demem
Word Class:
reflexive verb
Meaning:
Scrape oneself (with a stick to remove dried sunburned skin).
dem
Word Class:
verb tr
Meaning:
Wring something dry, squeeze something to get water out of it.
Kurungurr Example:
Walipan kinyi yemingindi syirr pagu?
Can you squeeze this dress out for me?
dangim
Word Class:
verb tr
Meaning:
Spring up (of water).
Kurungurr Example:
Kuri dangin syirr bulbulfi.
Hot water is bubbling up out of the ground.
demem
Word Class:
reflexive verb
Meaning:
Scratch yourself.
Kurungurr Example:
Dengngi dudu ngemen syirr.
I scratched a mosquito bite.
wirribem
Word Class:
impersonal verb
Meaning:
Sweat, be made to sweat.
dingin
Word Class:
verb intr
Meaning:
Scream hysterically (as a group), be worked up into a state.
Kurungurr Example:
Werreny syirr.
They're all screaming hysterically.
dangim
Word Class:
verb tr
Meaning:
Swear.
Kurungurr Example:
Nyinyi ninggi yariny syirrsyirr!
It was you now, swearing like that!
wirribem
Word Class:
verb intr
Meaning:
Fall, of rain.
Kurungurr Example:
Kuri wirringe syirr syirr tje tyip.
Rain was falling all day.
