Head
atakpirij���noun. mouth, opening. See main entry: ilakpirij. Category:�Head.
ilakpirij���noun. mouth (outside part), opening. ilakpirij ‘The black lips of arrayi are referred to as ilakpirij’. Inside part of mouth is wurlgirk. arrtakpirij, arrkakpirij. Tuka ta arrtakpirij. ‘These are our lips.’ nukakpirij, ninyjakpirij, wulakpirij ‘place name’; malakpirij ‘hole in tree ; hollow tree’; *atakpirij ‘no ED form elicited’; wilakpirij. See:�wurlgirk�‘inside of mouth’; ninyjakpirij�‘mouth (of a woman)’; wulakpirij�‘place name’; malakpirij�‘hole in a tree, hollow tree’; atakpirij�‘mouth, opening’; ngalakpirij�‘my mouth’. Category:�Head.
ilangararru���noun. jaw, jawbone. ngalangararru, arrtangararru, ngarrtangararru, ninyjangararru, wilangararru. See:�ninyjangararru�‘jawbone’; nangartam�‘jaw, cheek’. Category:�Head.
imungkurryuwu���noun. nape of the neck, back part of the neck, ninymungkurryuwu, mamungkurryuwu ‘neck.of.tree’; apungkurryuwu ‘part of yam that can grow if cut off and replanted, like top of carrot. Not visible from above ground. Part that is vis’; wimungkurryuwu. See:�majarr�‘front of neck’; imungkurriyi�‘break neck’; inimungkurrukpu�‘break neck’; ngamungkurryuwu�‘the nape of the neck’. Anth: dogs, horses, turtles and birds all have this body part. Category:�Head.
kinnyun imungkurryuwu���to change direction and move away from speaker, when person was initially moving towards speaker. La karrkpin, "Ah, karrunnyun imungkurryuwu, kimurnangani warak." ‘We say, "Oh, he's stopped coming towards us, he's going back again."’
iwarurra���noun. lower part of face. wimarrura, arrkparrura. Wimarrura arlarrarr. ‘No face at all.’ Category:�Head.
iwartpalmili���noun. his forehead. ninypartpalmili, nungpartpalmili ‘riverbank’; wuwartpalmili ‘edge.of.cliff ; river.bank’; apartpalmili ‘part of the house under the gables’; wiwartpalmili. See:�nungpartpalmili�‘riverbank or creekbank’; wuwartpalmili�‘riverbank’; apartpalmili�‘part of the house under the gables’; nukpartpalmili�‘your (singular) forehead’. Category:�Head.
iyigi���noun. 1�•�his tooth. ngayigi ‘1sg.POSS.tooth’; nujigi ‘2sg.POSS.tooth’; ninyjigi ‘3FE.POSS.tooth’; wuyigi ‘crack in ground (Capell 1956:41)’; mayigi ‘stone.spear ; crab.claw.for.smoking ; fishing.hook ; splinter of wood’; atjigi ‘roasted crushed shells used as special 'sand' for cooking kuli yam together with a special tree’; wiyigi ‘3pl.POSS.teeth’. Category:�Head.
2�•�axehead, tomahawk head, knife head, shovel spear head. Category:�Tools, men's.
kantajiki���noun. nostrils. See:�kilaji�‘hungry, empty’. Category:�Head.
katinikiniki���tv. Restrict:�ED object carry a lot of things on head and/or back. Nangujapa atinikininy. ‘Yesterday he carried a lot of things.’ Kiwunikiniki. ‘They carry things.’ kerra kati nikiniki ‘he's getting big and strong’. See:�atinikanikang�‘be huge from eating a lot’; kininiki�‘he is carrying it on his shoulders’. Category:�Manipulation, Head, Organs and torso.
kimarawutiki���iv. curled, crossed, tangled. Nuka ja imarawutikiny. ‘He has curly hair.’ Category:�Arrangement, Head.
kinimarlalku���tv. cut throat. Iningalkpung ja manpiri waliman imajunga apa la inimirlkpungeny ingurlkparrungan la inimarlalkuny. ‘He clubbed the turtle with an axe, turned it over onto its back and cut its throat.’ Pa iwumarlalkuny ja ngarrkarrk inyarlgan. ‘They cut the necks of the two turtles.’ Pata wera mampumarlalkuny majarr ngaw. ‘They cut it off at the trunk.’ Category:�Divide, cut, tear, Head.
kinimarlinyji���tv. choke. Malany inimarlinyjung. ‘Now he choked him.’ See:�kininyji�‘squeeze’. Category:�Pressing, Head.
kiningartpuni���tv. 1�•�throw something at someone (obj), hitting them on the head and potentially knocking them down. kungartpuni, karringartpuni. Kiningartpuni. ‘He throws something at him, hitting him on the head.’ Like kinimarlkujpa waryat, kiningartpuni. ‘Like he hits him with a rock, he hits him on the head.’ Marnti kunyngartpuning! ‘You might hit him on the head! (if you throw stones)’. Category:�Manipulation, Head.
2�•�make someone stop doing something ; Kimin nuyu ja arrarrkpi ja nulawnut "Ngapi marrik nganpurru marnti kunngartpuning." ‘He's say, this older man "You don't know the knowledge, I can easily talk to you straight words (give you a talking to)"’. Category:�Judgement, evaluation.
Restrict:�ED object 3: katingartpuni�•�stub toe. Apartpuniny ngartu. ‘I hit my toe on something.’ Category:�Limbs, Strike or chop.
Restrict:�ED object 4: katingartpuni�•�throw stones at somebody. Ngapi ngartpirrun ngimarkujpany ta waryat. ‘I threw a rock, I'm the one that hit him.’ Category:�Manipulation.
kiniyirnpulanyi���tv. hit on nose. Hit someone's head from the front. Imurnanganinyka yukeny arlarrarr inyuran jita warrwak la jita wulku jita pulkijapa inymajungan murnin inyiyirnpulanyiny. ‘He returned and saw that the younger sister had gone but the older one really was dead because he had hit her on the nose.’ Kiniyirnpulanyi. ‘He's hitting him on the nose.’ Inyiwung ta murlu. ‘He hit her on the nose.’ See:�imungkurriyi�‘break neck’. Category:�Strike or chop, Head.
kiyarrkalku���iv. cut own hair. Category:�Divide, cut, tear, Head.
kiyirrwarrki���iv. to pick teeth. Ngapi ngayiwarrki. ‘I am picking my teeth.’ Category:�Weak impact, Head.
kulkurntupurntu���noun. eyebrow. Syn:�wurnpurnurri. Category:�Head.
kungkampupu���noun. skull. Category:�Head. See:�namajumpu�‘skeleton’.
larnngalk���noun. ear, horn of Rainbow serpent. See:�marnngalk�‘drown’; ngaralk�‘tongue, language’; ngalyapanta�‘buffalo horn’. Category:�Head.
larnngalk wu���sheep. Category:�Mammals.
malililut���noun. 1�•�soft part of the ear. Category:�Head.
2�•�any soft item. Category:�Properties of surface. Usage:�VE object See main entry: nulililut.
mangarlngarl���noun. larynx, voice box. Category:�Head.
marawk���noun. 1�•�Friarbirds, honeyeaters (generic). Philemon spp.. Category:�Small birds.
2�•�baldy. An insulting term for people with a small amount of hair on the head, like a leatherhead bird. Nuyi ta marawk wanji. ‘You have a head like a leatherhead, not much hair!’ Category:�Peoples and clans, Head.
marrapirnta���noun. 1�•�pierced nasal septum. Category:�Head.
2�•�wood plug used in piercing the nasal septum and keeping it open. Syn:�iwijiwij. Category:�Clothing, adornment, magic items.
3�•�place name, of tip where people camp at Wigu. Category:�Place names.
mayawumpu���noun. chin. Category:�Head.
mulurntupurntu���noun. Eyebrow. See:�murrurntupurntu�‘eyebrow area’. Category:�Head.
murlu���noun. nose. Category:�Head.
murrurntupurntu���noun. eyebrow area of the forehead. See:�mulurntupurntu�‘eyebrow’. Category:�Head.
nangartam���noun. jaw, cheek. Wugarra iwuwany nuyu la iwaning antajing nuyu parrwarr ta nangartam nuyu. ‘They at a lot of his cheek and there was a hole right through his cheek.’ See:�ilangararru�‘jaw, jawbone’. Category:�Head.
ninyjakpirij���noun. mouth (of a woman). See main entry: ilakpirij. Category:�Head.
ninyjangararru���noun. jaw, jawbone. See main entry: ilangararru. Category:�Head.
ninyjigi���noun. tooth. Category:�Head. See main entry: iyigi.
ninymungkurryuwu���noun. nape of the neck. See main entry: imungkurryuwu. Category:�Head.
nukpartpalmili���noun. your (singular) forehead. See:�iwartpalmili�‘his forehead’. Category:�Head.
ngalakpirij���noun. my mouth. See:�ilakpirij�‘mouth’. Category:�Head.
ngamungkurryuwu���noun. the nape of the neck. Category:�Head. See:�imungkurryuwu�‘nape of neck’.
ngaralk���noun. tongue, word, language. Ngapi ngungmuy nuyu ta ngaralk. ‘I do not know his language.’ Kiki ta ngaralk ta kutpin house? ‘What word do you say for house?’ Ngaralk iwungka. ‘He has brought knowledge - a stranger in town who has brought witchraft or brought knowledge for a ceremony.’ See:�mangaralk�‘tongue of flame’; mayali�‘knowledge’; larnngalk�‘ear’. Category:�Language, Head.
pirl���noun. cripple. Nuka ja pirl. ‘He's the cripple’. See:�ngalpirl�‘cripple (female)’; wirl�‘nuisance’. Category:�Physical disability and injury.
coverb. 1�•�cut across, through, squeeze, divide something. Atiwuk pirl ta kantijawa. ‘He cut through the bread.’ Nganiwut pirl ja nuka. ‘This thing is squeezing me.’ Tukapa angkuwung pirl wemin ta Warrarakuku la wemin ta kinyuryi muwarn. ‘They've already divded it, the Warrarakuku - they're the sun set side.’ Category:�Divide, cut, tear, Pressing.
Restrict:�LL object 2�•�cross mountains, land or bodies of water. angkanawut pirl ‘they will go across’; kangkuwut pirlga ‘They are going across’. Aku, angkuwuk pirlgapa kupuny. ‘They came across to the place by canoe.’ angkuwuk pirl warak ‘They went across to the other side.’ Ngapi ngungput pirl ta alan. ‘I cut across the path.’ Category:�Movement relating to fixed point, Impact.
3�•�chop up, divide. innyej pirl ‘he cut it short (MA, e.g. string)’. kinnyet pirl ‘he is cutting it short (MA obj)’. Category:�Divide, cut, tear.
Restrict:�LL object 4�•�cut story, conversation short. ngungej pirl. anyej pirl ‘he cut it short (LL: a story/conversation)’. anyeny pirl ‘he just stopped’. Awulalkanyjiliny apa angpaj pirl innyung. ‘They had a meeting for a while. They shortened that meeting and he gave him.’ Category:�Language.
5�•�pinch hard. kininyji pirl. ‘He pinched him.’ Kunuka nuyi ta kannginyji pirl? ‘Why are you pinching yourself?’ Nganyjuk pirl ta ngapi wiyu. ‘I'm pinching myself.’ See:�wirlwirl�‘squeeze (kininyji)’. Category:�Pressing.
6�•�choke. Wularrutapa iwuwutiny pirl. ‘They have choked him already.’ iwutin pirl ‘he choked.’ Category:�Pressing, Head.
Restrict:�VE subject 7�•�burn through. Muka mata yungku mata kamala pirl. ‘This fire is burning through, in the middle (ie. as a camp fire does).’ See:�pirlpirl�‘flowing strongly’; wirlpirl�‘flowing’; purl�‘light with firesticks’. Category:�Fire.
Restrict:�MA subject 8�•�be a cripple, for example need a wheelchair or suffer from paralysis. Kinima pirl ‘He's a cripple.’ Nuka ja inimaj pirl kiwani. ‘He became a cripple.’ Syn:�mirngij. Category:�Physical disability and injury.
walmukpuk���noun. brain. Nuka ja numurrunti walmukpuk. ‘He has a bad brain, ie. he is a troublemaker.’ Syn:�wukpuk. Category:�Head.
wanji���noun. head. aliwi ngartu ta wanji ‘my memory's no good’. Category:�Head. Note: Also the name of Inyjalarrku dance move Syn:�yurrng.
wilipilip���coverb. Restrict:�VE subject person blink or wink. Ta karrpin wilipilip naka kamamin wilipilip ngarrurru wun. ‘When we blink and then our eyes are blinking.’ Maminang wilipilip nuyu wun. ‘He winked or blinked.’ See:�wunyipunyi�‘blink’. Syn:�wilikpilik. Category:�Head. Note: Very unusual occurrence in coverb.
wukpuk���noun. 1�•�brain. Syn:�walmukpuk. Category:�Head.
2�•�bush guava tree. Capparis umbonata. Variant:�Iwaidja: Wukbuk. Category:�Trees and bushes, Plant food.
wurlgirk���noun. inside the mouth, oral cavity. See:�ilakpirij�‘mouth (outside part)’. Category:�Head.
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.
wurnpurnurri���noun. eyebrow. Syn:�kulkurntupurntu. Category:�Head.
wurakak���noun. 1�•�Torresian crow. Corvus orru. See:�wurrakak�‘place name’. Category:�Small birds. Anth: belongs to waryat side, yarriyarnkurrk side of martkumartku moiety
2�•�uvula. Category:�Head.
yarlkinyarlkiny���noun. glands at the front of the throat which swell up when we are sick. Category:�Head.
yumpuli���noun. face, beak, point. ngumpuli, ninyumpuli, wungumpuli, mumbuli ‘end of stick’; mampuli, wimpuli. See:�wungumpuli�‘point of land’; mampuli�‘bow of canoe’; mumpuli marruny�‘fish name’. Category:�Head.
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