dangim
Word Class:
verb tr
Meaning:
Poke at something, make poking actions without making contact with anything.
Kurungurr Example:
Kini yewirr ninggi dani ket yedi malarrgu ngini e dangim pawal e menggin wa.
She used to poke around for turtles with a stick, spear them and pick them up.
wupun
Word Class:
verb tr
Meaning:
Cut something.
Kurungurr Example:
Nayf ninggi ngupun ket.
I cut it with a knife.
webem
Word Class:
verb tr
Meaning:
Chop something up, cut wood with a saw.
Kurungurr Example:
Ngebeng ket ganbi.
I sawed the bamboo.
webem
Word Class:
verb tr
Meaning:
Overtake someone, pass by somebody travelling in the same direction.
Kurungurr Example:
Awa nyinnin apuderri Wooliana nimbi werrbenggirrki ket nime.
Those young women from Wooliana overtook us three.
yenin
Word Class:
verb intr
Meaning:
Cut across someone's path, walk in front of someone in a way that disrupts their gait, talk over the top of someone.
Kurungurr Example:
Yening ket nginde.
He cut across me.
