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kali naming-word. ALSO: kalim, kaling, kalinh, kaliny. water, river. ⚫ Muuntiyilu kali ngaarunhi. He drank up all the water. Source: Ngiyampaa Wordworld, 2nd edition, example 7-4. ⚫ Ngathu kurunganhi kalingka. I swam in the water. Source: Ngiyampaa Wordworld, 2nd edition, example 4-8. ⚫ Ngathu yananha kalingku. I am going to the water. Source: Ngiyampaa Wordworld, 2nd edition, example 4-11. ⚫ Ngiyanuna ngurra yurrimiyi kalinytyi. We shifted our camp away from the water. Source: Ngiyampaa Wordworld, 2nd edition, example 4-13.

kalkaay naming-word. waterhole.

kapataa naming-word. moon, month. ⚫ Kapataa pilangaala ngini ngityalaka. It will rain here next month. Source: Ngiyampaa Wordworld, 2nd edition, example D 4-22. Source: 4-10, Macquarie.

kapurr naming-word. rotten wood.

karul naming-word. 1. stone.

2. money. Source: 5-71 : Macquarie.

kiimpirr naming-word. soakage water, muddy water, wateryou dig for.

kirralaa naming-word. star.

kuningurru naming-word. a nest in a burrow. Source: Ngiyampaa Wordworld, 2nd edition, example D 1980:71.

kuntaa naming-word. cloud, clouds. Usage: Not thundery or streaky clouds.

kuparr naming-word. 1. raddle.

2. ochre.

kurrikurri naming-word. fallen log.

kurrumin naming-word. 1. shadow, reflection. ⚫ Kaarranhi thurru kurruminku. The snake crawled into the shadow. Source: Ngiyampaa Wordworld, 2nd edition, example D 4-12.

2. picture, photgraph, image. Source: Ngiyampaa Wordworld, 2nd edition, example D 1997:4-12.

malta naming-word. 1. lump or clod of earth, lump of ice. Source: Ngiyampaa Wordworld, 2nd edition, example D 1980: 72.

matharr naming-word. wet earth. Source: Ngiyampaa Wordworld, 2nd edition, example 6-4.

mingka naming-word. burrow. Ngaayakantu thinaluku mingkaka. ⚫ You will see his foot(mark) by the burrow. Source: Ngiyampaa Wordworld, 2nd edition, example 4-4.

mirrka naming-word. cave. Source: Ngiyampaa Wordworld, 2nd edition, example 2-17 : Macquarie.

miyarr naming-word. wind. Source: 6-114, Macquarie.

munil naming-word. hole, narrow hole, crack. Source: 10-67 : Macquarie.

muru naming-word. dirt. loose freshly dug dirt such as is foundaround the mouth of inhabited burrows.

ngalan naming-word. flame, light.

ngampurr doing-word. to rumble, i.e., indicating approaching thunder.

ngampurr naming-word. whirlywind.

nganira naming-word. lightness in the sky before sun or moon rise over a distant fire or town.

ngawu naming-word. night, darkness. Source: Ngiyampaa Wordworld, 2nd edition, example 1.5 : Macquarie.

ngityara doing-word. rain, raining. ⚫ Yurrungku ngityara It is raining (literally: The rain is raining) Source: Ngiyampaa Wordworld, 2nd edition, example 6-10, page 38. Source: RF TD 1980:160.

ngityiyi doing-word. rained. ⚫ Yurrungku ngityiyi It rained (literally: The rain rained) Source: Ngiyampaa Wordworld, 2nd edition, example 6-9, page 38. Source: Ngiyampaa Wordworld, 2nd edition, example D 1980:160.

ngurra ALSO: ngurram. ALSO: ngurrang. ALSO: ngurrany. ALSO: ngurranh. naming-word. camp, home, bed, country. ⚫ Kalupiliina ngurra wamiyi. We two built camps, each making (her) own. Source: Ngiyampaa Wordworld, 2nd edition, example 3-5. ⚫ Ngiyanuna ngurra yurrimiyi kalinytyi. We shifted our camp away from the water. Source: Ngiyampaa Wordworld, 2nd edition, example 4-13.

ngurrampaa naming-word. country, homeland, camp world. Literally: camp-world

ngurunhu naming-word. crabhole, swamp.

paki naming-word. water's edge.

palima naming-word. sky. ⚫ Thipi parranha palimaka. Birds are flying in the sky. Source: Ngiyampaa Wordworld, 2nd edition, example D 4-9. ⚫ Kapataa palimaka wampanha. The moon is in the sky. Source: Ngiyampaa Wordworld, 2nd edition, example D 4-10. Source: 4-9 : Macquarie.

pankal naming-word. country.

pantur naming-word. thunder.

panturr naming-word. thunder. Source: Ngiyampaa Wordworld, 2nd edition, example 8-2.

papilaa 1. naming-word. native cat, wild cat, quoll. Dasyurus geoffroii. RH Matthew records a story about wild cat escaping from a fight with possum by turning into fog and dancing away (Mt Manara, c 1900), and JB records a Paakantyi story 'Fog and possum' (1950s).

2. naming-word. fog. ⚫ Papilaa wakanha The fog is swirling. (Literally: The fog is dancing).

pirrku naming-word. scrub. Source: Ngiyampaa Wordworld, 2nd edition, example D1997:30:6-81.

punan naming-word. dust.

puthu naming-word. smoke. Source: Ngiyampaa Wordworld, 2nd edition, example 4-2.

thakarr naming-word. ice, frost, cold weather. Source: 7-36, Macquarie.

thakun naming-word. earth, dirt, sand, ground. ⚫ thakunta on the ground Source: 9-134 : Macquarie.

thalkuri naming-word. storm cloud.

tharrampal naming-word. 1. Milky Way.

2. path at ceremonial ground.

3. personal 'beat' or accustomed travelling range.

tharriyal naming-word. summer, warm weather. Source: Ngiyampaa Wordworld, 2nd edition, example 10-1: Macquarie.

thirraan naming-word. slope, rise, mound, sandhill. Source: 10-60 : Macquarie.

thirrama naming-word. hill. ⚫ Wangaayni thirramathi kurunhi. He didn't get through the hill. Source: Ngiyampaa Wordworld, example 4-17, page 29.

thuni naming-word. sun, day. Source: 9-106 : Macquarie.

thuni kurunhapa naming-word. West, where the sun sets. Literally: where the sun goes in.

thuni patharapa naming-word. East, where the sun rises. Literally: where the sun comes out.

thuraay naming-word. streaky cloud.

wapu naming-word. dead end of a burrow. Source: Ngiyampaa Wordworld, 2nd edition, example D 1980:72.

wii naming-word. 1. fire, firewood.

2. match, lighter.

winytya naming-word. mud, silt. Source: 4-72 : Macquarie.

wirrangkara naming-word. hailstone.

yangki naming-word. Halley's comet.

yurru naming-word. ALSO: yurrum, yurrung, yurrunh, yurruny. = ngityi. rain. See: ngityara See: ngityiyi ⚫ yurrungku ngityiyi ngityiyi. It rained and rained. Source: Ngiyampaa Wordworld, 2nd edition, example D 3-2. Source: 3-2 : Macquarie.