Mawng

RL - rl

rlagaj���noun. type of net. Category:�Items for fishing.

rlakupanya���noun. shellfish type. Anth: Were used as pipes. Category:�Shellfish.

rlama���noun. shovel spear. See:�kinilalkucut. Category:�Tools, men's.

rlamputa���noun. river mangrove. Aegiceras corniculatum. Anth: a type of mangrove which has large inedible fruit on it and has a lightweight wood See:�nganykarrarrmangroves (generic). Category:�Mangroves.

rlanjirrang���noun. lamp. Category:�Other.

rlanyja���noun. person who fights a lot, is aggressive. ngarrkarrk lanyja ‘two who fight a lot’. Category:�Peoples and clans.

rlaprlap���noun. Nightjars. Eurostopodus argus, Caprimulgus macrurus. Category:�Small birds.

rlatung���noun. lead. Category:�Other.

rlaw���noun. bent, crooked. Mata rlaw mata warlk. ‘The tree is bent.’ Ngannyawun rlaw. ‘I'm bending the wood.’ Arruntumirlajuning tuka angmin rlaw alan. ‘They were lying in wait for us at a bend in the track.’ Category:�Shape.

rlawrlaw���noun. very bent, wrong. Inimany rlawrlaw. ‘He married her wrong way.’ See:�manjatstraight, true. Category:�Shape, Judgement, evaluation.

rlawirrji���noun. swamp bloodwood. Eucalyptus ptychocarpa. Category:�Trees and bushes.

rlawk���noun. stone spear head. Anth: The 'blacksmith' used to heat the special stone and crack it and then it was ready. The mines used to be Wajpi and Wungarnpa. See:�tatkenstone axe. Syn:�mankik. Category:�Tools, men's.

rlelerrk���interjection. a warning sound to indicate that a shark or policeman is around. Category:�Non language human voice sounds.

rlimpij���noun. lorrkon initiate.

rlirr���coverb. 1�•�move, shift from one place to another. Warranyngiw kutpina rlirr! ‘Children, move over!’ Nganiluta la imina rlirr warak. ‘He is in my way and should move away.’ See:�yap (kimin)move.location. Category:�Horizontal movements.

2�•�move or push something along. Kumanyi rlirr nuwu ja mutika. ‘Move your car out of the way.’ Kunymanyi rlirr jaka (*ngaw) ‘Move her along (e.g. a child).’ Category:�Manipulation.

Restrict:�ED object 3�•�move camp. La apakawi rlirr warak ngampiwi yirrik ta waka. ‘And further on to - I'm not sure which places - over there.’ Category:�General terms, Shelter, camp, house.

rlitirr���coverb. 1�•�hatch. Kiwani rlitirr. ‘It is hatching out.’ Category:�Reproduction.

2�•�keep on moving along, clear (it) up. Inimangung rlitirr. ‘He kept on moving it, he cleared it up.’ Category:�Manipulation.

Restrict:�MA object 3�•�break through, hatch out. Can be used for anything that has eggs, e.g. birds, reptiles. Koyanti innyeny rlitirr ja ilijpakpak. ‘Look, the young (bird) has hatched out.’ Innyeny rlitirr ja kurlajuk. ‘It hatched out of the egg.’ Inyanat ingany rlitirr. ‘It (female) hatched out.’ See:�kurlajukegg. Category:�Movement in and out.

rlokrlok���noun. skink. Category:�Reptiles and amphibians. Note: Mentioned in Berndt and Berndt (1970) yitpiyitpi song cycle

rluj2���coverb. Restrict:�VE object whistle. Nganymakangung rluj. ‘I was whistling.’ Mannyanaka rluj la arrkpana. ‘The (whistle) will blow and then we will go.’ Category:�Non language human voice sounds.

rluj1���noun. abcess, boil. Usage:�used in all three sickness constructions with kinima and kinnyetpi with MA subjects and kimaju Ngamaju rluj. ‘I have a boil.’ Ngapi ngartu ja rluj. ‘My boil.’ Ja rluj ja numurrunti. ‘It's a bad boil’. Category:�Sickness.

rlurl���coverb. fill. e.g. water rise up in a spring, rice fill up in a saucepan. Person have enough to eat. Kurlingka wularrut kapin rlurlga ta pirraja? ‘Is the rice filling up the saucepan yet?’ Kangmin rlurlga ta wupaj. ‘The water is welling up (in the hole).’ Ngapi ngaminy rlurl. ‘I had sufficient to eat.’ See:�lurlpungtune. Category:�Illness, Movement in and out, Arrangement.

rlumpuk���noun. Doves. Also used to refer to Common bronzewing, Chestnut-quilled rock pigeon, White-quilled rock-pigeon. Also: Phaps chalcoptera, Petrophassa rufipennis, Petrophassa albipennis. Category:�Small birds.

rlunturran���noun. big form of Giant Shovelnose Ray. See:�alkparnGiant Shovelnose Ray; rlungurana small Trevally. Category:�Rays.

rlunguran���noun. Diamond Trevally, Epaulet trevally and other small trevallies. Carangoides chrysophrys, Carangoides humerosus. See:�wurruta large Trevally; inyalkpa wurrutMedium sized Trevally; rlunturranstingray type. Category:�Sweetlips.

rlup���coverb. scoop into. Karrima rlup tuka panikin. ‘We scoop it into a container.’ Category:�Manipulation.

rlurrjij���noun. yam species. Portulaca pilosa. Variant:�Iwaidja: Lurrdidj. Category:�Plant food, Tubers. Anth: Yam found in open coastal areas which can be eaten raw or roasted. Plant has narrow fleshy leaves and yellow to pink flowers. Flowers and fruit found January-May.

Rlurrkala���noun. native Cashew. Semecarpus australiensis. Variant:�Iwaidja: Lurrkala. Category:�Trees and bushes, Toxic plants. Anth: Tree with poisonous sap that can damage skin. Fruit can be eaten but people do not eat it anymore.