Play, perform, joke
arlarngarlarng���coverb. Category:�Play, perform, joke.
kempijin���iv. laugh. Ngapi ngampijin. ‘I am laughing.’ Pa awampijiny. ‘After they laughed.’ See:�kilarampijin�‘smile’; kiniwulati�‘make laugh’; kinimalngama�‘laugh at’. Category:�Play, perform, joke.
awunypinyjung���iv. this word is used when the children go off together walking a long way or fighting or playing around. Some parents might get angry and others might say awunypinyjung 'it's o.k. they're just playing'. See:�kininyji�‘feel, examine, pinch, grab, turn on equipment by pushing a button’. Category:�Play, perform, joke.
imalmakpany���iv. perform a ceremonial dance or drama. amalmakpany ‘they did that drama/performance’; imalmakpany ‘he did that performance, e.g. he was the giant in the giant dance’. See:�kinilakurma�‘dance, imitate, act’; kilangali�‘participate in ceremony’. Category:�Play, perform, joke.
ingking���noun. laughter. Yanat ja imurra ingking. ‘He is always laughing.’ Iwana yirrka ingking ‘The laughter is still going too heavy.’ Category:�Play, perform, joke.
italka���noun. high pitched sound, high note. Kinymirawn italka mira. ‘She sings on a high note, soprano.’ Ant:�rumpurr. Category:�Cognitive senses and attention, Play, perform, joke.
jarljarl���noun. musical beat, rhythm. Mana jarljarl kita. ‘The guitar is beating out (the tune).’ See:�lurlpung�‘tune’. Category:�Play, perform, joke, Mourning.
jur���coverb. Restrict:�MA object joke. Malany kuma jur. ‘You are joking.’ kumany jur. ‘you joked’. See:�juruwarri�‘joking partner’. Category:�Play, perform, joke.
juruwarri���noun. joking partner. Anth: People who you joke with and throw things at in jamalak. Juruwarri is speaker's wiwi but is of a different totem (i.e. matriline) to speaker. So they are not a close wiwi as they cannot be actual mother's mother or daughter's daughter. Usage:�address or reference See:�jur�‘joke’; wiwi�‘mother's mother and siblings, (a woman's) daughter's children (reciprocal)’; jamalak�‘dance type’. Category:�family, inc moieties, Play, perform, joke.
kamaniwakpi���tv. Restrict:�VE object play didgeridoo, either alone or with other musicians. La Kuminymurlu maniwakpung nuyu mata arawirr. ‘And Guminmurlu, he played the didgeridoo for him.’ maniwakpukpung See:�wituwitu�‘play solo digeridoo’. Category:�Play, perform, joke.
kempijin���iv. laugh. Ngapi ngampijin. ‘I am laughing.’ Pa awampijiny. ‘After they laughed.’ See:�kilarampijin�‘smile’; kiniwulati�‘make laugh’; kinimalngama�‘laugh at’. Category:�Play, perform, joke.
kimirawn���iv. sing. imirawni. Amirawning pu pata arrarrkpi. ‘They were singing to the people.’ Kimirawn ja Inyjalarrku. ‘They're singing Inyjalarrku.’ See:�tiyip�‘bring down’. Category:�Play, perform, joke.
kimirawtpirawning��� Naka Inyjalarrku imirawtpirawning. ‘He was known as a singer of Inyjalarrku.’
kinilakurma���tv. imitate, perform a character. Inilakurmangung. ‘He was imitating him.’ Kiwulakurma Yumparrparr. ‘They're dancing Yumparrparr (i.e. performing as and imitating Yumparrparr)’. Iwulakurmay. ‘Anybody might dance (as the orange and white giant).’ Syn:�imalmakpany. See:�kilakurma�‘sign’. Category:�Play, perform, joke.
kinimalngama���tv. laugh at. Nakapa iwumalngamang la awampiji. ‘They (the Inyjalarrku people) see him and don't recognise him so they laugh at him.’ See:�kempijin�‘laugh’. Category:�Play, perform, joke.
kinimanmakpa���tv. Restrict:�MA object 1�•�make string finger patterns. ngimanmakpa ‘I am making string patterns’. Nawuyuk kiwani kinimanmakpa. ‘Nawuyuk is doing string patterns.’ Nuka ja karrimanmakpa. ‘They're string patterns.’ Category:�Play, perform, joke.
Restrict:�ED object 2�•�(female) be prepared for the dance. Prepared by being appropriately adorned. Wularrut akamany manmakpaj. ‘She is now prepared for the dance.’ Akaman manmakpany ‘She is decorated.’ Kapan makpany nuyu? ‘Did you decorate that boy?’ See:�yirurryirurr�‘be dressed for ceremony’. Category:�Clothing, adornment, magic items.
kiningalkpun���tv. 1�•�crack, pound, smash, whack head, e.g. cracking a turtle head to kill it. Ingangalkpuning ja karrarnarn. ‘She was cracking the oyster shells.’ Jara ja arrarrkpi yuranka iningalkpung. ‘Another man comes along and hits him on the head.’ Qeqe. Kinyalkpun la inyamin. ‘Yes. They are each hitting themselves on the head.’ See:�kingalkpun�‘crack head’; ingalkpany�‘be from place’; kiwirnngalkpun�‘a burning coal fire’. Category:�Strike or chop.
Restrict:�MA object 2�•�sing and play accompaniment with clapsticks. Iwanaga ja arrapujpa iwaningalkpun ja manyardi. ‘The song man will come and perform the song cycle.’ Anngalyunyi kiwungalkpukpun nganangka, kawaga kamirawnka. ‘Listen to the clapsticks. They're coming this way.’ ja ngarringalkuny parak ‘when we do the song’. Category:�Play, perform, joke, Song and dance. Note: Old word for singing with clapsticks, now people just use kamirawn
Restrict:�MA object 3�•�cutting oneself in mourning. Category:�Mourning. Note: This sense has also been recorded for kingalkpun
Restrict:�PL subject 4: kawunpungalkpun�•�they are fighting with sticks. Category:�Fight.
kiniwulati���tv. make laugh. iniwulatiny. Kawuniwulatiki. ‘He makes them laugh.’ Nganiwulati, ngampijin. ‘He makes me laugh, I'm laughing.’ See:�kempijin�‘laugh’. Category:�Play, perform, joke, Non language human voice sounds.
kinnyarkinyji���tv. tease, make fun of. Kawunparrkinyji la wemin. ‘They tease each other.’ Kunarrkinyji. ‘You're teasing me.’ Kiwarrkinyji. ‘They're making fun of him, teasing him.’ See:�parr�‘peel back’; malapiyi�‘scoff at, laugh at’. Category:�Play, perform, joke.
kinnyayanayan���tv. 1�•�look carefully at, scrutinise, aim at. With 3LL object this can mean 'to explore an area'. anyayanayawng, anyayanayantung. Annyayanayantung kunak. ‘He looked the place over carefully.’ Ngamalkpang yala ngungayanayanjing. ‘I don't want to go outside, to look at the place.’ Syn:�yirrirri. Category:�Cognitive senses and attention.
2�•�compose song. Innyayanayantung. ‘He was making the song.’ Innyanayantung. ‘The songs used to come to him (at Mankuluwirrk, from the Inyjalarrku spirits).’ Category:�Play, perform, joke.
Restrict:�LL object 3�•�make trouble with. Inyi kurrungayanayanpu. ‘Don't make trouble with them.’ Inyi kungayanayan nuyu. ‘Don't make trouble with him.’ See:�kinnyayatayan�‘look after’; kinnyayan�‘see’; kiniwartpi�‘fight’. Category:�Fight.
kinnyukpun���tv. 1�•�break, bend. Kamannyukpun yungku. ‘He's breaking up firewood.’ Oh awangkung, awangurrinykapa, apukpuning yurnu, aminy "Mm, marntingunyuny." ‘They'd go along in the boat, they turn their had, we'd think "Oh, dugong."’ Note: When hunters returned in a canoe they'd make a signal to show what they caught. Mampukpukpung mampuwarawng. ‘They broke up the wood and made a fire’. See:�iwajiyiny�‘broken’; kinnyun�‘give’. Category:�Twist, bend.
Restrict:�MA subject 2�•�break part of self. Marnti kunnyukpu. ‘(Don't carry it), you might break something (because it's too heavy. (lit: it might break you).’ Category:�Twist, bend, Physical disability and injury.
Restrict:�MA object 3�•�turn self around, turn boat or car. innyukpung, ingawkpung ‘she turned around, she turned’; kiwukpun ‘they turned around’. Koyanti innyukpung arrapalen. ‘Look, the aeroplane has turned (changed direction).’ Category:�Change stance, Manipulation.
Restrict:�MA object 4�•�play song well and move people emotionally. "Ey kangmarrangulin!" kamin nuyu ja arrarrkpi "Kangmarrangulinapa ta kukpung. ‘"Oh you really move us (with your singing)" they say to the man (singing). "We're reminded of old times when you move us."’ Kangmarrangulinapa ta kukpung. ‘We recall old memories when he moves us (with his song).’ Imiyawng innyukpung. ‘He sung and the way he played was moving’. Category:�Play, perform, joke, Sorrow, happiness.
Restrict:�MA subject ; ED object 5: katjukpun�•�heart be deeply moved, broken. Ngalyungan amirawning pata warra kamumu la atjukpung ngartu marurturt. ‘I heard the women singing and my heart was deeply moved.’ They're singing pa kinyalyu "A, apukpung ngartu marurturt." ‘They're singing as she's listening and says "Oh they broke my heart."’ Atjukpung ngaw marurturt. ‘Her heart is broken.’ See:�wurlk�‘sorrow, strong emotion’; marurturt�‘heart’. Category:�Sorrow, happiness.
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lalafita���coverb. somersault. Variant:�Fijian form. Ngarri ngati lintij lalafita. ‘We were playing somersaults.’ Category:�Play, perform, joke.
lintij���coverb. 1�•�play, or for adults 'dance and sing'. Kawuli lintij pata warranyngiw. ‘The children are playing.’ Kayirrk ngatangaling lintij ngarriwung larrapa. ‘We kept dancing and singing and then we finished.’ Nganawani lintij ja rtupulu. ‘I'll play cards.’ See:�marlana�‘playing’. Category:�Play, perform, joke.
2�•�be boyfriend and girlfriend. Category:�Desire.
malapiyi���coverb. scoff at, laugh at. Iniwuning malapiyi. ‘He was laughing at him.’ See:�parr�‘laugh at, make fun of’; kinnyarkinyji�‘tease, make fun of’. Category:�Language, Play, perform, joke.
marlana���coverb. 1�•�playing at, play-acting, playing. Variant:�said to be Ngurtikin usage. Kawuli marlana. ‘They are joking to each other. He is playing.’ See:�lintij�‘play’. Category:�Play, perform, joke.
2�•�play. Kawarra marlana. ‘They're playing.’ Category:�Play, perform, joke.
3�•�hit while playing, pretend to hit. Kawuntumarlkujpa la wemin, marlana ‘They punch each other, playing.’ Malany iwuwuning marlana. ‘They were playing with him (in a hurtful way), treating him scornfully.’ Ngantuwun marlana. ‘They are playing with me, e.g. he stole my bag in fun (i.e. ran off with it to tease me but was just going to come back with it.)’ Category:�Play, perform, joke.
manyardi���noun. song. Category:�Play, perform, joke.
nawanpal���noun. 1�•�wide. See main entry: nuwanpal. Category:�Size and weight.
2�•�one of two main bones in a turtle's arm. Category:�Reptiles and amphibians.
3�•�large flat type of clapsticks. See:�nganangka�‘clapsticks’; palapala�‘large flat surface’. Category:�Tools, men's, Play, perform, joke. Anth: The large flat clapstick is also referred to as nigi while the smaller one is malijpakpak.
ninymilinmilirri���noun. difficult (of performance). See main entry: numilinmilirri. Category:�Judgement, evaluation, Play, perform, joke.
nungmilinmilirri���noun. difficult (of performance). Nungpaka nungmilinmilirri ta anminy ngartu. ‘What you said was too difficult to understand.’ Category:�Play, perform, joke, Judgement, evaluation. See main entry: numilinmilirri.
ngalkuruk���noun. 1�•�a song to let people know that the Wuwarr ceremony has arrived. Category:�General ritual, Play, perform, joke. Anth: Two men take it to the places involved to call the people to the central gathering place.
2�•�the stick which the men used to carry with them to tell people of the Wuwarr ceremony. Category:�General ritual, Tools, men's.
nginji���noun. a Goulburn Island song cycle. Category:�Play, perform, joke.
nguya���noun. 1�•�a group of people associated with a patrilineal or matrilineal clan name. See:�yurrumu�‘patrilineal name’. Syn:�namanamaj. Category:�Peoples and clans, family, inc moieties.
2�•�language one uses and songs one sings to make a turtle or dugong come to you when hunting. Category:�Play, perform, joke.
parr���coverb. 1�•�peel back, become unstuck, come off. Plaster wularrut kimit parr. ‘The plaster became unstuck.’ See:�pirr�‘uncover, lift back’; parrparr�‘be extended, cover a large area’. Category:�Movement relating to fixed point.
2�•�laugh at, make fun of. Ngarrampijinang ngarrinypunik parr jita ngapi ngartu kamu. ‘We were laughing, making fun of my mother.’ Nawuyuk nganiwunik parr. ‘Nawuyuk was making fun of me.’ Kinyput parr. ‘She is clumsy.’ See:�malapiyi�‘scoff at, laugh at’; kinnyarkinyji�‘tease, make fun of’. Category:�Play, perform, joke.
purup���coverb. 1�•�bend over. Anmina purup. ‘You bend over’. Syn:�punim. Category:�Change stance.
2�•�sleep a night, camp. Category:�Sleep.
3�•�put down, put into lying position. Mamputpan purup putmanta. ‘They put the case on its base (from a standing position on its side)’. Iwutpan purup ja warranyngiw. ‘They laid the child down.’ Kamannyutpa purup. ‘The grass falls over (at the end of the wet season)’. See:�kinnyutpa�‘put down, write down’. Category:�Manipulation.
4�•�lower pitch in song. Arriwanutpa purup parak. ‘We go down in pitch.’ Category:�Play, perform, joke.
rumpurr���adverb. low toned, deep voiced, bass note (eg. didgeridoo). Kinymirawn rumpurr. ‘She sings with a deep voice.’ Arawirr mata rumpurr. ‘The didgeridoo is deep voiced.’ Marryun kawunginka arampurr. ‘Young men talk with deep voices.’ Category:�Play, perform, joke, Cognitive senses and attention. Ant:�italka.
tumilinmilirriyut���noun. difficult (of performance). See:�numilinmilirri�‘difficult (of performance)’. Category:�Play, perform, joke.
rtijemro���ideophone. sound of a didgeridoo. Category:�Non language human voice sounds, Play, perform, joke.
rtupulu���coverb. gambling. Category:�Play, perform, joke.
warrajparray���coverb. Dance moving arms from side to side (used in Inyjalarrku dance). Fabric wave in the breeze, leaves on a tree wave in the breeze. Kawulangali warrajparray kiwarlukpa ‘They dance moving their hands from size to side.’ Category:�Play, perform, joke, Wind, General terms.
wilpil���coverb. Restrict:�MA object 1�•�signal that the song is ending by playing a particular rhythm with the clapsticks. arrin wilpil nganangk ‘we cut short the song with the clapsticks’. Karrin wilpil mata nganangka. ‘We end the song.’ ja karrin wilpil arnangkat ‘they bring the song to a close quickly.’ See:�wirlpirl (kinnyen)�‘cut song short (with clapstick rhythm)’. Category:�Song and dance.
Restrict:�MA object 2�•�(dance) gracefully, expertly. Arrkpana arrkpunpayan pata kawulangali kiwarlukpa wilpil. ‘Let's go and see them dancing gracefully, expertly.’ Kinnyarlukpa wilpil. ‘He dances expertly.’ See:�wirlpirl (kinilalkun)�‘dance in big group’; kinnyarlukpa�‘dance’. Category:�Song and dance, Goodness, Play, perform, joke.
wituwitu���coverb. play the didgeridoo only, not with clapsticks and singing. Kiwani wituwitu ja marryun tuka mawngku. ‘The boy is playing the didgeridoo in the shade.’ See:�kamaniwakpi�‘play didgeridoo’. Category:�Play, perform, joke.
Yalarrkuku���noun. song name. Category:�Play, perform, joke.
yartparrawarra���noun. one who excels in playing the didgeridoo. Category:�Play, perform, joke.
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