mimeli

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Meaning:

Purple plum.

Kurungurr Example:

Midamuy milalirr miyi kirri tyirrity mibin nimbi wiri tyikmadi. Kiniyewirr yemi wurity malarrgu ngini i ya ket. Yedi tyerrmusye apirri ne ngaramaty wanni kurrkurr waddi yerrkinnimbi yewirr.

The fruit of this tree is great to eat. The fruit hang in clusters and turn black when ripe. The timber is excellent for making the sticks used to poke in the mud for hibernating turtles. In the olden days, men used this timber for making double barbed spears.