Temperature
irruk���noun. cold. Ngamaju irruk. ‘I am cold.’ Kingama irrukirruk. ‘He's sick and he's feeling cold.’ nuka irruk ‘the fridge’. See:�jil�‘cold’. Category:�Temperature, Discomfort and pain.
jil���coverb. 1�•�cool, cold. kimit jil., kinymit jil. Kangmin jil ta wupaj. ‘The water is cool.’ Inymit jil. ‘She's cold.’ Kapit jil. ‘The food is cool.’ Category:�Temperature.
2�•�at peace, all is well with. Kiwani kimin jil kirrk. ‘He is at peace.’ Kimin jil. ‘He's even tempered.’ See:�irruk�‘cold’. Category:�Hate, anger.
iljil���coverb. be at peace, not angry. Kawani iljil kirrk. ‘They are living peacefully.’ Category:�Hate, anger.
wuwukuwuk���noun. feel hot to touch, feel hot because of weather, feel onself to be hot and sweaty, for example because of exertion, rather than pleasantly warm. Weather be hot. Usage:�Used with a lot of verbs including kimin and sickness construction with kimaju Iwarlukpan wukuwuk. ‘They stamped on it while it was hot.’ Wakapa awalyungan wuwukuwuk. ‘They felt warmth.’ Kinnyatpi wukuwuk ‘measuring temperature of sick person’. See:�wuk�‘mate (kinima)’; kiwelkpin�‘be hot and dry’; kalamparak�‘feel hot and sweaty’; ninyjirri jita muwarn�‘the sun's hot’. Category:�Temperature, Discomfort and pain.
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