yerrsyenytyi

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Meaning:

Milkwood.

Kurungurr Example:

Membirr etyetye beyi baty wannigi fulirr wirirr yerrkinninmbi yewirr yerrsyenytyi ka. Membirr watypela nimbi beyi baty deme nyin deti wirrme. Wamumu ngini wanniyirri yety. Deme apirrine wirrme waddi. Kala ninggi wuduniwirr pupurity.

Parents used to rub newborn babies with the charcoal from this Milkwood tree. They had to do this with the babies born from white men, to disguise them from the police. The mothers had to do this to hide them.