Landscape
ajputajput���adverb. along the beaches. ta ajputajput ngaw ‘the beach along that area’. Kannyarnaken ajputajput. ‘We went along the beaches poking the sand with sticks, looking for shellfish etc.’ Awaningan apa pata warranyngiw ta kamin kawulatpan ta kawarra lintij ajputajput pata warranyngiw. ‘The children who lived there, like children do, they went down to the sea and played along the beach.’ See:�kamungkamung�‘along the sandhills, i.e. just behind the beach’. Category:�Landscape.
ilakirrayirra���noun. the edge of a seashore of a jungle. Category:�Landscape.
imurlk���noun. area to the east of Goulburn Island: Maningrida and Malarrk and areas inland from there. See:�atjirr�‘area to west of Goulburn island’; walem�‘further south than Gunbalanya, Oenpelli, from Warruwi’. Category:�Landscape.
inyjirrjum���noun. open scrub country. Category:�Landscape.
inyparl���noun. turtle hunting ground: place where turtles are likely to be found when hunting. Awurli tuka ngarriwarnangajpun inyparl. ‘Alright, we call that 'inyparl'’. See:�Martali�‘generic for many reef fishes’. Category:�Landscape, Reptiles and amphibians.
itamuki���noun. shallow water, used in reference to turtle hunting. See:�warlwat�‘deep’. Ant:�palu. Category:�Movement of water, Landscape, Reptiles and amphibians, Distance, Amounts. Note: Measurement of depth of water.
iyarliyarl���noun. an increase centre for a given species. See:�yarl�‘sand cone’; jang�‘sacred site’. Category:�Sorcery, Landscape.
jang���noun. a place of special significance, eg one related to certain species of animal life. Secret dreaming place where you shouldn't go as you you might cause something bad to happen. Syn:�nyunyuk. See:�iyarliyarl�‘increase centre’; marrarawk jang�‘special coral you don't want to hit when you're out in your boat because if you do you will disturb Marrarawk and lightning will hit you. The coral looks like a man.’. Category:�Landscape, Supernatural.
kap1���noun. small bare patch without plants (or possiby with only grass in wet season). See:�kapal�‘middle’. Category:�Landscape.
kapal���noun. 1�•�the middle, in between, in the middle. Category:�Location and distance.
2�•�a plain, open flat country, includes floodplain. See:�kap�‘small bare patch without plants’. Category:�Landscape.
3�•�seat in middle of canoe or dinghy. Nganpaningan tuka kapal. ‘I'm sitting in the middle of the canoe.’ Category:�Items for fishing.
4�•�the hunter who sits in the middle of the canoe. See:�wurlurn�‘captain of canoe’; angparti�‘hunter who sits at front of canoe’. Category:�Initiation.
karrape���noun. inland on mainland where the bush is. Category:�Landscape.
kangarra warak���phrase. area goes up to. Category:�Landscape.
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kantaji wulij���noun. space in the mangroves. Anth: They used to chop them down in a small area and then go in at low tide and get martpoj and karnjawarra. Category:�Mangroves, Landscape.
kingurlkparryu���iv. 1�•�lie on back. kakurlkparryu. Iningalkpung ja manpiri waliman imajungan apa la inimirlkpungeny ingurlkparryungan. ‘They clubbed the turtle with an axe and turned it over onto its back.’ Warranyngiw ja kingurlkparryu nakapa karriwunya wurul akutju nuyu ja iwamurranymin marrik imi wungpulaj marrik imi itpirrk. ‘We warm the young infant over the fire so that when he grows up he will not steal or be naughty.’ Ingurlkparryungan kiw. ‘He is lying on his back.’ See:�kiningurlkparryutpa�‘put on back’. Category:�Remain stationary.
Restrict:�LL subject 2: kangurlkparryu�•�level ground. Category:�Landscape.
kakurlkparryu���noun. palm of hand. Category:�Limbs.
mantanti���noun. the mainland, people from the mainland. Category:�Landscape, Peoples and clans.
mantanti akut���phrase. South, South side (literally: the direction of the mainland). Pulikang wumarrk kinyjangali la leopard mantanti akut. ‘The cow is below and the leopard is on the south side.’ Category:�Cardinal directions.
mantanti kapukpaga���phrase. south wind. The wind which comes from the direction of the mainland. See:�jimurru�‘South-east trade winds’; parra�‘west wind’. Category:�Wind.
marrarawk jang���noun. special coral you don't want to hit when you're out in your boat because if you do you will disturb Marrarawk and lightning will hit you. The coral looks like a man. pani warrkpi. See:�jang�‘special place’. Category:�Landscape, Supernatural.
marrkunakunak���noun. long-term campsite. A place where people might camp for about a month, build shelters and come back to again. Ngampiwi kutpaning? Ngatpaning tuka marrkunakkunak. Ngampiwi? Kumarrinymarriny. ‘Where were you staying? We stayed in the open spaces. Where? At Kumarrinymarriny.’ See:�mapakapak�‘deep ocean’. Category:�Landscape.
murntulkuj���noun. a sheltered place. Arrkpana arrkanaka purl tuka murntulkuj. ‘We'll go and drop the anchor where the place is sheltered.’ See:�katimurntulku�‘build shelter’. Category:�Landscape.
napakarriwun���noun. sacred place, dreaming place. Yunyi karrarra warak tuka napakarriwun wanyji ngarrunarrikpay la ngarrimung. ‘We mustn't go close to sacred places or we will be destroyed.’ See:�naparrarru�‘sacred site’. Category:�Supernatural, Landscape.
naparrarru���noun. sacred site. See:�napakarriwun�‘sacred site’. Category:�Supernatural, Landscape.
numurrpikpin���noun. afraid or causes fear. A person that is frightened of something or a fearful animals such as one that is too afraid to come near. ninymurrpikpin, nungmurrpikpin, tumurrpikpin. Ngagarrak ta nungmurtpikpin kunak. ‘Ngagarrak (Cone Point) is a frightening place.’ See:�kinimurtpa�‘fear’; kimurtpin�‘afraid of, afraid for, worried about’. Category:�Peoples and clans, fear, shock, surprise, Supernatural, Landscape.
nyunyuk���noun. a place that is very important for the well-being of the people, a sacred site. Only certain people can go there. Mata, mata nyunyuk mata warlk mata malangaling Warral. ‘A special tree was standing there, the Warral.’ Syn:�jang. Category:�Supernatural, Landscape, Peoples and clans.
ngulmarr���noun. 1�•�Wuwarr ceremony ground. Category:�General ritual, Landscape.
2�•�name of an inedible fruit something like pandanus which grows near rivers on the mainland. Category:�Plant food, Trees and bushes.
walem���noun. further south than Gunbalanya, Oenpelli, from Warruwi. Includes Beswick, Daly River, Oenpelli. Nuka ja nuwuran Walem. ‘He comes from further south than Gungalanya.’ See:�imurlk�‘east’; atjirr�‘west’. Category:�Cardinal directions, Landscape.
walmurtja���noun. jungle. Arrkpana arrapanawun karwuluk tuka walmurtja. ‘Let's go and get yams in the jungle.’ warra walmurtja See:�nuwul walmurtja�‘tree type’. Category:�General terms, Landscape.
warra walmurtja���jungle. Apuyarrukungpu awuran tuka warra walmurtja. ‘They followed them and went to the jungle.’ Category:�General terms, Landscape.
warra walmurtja���jungle. Apuyarrukungpu awuran tuka warra walmurtja. ‘They followed them and went to the jungle.’ Category:�General terms, Landscape.
walngakpalngak���noun. about daybreak when the visibility is improving but not perfect. See:�jinyngu�‘in darkness’. Category:�Daily.
coverb. Restrict:�LL object 1�•�see, but not clearly. Ngungayan walngakpalngak murnin ngamaju tuka wun. ‘I see, but not clearly, because my eye is sore, sick.’ Category:�Physical disability and injury.
Restrict:�LL object 2�•�not enter area. Naka kannyeyen walngakpalngak. ‘He always goes to that place, but won't go in (e.g. someone's house, not a sacred place)’. Category:�Landscape.
warra walurrunnyun���an area of stringy bark trees. Category:�Landscape, Trees and bushes.
waryatparyat���noun. stone country. See:�waryat�‘stone’. Category:�Landscape.
wawurri���noun. inland, dry land. Karlurri kawarra tuka wawurri. ‘Birds live on the land.’ Kapa wawurri animarrajpuningka. ‘He came overland (walking).’ See:�nuwulworri�‘person from inland’; worrinporrin�‘close to the shore’. Category:�Landscape.
wawurrinpawurri���noun. large inland plain, for example the middle of the base of the Cobourg peninsula. Category:�Landscape.
wawurrinpawurri���noun. large inland plain, for example the middle of the base of the Cobourg peninsula. Category:�Landscape.
wurlkurl���noun. uneven ground, mountainous, hilly, soft. Tuka ta wugarra ta wurlkurl wularr. Marrik ngampiwi arrarray warak. ‘This ground is very uneven. There is no way we can get through.’ Mata couch wurlkurl. ‘The couch is soft.’ Category:�Landscape.
coverb. 1�•�sink down. Ta karrpin kerra wurlkurl warak naka ja nulakpi karryaka tuka wupaj kerra warak. ‘When we say "kerra wurlkurl", that is something heavy we throw in the water and it goes away.’ See:�wurlpurl�‘tie up canoes and leave them in the water’; wurlwurl�‘sink down (with kerra), dunk’; kurl�‘drown’; kurlkurl�‘hidden away, locked up’. Category:�Motion relating to water.
Restrict:�LL object 2�•�make bumpy. Nakapa karryatpi karrungaka wurlkurl. ‘We take hold of it and we make grooves in it.’ Category:�General change of state, Properties of surface.
yarlyarl���noun. an increase centre for a given species. See:�yarl�‘sand cone’. Category:�General ritual, Landscape.
yarat���coverb. Restrict:�MA object 1�•�make a mistake. Ngapi ngimany jarat. ‘I made a mistake.’ Kinima yarat. Category:�Waiting, doing nothing.
Restrict:�LL object 2�•�be in wrong place. Ngungmany jarat. ‘I was in the wrong place.’ Category:�Waiting, doing nothing, Landscape.
yaratjarat���coverb. keep making a mistake. Category:�Waiting, doing nothing.
yarrk���coverb. Restrict:�LL subject 1�•�lie open, be a gap, open space. Takapa kanyu yarrk. ‘It is lying open.’ kanyu yarrk ‘a space in an area’. Angpanaw yarrk ngartu ‘Leave a space for me (to sit)’. See:�jarrk�‘make room’; ngatngat�‘tear, split’. Category:�Landscape, Movement relating to fixed point, Physical stance.
2�•�ask a favour of, request. Yunyi kuwin jarrk. ‘Don't ask him for it (just now).’ Category:�Language.
3�•�taste something sweet. Category:�Cognitive senses and attention.
4�•�detect sound from far away. Innyet jarrk. ‘He heard.’ Category:�Cognitive senses and attention.
5�•�split, cut in half. Kuwuk jarrk manpurrwa. ‘You tore the piece of clothing/cloth’. aniwuk jarrk ‘the axe split the island in half’. See:�kannyarlan�‘divide, halve’. Category:�Divide, cut, tear.
yarrkjarrk���break, split open, gut. Iniwung yarrkjarrk ja kapala la kunuka yirrik iniwung innyartpungkuny worri ta waka. ‘It tore the boat open and all that, broke it and then lifted it up onto the dry land there.’ See:�karten yarrkjarrk�‘one who uses a different pronunciation’. Category:�Divide, cut, tear.
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