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REACTION WORDS

kaampata topic-marker. bad job. ⚫ Kaampata yananhi. Bad job (she) came.

kalaay topic-marker. again.

karraapu ALSO: karraa. reaction-word. don't!. ⚫ 'Karaani wiyungkaa!' 'Don't say wishuuy against it!'

maka topic-marker. other.

mantangkul topic-marker. good job. ⚫ Mantangkulthiintu wangaay ngiyiyi. Good job you didn't tell me.

minyanalmayng ALSO: minyanalmayny. topic-marker. how many?.

munypu topic-marker. suddenly.

ngaawaa topic-marker. yes. ⚫ Ngaawaa? Ngaayakathiintu! Yes? You watch me!

ngathankaa topic-marker. believed to be true. ⚫ Ngathankaalu kuya mamiyi I think she caught a fish

waa reaction-word. Hey!. ⚫ Waa! pikipiki-pitityu winanganhi! ?Hey! I thought (there was) a big pig!?

waapakuul reaction-word. shut up!.

wama topic-marker. incorrectly.

wangaay topic-marker. no, not. Nobody will be left who can speak Ngiyampaa. ⚫ Wangaay mayi wiiyaka, Ngiyampaa ngiyarapa.

wantuka topic-marker. later. ⚫ Ngintuwaantani malaa, ngathuni wantuka malakala. You do it first, I will do it later on.

wishuuy reaction-word. prevent something by saying the word 'wishuuy'.. ⚫ Wishuuy wangaayntupulaa thingkaa pumalaka. Wiyungkiyilikiilu. 'Wishuuy, You two won't kill any animals!' He said 'wishuuy' against us two. It is a Wangaaypuwan tradition that an event that has not yet taken place, can beprevented by exclaiming 'wishuuy'. Saying 'wishuuy' is most commonly explained asbeing a means of preventing rainfall.

yakarraay reaction-word. 'Ouch!','Take that!'. An expression of sudden pain, or the intention to inflict pain.

yakay reaction-word. an expression of surprise or alarm (for example, 'oh!', 'wow!').

yama topic-marker. isn't it?. ⚫ Thurru mingkathi kurukanha, yama?. There is a snake in the burrow, isn't there?.

yingkal ALSO: yingkalaa. topic-marker. same.

yingkalaa topic-marker. same.