Movement of water
irrkalku���tv. when fish such as trevally or tuna jump out of the water or disturb the water surface. Category:�Movement of water.
Restrict:�VE object 2: kamanirrkalku�•�tv. eat, crop grass. Malany pulikang kampirrkalku mirlak. ‘The cattle are eating grass.’ Category:�Illness.
irrwa���coverb. 1�•�splash. Kurrula angminang irrwa. ‘The (waves of) the sea were splashing (against the shore).’ Warranyngiw aminang irrwa. ‘The children were splashing (about in the water).’ Ja kurrula kinginka. ‘The sea is splashing on the shore, making a noise.’ See:�jurlup�‘splash’. Category:�Movement of water.
Restrict:�MA subject 2 kaniwun irrwa�•�splash (of sea). Kaniwun/kiniwun irrwa kurrula. ‘Big waves are splashing’. Category:�Movement of water.
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.
jurlup���coverb. splash. Iminy jurlup. ‘He splashed (in the water).’ See:�irrwa�‘splash’. Category:�Movement of water.
ja kurrula kinimajpungku (yurrng)���phrase. the sea was rough. Category:�Movement of water.
kununy���coverb. movement of water due to movement of an animal underneath. Kingurrin kununy inyarlgan. ‘There is a huge turtle going along in the water.’ Arrayanyjing kapin marlu kingurrin kununy parak. ‘We see something like the wind, something moving in the water (a child spirit).’ Category:�Movement of water.
marulul (nuyu)���noun. disturbance on the surface of the water made by a fish swimming, turtle underneath or boat. Does not include ripples made if we throw a stone into the water. Iwayawng ja marulul nuyu ja marntingunyuny. ‘They saw the wake made by the dugong.’ Ja marulul nuyu ja kurrula kanyakaga. ‘The fish's wake makes a splash.’ Pa ta marulul nuyu ta kurrula kannyakaga. ‘The fish's wake makes ripples.’ Category:�Movement of water.
palu���noun. deep water, a depth measurement. Anth: Used in reference to hunting turtle. Once in deep water the turtle can get away. In turtle hunting palu is in contrast to itamuki, about one fathom. Warlwat mira ta palu. ‘The palu is very deep.’ See:�warlwat�‘deep’. Ant:�itamuki. Category:�Movement of water, Distance, Amounts.
pirlpirl���coverb. Restrict:�liquid subject flowing strongly, like a waterfall, or a creek in the wet season or at high tide. Takapa wumawurr kangurrin pirlpirl. ‘That river is flowing along.’ Walmat kangurrit pirlpirl. ‘Rainwater's running off (e.g. off house, off rocks etc)’. Maningul kamangurrin (pirlpirl) ‘Blood's flowing out.’ See:�pirl�‘many meanings’; wirlpirl�‘cut, dab’. Category:�Movement of water.
warlwat���noun. deep. Warlwat mira ta palu. ‘The palu is very deep.’ See:�itamuki�‘shallow’; palu�‘deep’. Category:�Movement of water, Distance.
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