Weather
apijpirr���noun. clear sky, no rain coming. Malany walmat angkat kangmalkpaga? Wularrut apijpirr kirrk. ‘Is the rain still coming down? It has cleared up now.’ See:�kalalk�‘clear weather, clear sky’; kuwinu�‘cloud, cloudy sky’. Ant:�nguljirr. Category:�Weather, Rains.
imijimi���noun. gentle falling rain.
coverb. Restrict:�MA subject gentle rain fall. Malany ilangaling imijimi. ‘The rain was falling gently.’ See:�punyi�‘heavy rain’. Category:�Rains, Weather.
jarlan���coverb. (beating in) through. Walmat kimin jarlan. ‘The rain is beating through (the window).’ Category:�Weather, Shelter, camp, house.
kinimurranymakpa���tv. cause to grow big, for example a pet. See:�kinimurranyma�‘rear, bring up’. Category:�Social responsibilities and events.
Restrict:�MA subject, ; VE object 2: kamanimarranymakpa�•�tv. heavy swell on the sea. Used to describe the tide when it is coming in and you can see the waves coming up onto the shore. Manimarranymakpangung ja kurrula. ‘The sea was rough’. Manimurranymakpany kurak ja kurrula. ‘The sea is rough.’ Category:�Water bodies, Weather.
kunu���noun. clear sky. See:�kalalk�‘clear sky’; kuwinu�‘cloud’. Category:�Sky, Weather.
nulatitit���noun. heat mirage, unclear visibility. Nuka arrarrkpi yarrang parak nulatitit. ‘(We couldn't see) the man going along in the distance.’ Category:�Weather.
nguljirr���noun. bad weather approaching. Ant:�apijirr. See:�kuwinu�‘cloud, cloudy sky’; nyinkurr�‘approaching cloud heavy with rain’. Category:�Weather.
wangkararrk���noun. cyclone. Category:�Weather. Note: May also occur in other languages.
wula���noun. earth tremor, earthquake, volcano. kayirrk la wulapa mamalkpany pu amurtpiny apa yurrng takapa pata kurrampalk makiny. ‘after the earthquake came, they got frightened about the height of the house.’ Tukapa ta wula. ‘That's a volcano.’ Ngarrurri marrik arrarray wula la yirrk. ‘We don't ever get earthquakes.’ Category:�Weather.
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