Limbs
any���noun. armpit. Syn:�nganpiny. Category:�Limbs.
atijpularr���noun. 1�•�young plant, small plant. Category:�General terms.
2�•�fingers. Ta nigi la ta atijpularr. ‘The thumb and the fingers’. See main entry: ilijpularr. Category:�Limbs.
atimputput���noun. thumb, big toe. Category:�Limbs.
ilarri���noun. leg, back leg of animals that walks on land with four legs. Cannot refer to back flippers of turtle. ngalarri, arrkarri, ngarrkarri, nukarri, nuwutarri, ninyjarri, wularri ‘law ; argument ; meaning ; memories’; malarri. malarri ‘mangrove aerial roots’. wilarri. Kamaju tuka wilarri. ‘They have sore legs.’ See:�ninyjarri; wularri; igarnpa�‘his lap, his leg’. Category:�Limbs.
imawurr���noun. 1�•�arm, front flipper, front leg (of animal with four legs). ngamawurr, nukpawurr, ninymawurr ‘arm ; claw’; wumawurr ‘creek ; river ; milky.way’; mamawurr ‘tree branch’; apawurr ‘arm of yam, tendril of vine (from Capell and Hinch: presumably yam vine)’; wimawurr. Category:�Limbs, Reptiles and amphibians.
2�•�number of times. Ngarrkarrk imawurr. ‘Two times (he did something).’ Ngarrkarrk nukpawurr. ‘(You did something) two times.’ Category:�Daily, Amounts.
iwarak���noun. 1�•�footprints, tracks. arrkparak, wiwarak. Katjutpa yurnu iwarak nganaparru. ‘The buffalo left tracks.’ Yarran parakapa innyeyawng iwarak. ‘He went along and then he saw the tracks.’ See:�yurnu�‘foot, hand, tracks’; artparak�‘well’. Category:�Limbs.
2�•�flipper marks. Category:�General.
kartawarr���noun. knee joint. See:�kartawarrkartawarr�‘kneel’; ngarlwak�‘knee cap’. Category:�Limbs.
kartungkun1���noun. 1�•�shin. Category:�Limbs.
2�•�Ironwood tree. Erythrophleum chlorostachys. Variant:�Iwaidja: kartungkun. Muka mata kartungkun kampartpan tuka panikin, Yara mangiri kampartpan. Kayirrk la kawuryi pata kiwatpi wurrupurru ja kawinyji arrkarrk. ‘They boil the ironbark leaves in a billy. At other times they might boil the bark instead. Then those who have a rash and are scratching themselves bathe in the liquid.’ Category:�Trees and bushes, Medicine, Toxic plants. Anth: Used to treat skin infections. Preparation: chop bark off tree, boil and use liquid on skin. Warning: can cause anaphylaxis when eaten by children. The leaves are also used to smoke the house when people die, to rid it of spirits.
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.
kinnyatpikpi���tv. carry by hand. Kerra warak kinnyatpikpi warak irratat. ‘He is carrying the meat by hand (perhaps in a bucket or bag).’ See:�kininiki�‘carry on shoulders’. Category:�Manipulation, Limbs.
kakurlkparryu���noun. palm of hand. Category:�Limbs.
kunkapam���noun. calf of leg. Category:�Limbs.
marrmarrjunga���iv. have slack arm that hangs down. Nakapa koyanti yarakap imarrmarrjunganka. ‘This one look he had one slack arm.’ Category:�Limbs, Physical disability and injury.
ninyjarri���noun. leg. See main entry: ilarri. See:�ninykarnpa�‘leg of a female or other class FE entity’. Category:�Limbs.
ninykarnpa���noun. leg of a female or other class FE entity. See main entry: igarnpa. Syn:�ninyjarri. Category:�Limbs.
ngalarri���noun. my leg. Category:�Limbs. See main entry: ilarri.
ngarlwak���noun. 1�•�knee cap. Kimaju tuka ngarlwak. See:�kartawarr�‘knee joint’. Category:�Limbs.
2�•�mud Mussel, lives in mangroves, in mud. Polymesoda erosa. Variant:�Iwaidja: ngarlwak. Kuwanama ngartu ngarlwak. ‘Get me some Mud Mussels.’ Ngarlwak mampulalkungung muki. ‘Ngarlwak was used to cut umbilical cords.’ Category:�Shellfish. Anth: Good to eat.
coverb. Restrict:�MA object 1�•�sit cross-legged, literally: bend knees. Ngarri ngarryukpuning ngarlwak ‘We sat cross-legged.’ Category:�Remain stationary.
2�•�die, polite way of describing someone's death. innyukpung ngarlwak ‘he died, polite (lit: he kneeled down or collapsed)’. ingawkpung ngarlwak ‘she died.’ See:�kartawarrkartawarr�‘kneel’; mirnta�‘die in old age’. Category:�Illness and death.
yarakap ngarlwak���phrase. only child. inyalkpany yarakap ngarlwak. ‘She has only one child, an only child.’ Category:�Ages.
pijalk���noun. toe, fingernail. Category:�Limbs.
wagari���noun. elbow. Category:�Limbs.
wirla���noun. ankle. Category:�Limbs.
wimawurr���noun. their arms. Category:�Limbs. See main entry: imawurr.
winti���noun. 1�•�wrist. Anth: Wrist is touched when giving to mawawiny see discussion in Marnkitarr text. Category:�Limbs.
2�•�bamboo vine, creeper from which nganypakan armbands are made. Anth: Used to make yarlawu fish trap. Flagellaria indica. Variant:�Iwaidja: Windi. See:�yurlirr�‘creeper type’. Category:�Small plants.
winyjil���noun. ligament at the back of the leg. Anth: the strength of the body is in the winyjil and can be lost. The marrgij can restore the strength by bending the body backwards holding on to this tendon and the shoulders. ta wirnjil ‘the tendon’. Category:�Limbs.
wurrkamaj���noun. palm of hand. Actually underside of hand as it includes underside of fingers too. Kulalkunyi wurrkamaj. ‘Cut it down the centre (when discussing dividing a mud crab between two people)’. Kuwuni wurrkamaj ‘Give him half (of a crab cut along its bilateral axis)’. Category:�Limbs.
wurrkamaj yurnu���phrase. five. Variant:�new; old way is wurrkara yurnu. See:�wurrkara�‘opposite, the other side’; wurrkara wurrkara�‘both ends or both sides’. Category:�Amounts.
yurnu���noun. foot, hand, extremity, footprint, tracks. Atimany ngaw yurnu ‘They're holding hands’. Awuran tuka wurl awukany ajirrik yurnu nuyu. ‘They went to a billabong, they looked for what might be its footprints.’ See:�yurnu ta karrungmarranyi�‘hand’; yurnu ta karrungarlukpa�‘foot’; warlk�‘tree (generic term)’; iwarak�‘footprints’. Category:�Limbs.
wurrkamaj yurnu���five. Syn:�wurrkara yurnu. Category:�Amounts.
inyngen yurnu���NVidiom. a girl's first period. Pata warrarrawurnji kakenpu yurnu. ‘Girl's have their first period ceremony.’ Category:�Reproduction.
kinnyatpi yurnu���NVidiom. shake hands. Kapatpi wu la wemin yurnu, kamin marrmarr. ‘They shake hands and they're happy.’ Category:�Holding, sticking, Social responsibilities and events.
yurnu ta karrungarlukpa���phrase. foot, the one we walk on. ta yurnu ja karrungarlukpa ‘foot’. Kurlingka kili lintij ta yurnu ta kannyarlukpa. ‘Is he just playing with his feet?’ See:�kinnyarlukpa�‘walk’; yurnu�‘foot, hand, extremity, footprint, tracks’. Category:�Limbs.
yurnu ta karrungmarranyi���phrase. hand, the extremity we wave with. See:�kanimarranyi�‘wave’; yurnu�‘foot, hand, extremity, footprint, tracks’. Category:�Limbs.
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