dagan
Word Class:
verb tr
Meaning:
Rub something on, apply something by rubbing, paint or polish something.
Kurungurr Example:
Membirr watypela nimbi beyi baty, ngannigi fulirr wirirr yerrsyenytyi nimbi, wamumu ngini nganiyirri yety.
When light-skinned kids were born from white fathers, we used to rub them with the black ash of the milkwood tree, for fear that the police (would take them).
wudem
Word Class:
reflexive verb
Meaning:
Grind your teeth.
Kurungurr Example:
Minde yudem dirrfulirr.
Don't grind your teeth.
daram
Word Class:
reflexive verb
Meaning:
Paint yourself, rub yourself with ochre as preparation for ceremony.
dagawam
Word Class:
reflexive verb
Meaning:
Paint yourself.
Kurungurr Example:
Yanawambi fulirr!
Rub yourself with ochre!
