Sky
arukin���noun. 1�•�snake, generic term. Category:�Reptiles and amphibians.
2�•�Rainbow serpent. See:�Karringitpalka�‘Rainbow serpent’. Category:�General.
3�•�rainbow. Category:�Sky.
4�•�kurnapipi ceremony. Kawurtin jita arukin. ‘They have gone inland for the kurnapipi’. Syn:�karlurri, kurnapipi. Category:�General ritual.
arrunpangartakpin���tv. Restrict:�GEN subject overhead sun. Arrunpangartakpin la arrkpana. ‘When the sun is overhead we will go.’ Category:�Sky.
kalalk���noun. clear weather, clear sky. Syn:�kunu, apijpirr. See:�kuwinu�‘cloudy sky’. Category:�Sky.
kamamalkpajpungkun���noun. morning star. See:�kimalkpa�‘arrive’; nakurrututu�‘Boxfish’. Category:�Sky.
karrajpalk���noun. bright moonlit night. Category:�Sky.
kijpulgi���noun. 1�•�sandbar, sandbank. See:�irnkirr�‘mud’. Category:�Large features, Soil.
2�•�high cloud with rippled appearance, as often seen in sandbars. See:�kuwinu�‘cloudy sky’. Category:�Sky.
kimartjikpin���iv. Restrict:�MA subject become daylight, early morning. imartjikpiny ‘it was early morning’. Imartjikpinang la imajpungkiny. ‘When it became daylight he arose.’ See:�kiyitpirrakan�‘dawn approach’. Category:�Sky, Daily.
kiniwartpalwani���tv. 1�•�hit on forehead. Marryun iniwartpalmuniny waryat. Malany imajung. ‘The boy hit him on the forehead with a stone. It hurt him.’ See:�mawartpalmuni�‘bump together’. Category:�Strike or chop.
Restrict:�MA subject ; MA object 2: kiniwartpalwani�•�there is a thunderhead building up in the sky. Iniwartpalwaniny kiwani turuy. ‘A thunderhead has developed from which there is distant thunder and lightning.’ Syn:�kiniwartpalmuni. Category:�Rains, Sky.
kinjirran���noun. light shining from inside, a star. See:�kiyirran�‘shine light’. Category:�Shelter, camp, house, Sky.
kinyjunmarryun���tv. new moon. See:�kurrana�‘month’. Syn:�kinymarryun. Category:�Sky.
kinymarlkurranken���iv. Restrict:�FE subject new moon appear. kinymarlkurranken ‘the new moon is up in the sky’. inymarlkurrangkeny Inymarlkurrangkeny ja kurrana. ‘The new moon has come.’ See:�kurrangken�‘Said by people when talking to their father about father's siblings or to their father's siblings about their father’; kurrana�‘month’; innyutpan kurrana�‘new moon appear’. Syn:�kinymarryun. Category:�Sky.
kinymarryun���iv. Restrict:�FE subject new moon. Kinymarryun, kinnyutpa pa ja kurrana. ‘A new moon has been put up.’ See:�kinyjunmarryun�‘new moon’; kinymarlkurranken�‘new moon appear’; kurrana�‘month’. Category:�Sky.
kinyngarnutpa���tv. Restrict:�GEN subject ; FE object (the sun) begin to go down (about 5pm). Kurrinyayanti jita muwarn wularrut kinyngarnputpa warak. ‘Look at the sun ready to go down.’ Muwarn kinyngarnutpa See:�kinnyutpa�‘put down’; kinyjatpa tirip�‘late afternoon’. Category:�Sky, Daily.
kunu���noun. clear sky. See:�kalalk�‘clear sky’; kuwinu�‘cloud’. Category:�Sky, Weather.
kurrana���noun. 1�•�moon, month. Ja kurrana kilurrangkenka kinnyutpa mapularr. ‘The full moon rose and made the sea calm (the sea is often calm when there is a full moon in the sky)’. Kurrana kimaju la ilnguk kiningula la karrila ja karnjawarra. ‘When the moon dies the crab makes the red fat and then we eat it.’ Kurrana kaniyirran kurrula kinymalarrijpikpin. ‘The moon's shining and the sea's sparkling.’ See:�kinyjunmarryun�‘new moon’; kinymarryun�‘new moon’; kinymarlkurranken�‘new moon appear’; jungkarra�‘year’. Category:�Sky, Longer.
2�•�uterus. Category:�Organs and torso.
kinnyaka kurrana���measure of time. Restrict:�people as subject - always PL Ngarriyakangung ja kurrana kiki yirrik? ‘The months pass, how many is it?’ See:�ta arryakan ja kurrana�‘some time ago’. Ta awunnyukikiyang ta awuyamangung ta arryakan ja kurrana ta nungmalal yirrk angminy. ‘The work experience program held earlier this year was very popular.’ See:�jungkarra�‘year’. Category:�Longer.
kuwinu���noun. cloud, cloudy sky. Natatparlangkat ta kuwinu, kakurrin. ‘The clouds are moving very fast.’ See:�kunu�‘clear sky’; kalalk�‘clear weather, clear sky’; apijpirr�‘clear sky’; kijpulgi�‘high cloud with rippled appearance, as often seen in sandbars’; warriwawan�‘funnel cloud over the ocean’; nguljirr�‘bad weather approaching’; nyinkurr�‘approaching rain cloud’. Category:�Sky.
mapularr���noun. calm, for example: a calm situation, calm body of water, calm wind. Tukapa ta mapularr ta marlu. ‘The wind's calm.’ Malany mata manimi kapin ta mapularr ja kapala arrkurri la arrkpayanyjiny ta kangparlkparran kirrk. ‘When we go in the boat and the sea is calm, you can see the tree stump clearly.’ La muj ta marlu, marrik arrungayanyjiny mira la ta mapularr ‘When the wind turns rough, you can hardly see it, but when the sea is calm, you can.’ See:�mularrarr�‘calm, troublefree’. Ant:�marrngarla. Category:�Sky, Water bodies.
coverb. Restrict:�MA object make it calm, e.g. sea, air. The only human subject this verb can have is Jesus Christ. It cannot be used for calming a baby, or anything an ordinary human can do. Innyutpan mapularr yirrk. ‘He made it all calm, caused it to be calm. (Jesus)’. Ja kurrana kilurrangkenka kinnyutpa mapularr. ‘The full moon rose and made the sea calm (the sea is often calm when there is a full moon in the sky)’. Ta marlu katjutpa mapularr. ‘The wind went calm’. Category:�General change of state.
marumaru���coverb. 1�•�shiver. Kiwani marumaru. ‘He is shivering.’ See:�mirruk�‘flashing light’. Category:�Automatic actions.
2�•�intermittent continuous flashing lightning. Category:�Sky.
marrarawk���noun. 1�•�forked lightning. Marrarawk aniwung ta waryat awuniwung kirrk ja marrarawk pata warra mijmij. ‘The lightning hit the stone and hit all the sandflies.’ Category:�Sky.
2�•�this is man with a stone axe who strikes and often 'cuts' things right through, eg. tree. See:�maru�‘lightning flashing’; turuy�‘distant thunder rumbling’. Category:�Dreamtime names.
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.
marrungkut���coverb. Restrict:�MA subject ; MA object overcast. Anth: One can see clearly into the water to see turtle when out hunting. Inilanganing marrungkut. ‘It was overcast.’ Category:�Sky.
murrkaj kurntaman���noun. description of a pink sunset. Category:�Sky. Anth: Refers to the pinkish colour of the frill-necked lizard fat.
muwarn���noun. 1�•�sun. See:�rturrk�‘get very hot’. Category:�Sky.
2�•�timepiece - i.e. clock or watch. Category:�Other.
3�•�bee, fly. Anth: It is around in the very hot season and makes a humming sound, and does not have a sting. See:�kurnpirripirri�‘salt water crocodile’. Category:�Insects.
ninyjililut���noun. 1�•�soft. See:�nulililut�‘soft, like a baby’. Category:�Properties of surface.
2�•�soft-shelled crab. See:�ninypimpim�‘soft crab shell’. Category:�Crustaceans.
3�•�refers to a rising star before its starts to twinkle. Category:�Sky.
ninyjirri���noun. 1�•�dangerous, angry. Category:�Hate, anger. See:�ninyminyjiny�‘peaceful person’.
2�•�hot sun. Category:�Sky.
ninyjirri jita muwarn���phrase. See:�wuwukuwuk�‘feel hot to touch’.
numutput���noun. darkness. Category:�Sky.
coverb. Restrict:�MA subject ; MA object dark, but not pitch dark, still a certain amount can be seen. inimany numutput ‘it's getting dark’; kinima numutput ‘it's getting darker (about 8 or 9 pm)’; kiwanima numutput ‘getting towards midnight’. Kayirrkapa inimany numutput la marrik kiki arrkpi la arrungayanjing. ‘Today, it's dark and we can't see.’ Yarran linitiiij apa wularrut inyuryiliny parak inimany numutput. ‘He played and played until the sun went down and it got dark.’ See:�mangkatmangkat�‘see dimly’. Category:�Sky.
nyinkurr���noun. approaching cloud heavy with rain. Nyinkurr kerraga ngarrurru ja walmat. ‘The rain cloud is bringing rain to us.’ See:�nguljirr�‘bad weather approaching’; kuwinu�‘cloud’; walmat�‘rain’. Category:�Sky.
nyirrnyirr���coverb. 1�•�the sun sparkling on the water not long after it has risen. Anth: Used to refer to the early morning about 7 to 8 am. Inypangurrin nyirrnyirr la arrkpana. ‘When the sun has risen over the water we will go.’ Category:�Sky.
2�•�bright.morning. Inyarran nyirrnyirrga ngulamngulam. ‘It is another bright morning.’ Category:�Sky.
3�•�boiling or bubbling water. Kanta nyirrnyirr wularrut ta wupaj. ‘The water is already boiling.’ Category:�Water bodies.
pirr2���coverb. 1�•�uncover, lift back. Koyanti imij pirr ja manpurrwa. ‘Look at him, he has lifted back the material.’ kiminy pirr jurra. ‘He lifted back the paper.’ Category:�Manipulation.
Restrict:�MA subject 2�•�clear weather. See:�pirrpirr�‘hunt on land’; parr�‘peel back’. Category:�Sky.
Restrict:�ED subject 3�•�clear weather. Kapit pirr. ‘Weather become clea’. Category:�Sky.
wirrpirr���coverb. 1�•�flap. Kimin wirrpirr ja manpurrwa. ‘The material is flapping (on the line).’ Category:�Change stance.
2�•�scratch about. Kinymin wirrpirr kalakalak. ‘The hen is scratching about.’ Category:�Hunting.
pukurlurl���noun. full moon. Ta pukurlurl arrkpana. ‘At full moon we will go.’ Category:�Sky.
turuy���coverb. 1�•�rumbling of distant thunder. Anngalyunyi kiwani turuy. ‘Listen to the distant rumble of thunder.’ Iniwartpalwaniny kiwani turuy. ‘A thunderhead has developed from which there is distant thunder and lightning.’ See:�marrarawk�‘forked lightning strike’. Category:�Sky, Non language human voice sounds.
2�•�thunder make itself heard. Ngawaningan imit turuy. ‘I heard thunder.’ Category:�Sky, Rains.
3�•�cause thunder to occur by breaking traditional law? Katpun turuy, imajpunjing ying nungmatpa kunak awuniwu. ‘If we transgress, something bad will happen.’ Category:�Sky, General ritual.
tututka���coverb. the sun is high in the sky, like about 9 am. Also used for the moon. Kinymin tututka jita muwarn. ‘The sun is rising up (9 or 10 am)’. inyminang tututka jita muwarn ‘when the sun was already high in the sky’. Kimin tututka. ‘It's rising (the moon)’. See:�tut�‘catch many fish’. Category:�Daily, Sky.
rtartaj���ideophone. onomatapoeic expression for a crack of thunder. Category:�Non language human voice sounds, Sky.
rtum���ideophone. sound of noise made by distant rumbling thunder. Category:�Non language human voice sounds, Sky.
warnja ngaw warramurungunji���phrase. the radiating sun's rays at sunset. Category:�Sky.
warriwawan���noun. funnel cloud over the ocean. See:�kuwinu�‘cloud, cloudy sky’. Category:�Sky. Anth: When the funnel cloud is seen it is believed to be the 'snake' out catching turtle. He also caused the turtles to increase.
wirlamurrk���noun. 1�•�star. Juka jita wirlamurrk jita kinyjangali yurrng. ‘There is a star in the heavens.’ Wirlamurrk kinyjurrangken. ‘Stars appear.’ Category:�Sky.
2�•�pearly (or Chambered) Nautilus. Nautilus pompilius. Variant:�Iwaidja: karramart. Juka jita wirlamurrk jita nginymany inyung tuka ajput. ‘I found this nautilus shell on the beach.’ Category:�Shellfish. Anth: Found at beach next to Anjumu billabong, North Goulburn and Alwampi. No known uses.
wumawurr���noun. 1�•�river, creek. wumawurr nuntakprij ‘river or creek mouth’. wumawurr kantatpaga ‘headwaters’. Category:�Flowing water.
2�•�Milky Way. Kanyu arak wumawurr. ‘The milky way (lit: the creek that lies across)’. See main entry: imawurr. Category:�Sky.
yumparrparr���noun. 1�•�giant. Anth: Yumparrparr is a giant who meets people when they die. You can see him as a shooting star at night. Category:�Peoples and clans. Note: Generic term for a giant but used in many myths as a proper name because the actual name cannot be spoken.
2�•�meteor. Category:�Sky.
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