Hair

Hair

apagarl���noun. bald. Nakapa apagarl ja arrarrkpi. ‘That man is bald.’ Category:�Hair.

irri���noun. 1�•�oil, fat, hair oil, fuel. See:�kinilangani. Syn:�murrkaj. Category:�Fire, Other, Hair.

2�•�stew. Category:�Illness.

coverb. Restrict:�LL object (grease) softening, melting. Kanilangani irri. ‘It (fat) is melting. For example when you cook meat and the fat starts bubbling out, or when marge or butter melts.’ Category:�Cooking.

irrka���noun. beard. Ingarnakenang maryakut irrka. ‘His first beard was beginning to come through (on a young man).’ Category:�Hair.

iwiya���noun. hair. ngawiya, ninypiya, mawiya VE.foliage ; VE.tree.leaves; apiya ED.leaves; wiwiya. Nakapa ilurtpujpiny ja iwiya. ‘His hair is shorter.’ Takapa apiya ngaw karwuluk. ‘That is the foliage of the long yam.’ Category:�Hair.

kararrgararr���noun. 1�•�an open pattern used in basket making. Category:�Tools, women's.

2�•�fine, soft, (fine hair), nylon. See:�alawiyalawistar pattern used in table mats. Category:�Hair, Clothing, adornment, magic items.

warnja���noun. pubic hair. Category:�Hair.

yarntulyarrkut���noun. long sleeved shirt, long pants, long haired, long grass etc. Used to specify either that something which can be short or long happens to be long, or to emphasise that something is very long. arntulyak (e.g. road), marntulyarrkut (e.g. grass, spear), awarntulyarrkut (e.g. Karwuluk yam). yarntulyak jalwarra ‘long pants’. yarntulyak ja iwiya. ‘long haired’. marntulyarrkut mirlak ‘long grass’. See:�yarntulyaklong. Category:�Hair, Size and weight.

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Bodyparts (people)