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nya���interjection. take it! Anth: This is a response to a request to pass something over. That person in response again answers ka, I receive it, thank you. See:�ka�‘I take it’. Category:�Language.

nyalegen���noun. taro. Colocasia esculenta. Category:�Tubers, Introduced plants.

nyarlgan���noun. a large long-necked tortoise. See:�mangili�‘freshwater tortoise’. Category:�Reptiles and amphibians. Anth: It lives in fresh water and is larger than a mangili tortoise.

nyelk���noun. age stage term. Category:�Ages.

nyi���coverb. blow the nose. Anmina nyi. ‘Blow your nose.’ Category:�Secretions and substances.

nyinkurr���noun. approaching cloud heavy with rain. Nyinkurr kerraga ngarrurru ja walmat. ‘The rain cloud is bringing rain to us.’ See:�nguljirr�‘bad weather approaching’; kuwinu�‘cloud’; walmat�‘rain’. Category:�Sky.

nyinnyin���noun. white ants. Category:�Insects.

nyirrnyirr���coverb. 1�•�the sun sparkling on the water not long after it has risen. Anth: Used to refer to the early morning about 7 to 8 am. Inypangurrin nyirrnyirr la arrkpana. ‘When the sun has risen over the water we will go.’ Category:�Sky.

2�•�bright.morning. Inyarran nyirrnyirrga ngulamngulam. ‘It is another bright morning.’ Category:�Sky.

3�•�boiling or bubbling water. Kanta nyirrnyirr wularrut ta wupaj. ‘The water is already boiling.’ Category:�Water bodies.

nyol���coverb. pound until fine or soft in texture, also refers to fine-textured material. Arrapanawun nyol ta kurnpi la arrapanala. ‘We will pound the wild plums (until they are) soft and then we will eat them.’ Category:�Strike or chop.

nyunyuk���noun. a place that is very important for the well-being of the people, a sacred site. Only certain people can go there. Mata, mata nyunyuk mata warlk mata malangaling Warral. ‘A special tree was standing there, the Warral.’ Syn:�jang. Category:�Supernatural, Landscape, Peoples and clans.