Plant parts
akarnpa���noun. yam root, not the part that you eat, but the part that you see sticking out of the ground. The part that you eat is akijalk. You can tell where a yam root is growing by the akarnpa you see sticking out of the ground. It is like a cord. Takapa akarnpa wularr. ‘Those are yam roots.’ Kakawuta warlk. ‘It winds around a tree (the akarnpa).’ See main entry: igarnpa. See:�karwuluk�‘yam type’; atimi�‘Karwuluk yam body’. Category:�Plant parts.
akijalk���noun. yam, grain or vegetable fruit or body. Arrkpana arrkanayan mata warlk mata kurnpi kayirrk la arrkpanamin wirirrwirirr kayirrk la manawarlkanyi ta akijalk. ‘We will go and look at the kurnpi tree and shake it and (cause) the fruit to fall.’ ta kaluku ta akijalk ‘coconut fruit (as opposed to coconut tree)’. ta akijalk ‘main body of yam, that is under the ground’. See main entry: ingijalk. Category:�Plant parts.
akiri���noun. 1�•�skin of yam, grain, etc. See main entry: ingiri. Category:�Plant parts.
2�•�foreskin. Category:�Organs and torso.
apanga���noun. top part of yam that joins to akarnpa and can be cut off and replanted. wumanga; Syn:�apungkurryuwu. See:�mamanga�‘main trunk of a tree’; karwuluk�‘yam type’; Wurruwujpiny�‘yam type’. Category:�Plant parts, Tubers.
apawurr���noun. armlike projections on potato or yam. Category:�Plant parts. See main entry: imawurr.
apiya���noun. foliage of yam, grain crop or coconut tree. Category:�Plant parts, Plant food. Takapa apiya ngaw karwuluk. ‘That is the foliage of the long yam.’ See main entry: iwiya.
apungkurryuwu���noun. 1�•�time of the year when bush food is ready to be collected. Syn:�apururrk walij. See main entry: imungkurryuwu. See:�iwururrk�‘succulent, juicy’. Category:�Longer.
2�•�part of a yam plant at the top of the yam which can be cut off and replanted. See:�karwuluk�‘yam type’; Wurruwujpiny�‘yam type’. Syn:�apanga. Category:�Plant parts, Tubers.
atimi���noun. 1�•�Karwuluk yam body. See main entry: inimi. See:�akarnpa�‘stem of Karwuluk’. Category:�Plant parts, Tubers.
2�•�last bit of food. Katila atimi. ‘He's eating the last bit (of food).’ See:�niminimi�‘go to back (of something)’; karwuluk�‘yam type’. Category:�Plant food.
imiyingkarl���noun. pandanus already prepared for basket making. Pandanus spiralis, Pandanus aquaticus. Anth: Prepared pandanus leaves for basket making have already been split into their two parts: kirrwara and ingijalk that are used in different parts of the basket. See:�murwala�‘pandanus tree (MA)’; murwala�‘Beach and River Pandanus’. Category:�Plant parts, Palms, Clothing, adornment, magic items.
karlawijiwiji���noun. 1�•�soft part of the pandanus stem which can be eaten. It is also used as a green dye for making baskets. Pandanus spiralis, Pandanus aquaticus. See:�Murwala�‘Pandanus palm’. Category:�Plant parts, Palms, Plant food, Dye and fibre plants.
2�•�a type of stitch used in pandanus work. Category:�Clothing, adornment, magic items.
karlngirr���noun. 1�•�small circular body cicatrices usually across chest. See:�marnkitarr�‘tribal cicatrices below breast, also general term’; kanyjarrk�‘tribal cicatrices above breast line’. Category:�Clothing, adornment, magic items.
2�•�pandanus fruit. This name includes the entire fruit and also the white stuff inside the fruit segments that taste like peanut butter. Pandanus spiralis, Pandanus basedowii. Variant:�Iwaidja: ngalkbunu (fruit segments) and yiyandul (see). Tuka karlngirr ta taka. ‘This one is karlngirr.’ See:�Murwala�‘Pandanus palm’. Category:�Plant parts, Palms, Plant food. Anth: Can be eaten. You can suck on the outside of the fruit which is sweet and also cut the woody fruit segments open and eat the white stuff in the middle.
kinpukinpuk���noun. seed pod of mankarlaparra water lilies. Nymphaea violacea, Nymphaea macrosperma. Category:�Plant parts, Small plants, Plant food, Tubers.
magarnpa wularr���noun. tree roots. See:�magarnpa�‘fishing line, burning stick used as torch’; mawirriyak�‘roots’. See main entry: igarnpa. Category:�Plant parts.
majarr���noun. throat, front of neck, part of trunk, voice; top of trunk or bottom of trunk, not sure. Maniwung majarr. ‘He's got a sore voice.’ Maniwung karrkpin mata majarr. ‘He spoke with a loud voice.’ Pata wera mampumarlalkuny majarr ngaw. ‘They cut it off at the trunk.’ See:�mangawj�‘throat, sore throat’; imungkurryuwu�‘back of neck’. Category:�Organs and torso, Plant parts.
malakpirij���noun. hole in a tree, hollow tree, doorway. See main entry: ilakpirij. See:�kilaji�‘hollow, hole’. Category:�General terms, Shelter, camp, house, Plant parts.
marlangkany���noun. log. See:�kerlangken�‘tear, split, separate’. Category:�Plant parts.
mamanga���noun. main part of tree trunk from its base to where the branches start to come out. See main entry: wumanga. See:�apanga�‘top part of yam plant’; manimi�‘base of tree trunk, tree stump’. Category:�Plant parts, Trees and bushes.
mamawurr���noun. branch of a tree. mamawurr wularr nganykarrarr ‘mangrove branches’. See main entry: imawurr. Category:�Plant parts, Trees and bushes.
mamungkurryuwu���noun. the part of the tree which bends against the wind, ie. neck of the tree. Category:�Plant parts, Trees and bushes. See main entry: imungkurryuwu.
manimi���noun. base of tree trunk, tree stump, blade of grass. La kiwani ja arrarrkpi tuka warlk. ‘And the man's sitting at the tree.’ Manimi warlk, qeqe. ‘Yes, (leaning on) the tree trunk.’ Manimi mata kaluku. Trunk of a coconut tree. See main entry: inimi. Syn:�mangijalk. See:�mamanga�‘main part of tree trunk’. Category:�Plant parts, Trees and bushes.
mangijalk���noun. main body of tree, tree trunk (mamanga refers to exclusively the trunk), fruit of tree, body of canoe etc. Muka mata mirnkul mangijalk nuyu. ‘That is his straight promised wife.’ mangijalk ‘body of canoe’. See:�manimi�‘base of tree trunk, tree stump’. See main entry: ingijalk. Category:�Plant parts.
mangiri���noun. bark, outer covering of a tree. See main entry: ingiri. Category:�Plant parts.
mawirriyak���noun. roots. See:�magarnpa wularr�‘tree roots’. Category:�Plant parts.
mawiya���noun. foliage, leaves of tree. See main entry: iwiya. Category:�Plant parts.
merrk���noun. leaves of trees, blades of grass, foliage, green or dead. Category:�Plant parts.
ngalmarr���noun. 1�•�cave or hollow, snake hole. Ngarruran ngarrurlgeny tuka ngalmarr. ‘We went into the cave.’ See:�kantajiki�‘nostrils’. Category:�Smaller features.
2�•�hollow in tree, hole in tree. Nungpurnyak ngalmarr ngaw mata warlk. ‘The tree has a hollow.’ See:�kilaji�‘hollow, hole’. Category:�Plant parts.
3�•�vagina. Category:�Organs and torso.
pangka���noun. fork of a tree. Category:�Plant parts.
parrparr���coverb. 1�•�be extended, cover a large area. Kutpayanti mata miyurrk kamaw parrparr. ‘Look at the smoke, it stretches a long way.’ Nuka kiw parrparr. ‘He's lying down.’ Manjat tuka kanyu parrparrwu. ‘The one who's straight to them.’ See:�parr�‘peel back, become unstuck’; arr�‘stretch’. Category:�Size and weight.
2�•�be extended, cover a large area, stretch out. La mata karlagarla naka kapa Wartpen, mutpiny parrparr warak. ‘His tail stretched up to Wartpen.’ Category:�Remain stationary, Size and weight.
3�•�stretch, extend. Kurlingka kutpan parrparr ja manpurrwa? ‘Did you stretch out that material?’ Category:�Manipulation.
4�•�make correct, write down correctly. Angamany ngaw ngaralk pa angutpan parrparr warak ta wulinjinyut la ta wumun ta ngaralk. ‘She got my words and put them down correctly, the easy parts and the hard parts of the language.’ Ngungpanutpa parrparr tuka ajput ora ta waryat. ‘I'll straighten up the sand and the rocks.’ Karryutpa parrparr warak ‘We keep the pitch straight (not particularly high or low like the other two of the three types of tunes)’. Category:�General change of state, Goodness.
5�•�extend. ja kingurrit parrparr ‘it's roots’. Category:�Plant parts, Size and weight.
warlawarla���noun. young mangrove sprouts sticking up out of the ground. See:�nganykarrarr�‘mangroves (generic)’. Category:�Plant parts, Mangroves.
wanpirlk���noun. seed. Category:�Plant parts.
warwunyjuk���noun. milky sap which leaks out from miyulum yam when it is cut raw. Ipomoea graminea. Ta miyulum ta apurra warwunyjuk kakatpi. ‘The miyulum yam has a lot of sap in it.’ See:�miyulum�‘yam type’. Category:�Plant parts, Tubers. Anth: Leaves a dark stain on material.
warrga���noun. flower, generic term, smallish plant. Category:�General terms, Plant parts.
wun���noun. 1�•�eye. Kamangurrin nu wun. ‘You can't see properly.’ Kamawujpikpin wun. ‘Somebody's got a sore eye.’ See:�mamunpun�‘term meaning 'large eye', refers to a dreamtime being’. Awarran parak mampumany mata wun ngarrkarrk. ‘They took both his eyes.’ Category:�Head.
2�•�hole, spot. Muka mata warlk mata nawurnnyak wun ngaw. ‘The tree has an 'eye' (in the centre).’ Category:�Plant parts. Note: also used to refer to stingrays with a bumpy back - see entry for marukuk
coverb. Restrict:�VE object wear glasses. Ja arrarrkpi la warramumpik kampen mun kawukunyjilin ja kampenpun ‘The man and woman are wearing glasses, then they exchange the glasses.’ Kamannyen wun. ‘He wears glasses.’ Ngapi nganymen wun. ‘I wear glasses / my glasses.’ See:�kampenpun�‘glasses’. Category:�Clothing, adornment, magic items.
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