-nimbi

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Meaning:

From, out of, made of. Goes on nouns to indicate that they are the original form of a thing that is changed into something else.

Kurungurr Example:

Kunyunngun kinyi mawuny nimbi werrim wurity.

These boomerangs are made from ironwood.

Kurungurr Example:

Mipurr nimbi yedi tye, darany ket gagu nyine.

From being a man, (Ancestral Flying Fox) turned himself into an animal.