:
Ngambi genket ngini.
I'll cut it in half for you.
wupun
Word Class:
verb tr
Meaning:
Cut the middle out of something.
Kurungurr Example:
Anguri menytyikanbi pagu ngupung genket.
I cut (the turtles) guts out through its throat.
webem
Word Class:
verb tr
Meaning:
Break something in half (by smashing it with a rock, or chopping it with an axe, etc),
Kurungurr Example:
Ngerrbeng genket bi ngingi.
We chopped in two with an axe.
dagum
Word Class:
verb tr
Meaning:
Break something in half with your foot.
Kurungurr Example:
Defirr ninggi nganang gengket yawul.
I broke the spear in two with my foot.
wayim
Word Class:
verb tr
Meaning:
Burn something into two, burn through the midddle of something.
Kurungurr Example:
Yenggi wayim tyerrket yewirr, waying genket, bengim baty.
The fire burned the tree, burned it in two, it fell.
yetyin
Word Class:
verb tr
Meaning:
Break something in two.
Kurungurr Example:
Wakerre yenim derriwap yetyin genket yawul.
This big heavy man sat on the spear and broke it.
dem
Word Class:
verb tr
Meaning:
Hug someone, hold someone around their middle, hold someone at your middle (ie. nurse a baby at your waist).
Kurungurr Example:
Ngering genket falmi.
I hugged her.
