P - p
pa1���crossreference. See:�-apa�‘emphatic suffix’.
pa2���part. this word links ideas. Iminy pu, 'Arrkpanuraka'. Pa amajpungkiny awurakan parak. ‘He said to them, 'We will go home'. And so they arose and went home.’ Kumanyi ja kuling pa larla iwangen manpiri. ‘Take the rudder so older sister can harpoon the turtle.’ Kinymarryun, kinnyutpa pa ja kurrana. ‘A new moon has been put up.’ See:�qe�‘yeah’; yi�‘o.k.’.
pagap���coverb. float. Nuka kurrayanti kiw pagap. ‘Look at it floating.’ Kiw pagap. ‘He is floating.’ Kurrayanti nakapa ja marrwati kiniwurlnga ja inyarlgan kiw pagap. ‘Look at the sea eagle circling over the floating turtle.’ See:�wagapagap�‘float (kilangali)’. Category:�Motion relating to water.
paj1���noun. European style pipe. See:�larrwa�‘Macassan pipe’. Category:�Other.
paj2���coverb. lay open, open out. Kiyap inilalkuny innyakat paj kayirrk la manilakpuyany yungku. ‘He cut the fish, laid it open and put it on the fire.’ Category:�Manipulation.
wajpaj���coverb.
pajaway���noun. pot, container. See:�panikin�‘pot, container’. Category:�Other.
pajo���noun. bush potato. Brachystelma glabrifolium. Paju ketpi ingiri iwiya la ingijalk. Malany ja ingijalk karrila. Malany kimalkpa ta walmatpalmat ja Paju. La ta kamarlkpakpa naka marrik iwayanyjing ja iwiya la ja igarnpa nakapa kimaju. Malany ta manmuyuk naka kimalkpa kilangali ‘The Paju Yam has skin and foliage and a tuber; the part we eat. It grows in the wet season. We don't see its foliage in the hot, dry, pre-wet season, because it dies off then. However we see it again in the later part of the dry season.’ Category:�Plant food, Tubers. Anth: Children eat it. Can be eaten without cooking.
pajukaling���noun. large tin, kerosene drum. Category:�Other.
pajupaju���noun. coat, shirt, any type of top incudling t-shirts, singlets, long and short-sleeved shirts, jackets. Category:�Clothing, adornment, magic items.
paka���dem. those. Kurrayanti paka pata arrarrkpi kawani. ‘Look at those people there.’ See:�puka�‘these’.
pakala���noun. a chatterbox, a person who talks incessantly. Category:�Peoples and clans.
paki���noun. tobacco. Category:�Toxic plants, Introduced plants.
pakirrikirri���noun. chainsaw. Category:�Other.
palaji���noun. bag, sack. Used for flour bags and the type of cloth sacks that were used in early missionary days. Category:�Other.
palanta���noun. 1�•�a non-aboriginal who is not Macassan. Category:�Dreamtime names. See:�nuna�‘non-Aboriginal woman’.
2�•�English language. Category:�Dreamtime names.
palapala���noun. 1�•�a large, flat-surfaced piece platform including the platforms traditionally built in Stringybark houses or a bed or table. See:�nawanpal�‘flat clapsticks’. Category:�Shelter, camp, house.
2�•�barge. Category:�Other.
palat���adverb. alone. Nangila kiwani palat. ‘Nangila is sitting alone.’ La ja kaniwurrun mankarni well naka kawuniwun ta palat. ‘And that man who knows how to do sorcery, well he kills them when they are alone.’ Ta palat ta marrik nganti innyayanjing / la kawuniwun. ‘By himself so that so that no one sees him, he kills them.’ See:�walatpalat�‘alone’. Category:�Activity manner.
palay���part. go on, keep going. La apuwujpany palay. ‘They packed up.’ La kayirrk ngarrurri ja yarakap imawurryu palay. ‘Now we just grab one front flipper and off we go.’ Yamin ja muliyu palay. ‘Others get a back flipper and just head off.’ See:�katiwujpa�‘pack up’; pirr�‘keep going’. Category:�Activity manner.
paltak���noun. 1�•�biting bag, used in anger and fights. Anth: A little round bag with cotton wool inside, used to bite while fighting. See:�kanilakpanpun�‘have full cheeks, be chewing on some food, bite tongue or a biting bag’. Category:�Tools, women's.
2�•�Daisy Bates type of hat, because it looks like a biting bag upside down. Category:�Clothing, adornment, magic items.
palu���noun. deep water, a depth measurement. Anth: Used in reference to hunting turtle. Once in deep water the turtle can get away. In turtle hunting palu is in contrast to itamuki, about one fathom. Warlwat mira ta palu. ‘The palu is very deep.’ See:�warlwat�‘deep’. Ant:�itamuki. Category:�Movement of water, Distance, Amounts.
palungang���noun. pillow. Category:�Shelter, camp, house.
parlangkit���noun. blanket. Category:�Shelter, camp, house.
parlawrr���coverb. Restrict:�VE subject burst into flames. Makapa kamala parlawrr mata yungku. ‘The fire is bursting into flames.’ Naka ja arrarrkpi kimin wu yanat piyu tuka yanat ilakpirij nuyu manala parlawarr mata yungku. ‘That man is going 'wu' with his mouth so that the fire will burst into (flame).’ Category:�Fire.
parlk���coverb. hit against something with intent to kill. For example whack a goanna against a tree. Category:�Strike or chop.
parlparl���coverb. fast, quickly. Yanat innyakan parlparl. ‘He went quickly.’ Category:�Activity manner.
panampi���noun. a long fish net used in the sea and other open areas of water that can either be pulled behind yourself or left while the tide goes down. Panampi. Ngatama warak tuka kurrula. Karrpalangani, two warlk karrpalangani. Pa kamalangali. Kamalangali, ngulamngulam. Pa kurrula kilatpa, kiwrlgen ja kiyap. Pa ngarrima, ngarrima ja kiyap. ‘Panampi. We take it to the sea. We stand it up, we stand it up with two sticks. So it stands there. It stands there until the next day. The tide goes out and the fish go inside. So then we get them, we get the fish.’ Category:�Items for fishing.
panang���noun. band worn around the head ceremonially when a girl reaches puberty. Marnmarn kakaka panang la ayukayuk. ‘The cross-cousin makes the head band and body band.’ See:�arlampa�‘ceremonial headband’; ayukayuk�‘decorative band of string worn in puberty ceremony of girl concerned’. Anth: The band is made by marnmarn (female cross cousin). Category:�Clothing, adornment, magic items.
pani���noun. belong to place named. ja pani Inyparlmun ‘who comes from Inyparlmun’. Syn:�nuwuran. Category:�Peoples and clans.
panikin���noun. mug, billy, bowl, any type of container that can hold fluids. Variant:�from English panikin. Syn:�pajaway. Category:�Other.
panjuk���noun. grinding stone held in hand when crushing or pounding vegetable food. See:�mayirrkpirrk�‘grinding stone’; panjutpanjut�‘dancers get close to the musicians’. Category:�Tools, women's.
panjutpanjut���noun. Dancers get close to the musicians after gradually approaching them throughout the song. Marlakan ngarringalkpukpuny tuka panjutpanjut. ‘We slow down our singing and playing when the dancers get close.’ See:�panjuk�‘grinding stone’. Category:�Song and dance.
pantirrang���noun. flag, rag. Category:�Other.
pangap���coverb?. (to fill) full. Ngapi ngungpawulawkun pangap. ‘I will fill it full.’ Yanat kiniwulawkun pangap ja kiyap. ‘He's filling it up with fish.’ Category:�Arrangement, General change of state.
pangka���noun. fork of a tree. Category:�Plant parts.
pangku���noun. part-Aboriginal person. Category:�Peoples and clans.
parnti���noun. bangle. Category:�Clothing, adornment, magic items.
pap���interjection. sit! Usage:�command Variant:�a 'baby talk' command. See:�ap�‘sit down’. Category:�Language, Change stance.
coverb. live, as in how a person lives. La yamin kerra pap ju. ‘He was just living on his own.’ Kapin ja nuwarlkparrakan yamin ja kerra pap. ‘He's an old man who goes around on his own.’ Kerra pap yamin palat. ‘He goes around on his own.’ Category:�Activity manner.
papurli���noun. carrying pole, or straight young tree. Category:�Tools, men's.
coverb. Restrict:�MA object 1�•�carry home by threading on spear or metal pole. Ta katja kiyap ta karrima imurra naka karriwun papurli. ‘When we go fishing to carry a lot we string them together on a pole, wire.’ See:�wirrirri�‘string together’. Category:�Manipulation, Arrangement.
2�•�walk with pole or spear over shoulder with fish strung on it. Kurryena wirrirri ja kiyap ngarrurru la kutjanyji papurli ngarrurru. ‘String our fish together and take them (back) strung together.’ Category:�Manipulation.
papurr���1�•�coverb. an expanse of sea water. Nakapa kurrula kiw papurr. ‘There is a wide expanse of sea.’ Category:�Water bodies.
2�•�noun. an expanse of fresh water. Nakapa kanyu papurr. ‘There is a wide expanse (of fresh water).’ Category:�Water bodies.
par���coverb. slip. Kurrayanti yanat iwanamit par. ‘Look at him, he will slip.’ See:�warpar�‘take down’. Category:�Vertical motion.
paraju���crossreference. See:�waraju�‘completely taken away, right away’.
parang���part. that's all, it's finished, as in closing a transaction of some sort. Ngapi ngungunman nuwurru kayirrk la parang. ‘I have told it to you and that's all (I have to say).’ A, naka marrik ngimany! Parangju. Iwanaw. ‘Oh, I didn't bring it! Leave it. Let it lie.’ Parangju! ‘Leave it! Don't bother about it any more!’ See:�parang la�‘then’. Category:�Language.
parang la���part. then. parangapa la Malany ngalyung ta atjirringunang parang la nguranap. ‘I felt the movement (of the tremor) and so I sat down’. See:�parang�‘that's all, it's finished’; la�‘sequential marker, general covers 'or' and English sentence initial 'when'’.
parijak���noun. name given to a person who holds his arms away from his body when he walks. Category:�Peoples and clans.
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.
parra���noun. 1�•�the west wind, which blows during the wet season. See:�jimurru�‘South-east trade winds’; marlu�‘wind’; mantanti kapukpaga�‘south wind’. Category:�Wind.
2�•�the first rain from the west. Category:�Rains.
parrajang���noun. fireworks. Category:�Other, Fire.
parray���coverb. smoke ceremonially, e.g. smoke a house with Kartungkun 'Ironwood' leaves after a person who lived there has died. Anth: Used for example to drive out a spell which causes one to miss catching a turtle or other hunted animal. Consists of brushing person with ironwood leaves heated over a fire. The spell may be from someone who is dead. After that they can go hunting again. Kiwut parray. Kiwuwut parray kartungkun. ‘They make smoke.’ Kapuwun parray. ‘They're smoking a house.’ Kunpanawun parray ngulam. ‘I will treat you (for that spell) in the morning.’ Category:�Mourning, Sorcery.
warrajparray���coverb. Kiwuwun warrajparray. ‘They make smoke (ceremonially)’. Kiwuwun warrajparray ‘They smoke ceremonially’. Category:�General ritual.
parrk���noun. black wallaby. Category:�Mammals.
parrngarnaki���noun. male Magpie goose. Anseranas semipalmata. See:�manimunak�‘Magpie goose’. Category:�Small birds.
parrparr���coverb. 1�•�be extended, cover a large area. Kutpayanti mata miyurrk kamaw parrparr. ‘Look at the smoke, it stretches a long way.’ Nuka kiw parrparr. ‘He's lying down.’ Manjat tuka kanyu parrparrwu. ‘The one who's straight to them.’ See:�parr�‘peel back, become unstuck’; arr�‘stretch’. Category:�Size and weight.
2�•�be extended, cover a large area, stretch out. La mata karlagarla naka kapa Wartpen, mutpiny parrparr warak. ‘His tail stretched up to Wartpen.’ Category:�Remain stationary, Size and weight.
3�•�stretch, extend. Kurlingka kutpan parrparr ja manpurrwa? ‘Did you stretch out that material?’ Category:�Manipulation.
4�•�make correct, write down correctly. Angamany ngaw ngaralk pa angutpan parrparr warak ta wulinjinyut la ta wumun ta ngaralk. ‘She got my words and put them down correctly, the easy parts and the hard parts of the language.’ Ngungpanutpa parrparr tuka ajput ora ta waryat. ‘I'll straighten up the sand and the rocks.’ Karryutpa parrparr warak ‘We keep the pitch straight (not particularly high or low like the other two of the three types of tunes)’. Category:�General change of state, Goodness.
5�•�extend. ja kingurrit parrparr ‘it's roots’. Category:�Plant parts, Size and weight.
parrwarr���coverb. Restrict:�LL subject 1�•�have hole right through. Kantaji parrwarr. ‘There was a hole right through it.’ Kantaji parrwarr. ‘A cave you can go right through (and come out the other side)’. Wugarra yiwuwany nuyu la yiwaning antajing nuyu parrwarr ta nangartam nuyu. ‘They at a lot of his cheek and there was a hole right through his cheek.’ Category:�Smaller features, Shape.
Restrict:�MA object 2�•�look right through something to the other side, look a long way. Innyayantung parrwarr. ‘He could see through it (a hole in a log).’ Innyeyantung parrwarr. ‘He looked a long way.(e.g. about 200m, peering down from school donger to see if shop is open)’. Karrayan kantaji parrwarr ja jurra. ‘We can see through the hole in the paper’. See:�mirrarra�‘see reflection in water or see into clear water’. Category:�Cognitive senses and attention.
3�•�look a long way. Inyukeny parrwarr. ‘She looked a long way/ through a hole?’ Category:�Cognitive senses and attention.
4�•�put something right through something so it comes out the other side. Ngeny parrwarr. ‘I put it right through it.’ Innyeny parrwarr. Category:�Pierce, shoot.
pata���art. plural article, usually only used to refer to humans. Kiki nganamin pu pata puka pata arrarrkpi? ‘What will I do with these people?’ Kutpununi pata arrarrkpi pata kawani tuka wunak. ‘Give it to the people who are living in the camp.’
pating���noun. box, container. Category:�Other.
patumang���noun. glass, mirror, glasses. Category:�Clothing, adornment, magic items, Other.
part���interjection. bring it here. Usage:�baby talk command Category:�Language.
partjirrk���noun. Woodswallows. Artamus spp.. Category:�Small birds.
pawirrik���noun. a little, a bit. Qeqe ngungpurrun pawirrik apa, ngaminang, ngungpurrun. ‘Yes, I know a little bit.’ Category:�Appearance.
pawurr���coverb. 1�•�speak against. Yanat iniwuk pawurr orka. ‘He spoke against him.’ Category:�Fight.
2�•�hit accidentally. Nawumut iniwuk pawurr. ‘Nawumut hit him accidentally.’ Category:�Strike or chop.
pay���part. indeed. Pay la ngapimung ja Nawurlany nuyu ja naputjanputjan. ‘I suddenly thought about Nawurlany's things.’ La aminy "Pay nuyi". ‘And they said, "It's up to you."’ Category:�Language.
pelk1���noun. belt. Iniyarrun parak ingawirrung orka warlk ja pelk, la iminy arririj ja arrarrkpi kingurrin parak ingawung warlk. ‘He was chasing him, the belt got caught on the tree as he passed it and the man turned around, was running and hit a tree.’ Category:�Clothing, adornment, magic items. Note: Loan word, not recognised as Mawng word, although it has undergone a small phonological change
pelk2���coverb. be swollen. Kayirrk imit pelk kirrk. ‘The swelling has all gone down.’ See:�kiwelkpin�‘hot, dehydrated, dry out’. Category:�Discomfort and pain.
perrgen���noun. 1�•�second eldest brother. Usage:�subsection name Variant:�term of reference. Yanat Nawurlany perrgen. ‘He is the second male Nawurlany in that family.’ Category:�family, inc moieties, Ages.
2�•�a family of sisters with a youngest brother. Anth: the brother is called by subsection name plus perrgen. See:�aningurtpulmuniny�‘youngest son’. Category:�family, inc moieties, Ages.
perrk���ideophone. sound made by a crying dog. Category:�Non language human voice sounds.
pi���coverb. blow on. Anmina pi. ‘Blow (on the fire).’ Syn:�wu. Category:�Automatic actions, Fire.
pijalk���noun. toe, fingernail. Category:�Limbs.
pijurnti���noun. High Trough Clam. Mactra alta. Variant:�Iwaidja: Arrwila. Kinila nuka katikatik ‘The Pied Oystercatcher eats it.’ See:�nujurnti�‘clam type’; witunyji�‘unidentified but looks a bit similar’. Category:�Shellfish.
pijurdu���noun. a person whose thumb is gone. Nuka ja pijurdu. ‘He is a thumbless man.’ Category:�Physical disability and injury.
pikipiki���noun. pig. Syn:�kanimuni kunak. Category:�Introduced animals.
pilkpuj���coverb. beat, whip. Yanat iniwuning pilkpuj. ‘He was beating him.’ Category:�Strike or chop.
pilpu���noun. an aboriginal doctor. See:�marrgijpu�‘sorcerer’. Category:�Peoples and clans.
pirl���noun. cripple. Nuka ja pirl. ‘He's the cripple’. See:�ngalpirl�‘cripple (female)’; wirl�‘nuisance’. Category:�Physical disability and injury.
coverb. 1�•�cut across, through, squeeze, divide something. Atiwuk pirl ta kantijawa. ‘He cut through the bread.’ Nganiwut pirl ja nuka. ‘This thing is squeezing me.’ Tukapa angkuwung pirl wemin ta Warrarakuku la wemin ta kinyuryi muwarn. ‘They've already divded it, the Warrarakuku - they're the sun set side.’ Category:�Divide, cut, tear, Pressing.
Restrict:�LL object 2�•�cross mountains, land or bodies of water. angkanawut pirl ‘they will go across’; kangkuwut pirlga ‘They are going across’. Aku, angkuwuk pirlgapa kupuny. ‘They came across to the place by canoe.’ angkuwuk pirl warak ‘They went across to the other side.’ Ngapi ngungput pirl ta alan. ‘I cut across the path.’ Category:�Movement relating to fixed point, Impact.
3�•�chop up, divide. innyej pirl ‘he cut it short (MA, e.g. string)’. kinnyet pirl ‘he is cutting it short (MA obj)’. Category:�Divide, cut, tear.
Restrict:�LL object 4�•�cut story, conversation short. ngungej pirl. anyej pirl ‘he cut it short (LL: a story/conversation)’. anyeny pirl ‘he just stopped’. Awulalkanyjiliny apa angpaj pirl innyung. ‘They had a meeting for a while. They shortened that meeting and he gave him.’ Category:�Language.
5�•�pinch hard. kininyji pirl. ‘He pinched him.’ Kunuka nuyi ta kannginyji pirl? ‘Why are you pinching yourself?’ Nganyjuk pirl ta ngapi wiyu. ‘I'm pinching myself.’ See:�wirlwirl�‘squeeze (kininyji)’. Category:�Pressing.
6�•�choke. Wularrutapa iwuwutiny pirl. ‘They have choked him already.’ iwutin pirl ‘he choked.’ Category:�Pressing, Head.
Restrict:�VE subject 7�•�burn through. Muka mata yungku mata kamala pirl. ‘This fire is burning through, in the middle (ie. as a camp fire does).’ See:�pirlpirl�‘flowing strongly’; wirlpirl�‘flowing’; purl�‘light with firesticks’. Category:�Fire.
Restrict:�MA subject 8�•�be a cripple, for example need a wheelchair or suffer from paralysis. Kinima pirl ‘He's a cripple.’ Nuka ja inimaj pirl kiwani. ‘He became a cripple.’ Syn:�mirngij. Category:�Physical disability and injury.
pirlik���crossreference. See:�wilik�‘ask for, request food or money’.
pirlmet���noun. type of shovel spear. Category:�Tools, men's.
pirlpirl���coverb. Restrict:�liquid subject flowing strongly, like a waterfall, or a creek in the wet season or at high tide. Takapa wumawurr kangurrin pirlpirl. ‘That river is flowing along.’ Walmat kangurrit pirlpirl. ‘Rainwater's running off (e.g. off house, off rocks etc)’. Maningul kamangurrin (pirlpirl) ‘Blood's flowing out.’ See:�pirl�‘many meanings’; wirlpirl�‘cut, dab’. Category:�Movement of water.
pintij���little bit. Kapin kayirrk ta pintijut. ‘Now there's only a little bit’. Category:�Appearance.
coverb. near the end of.
Restrict:�GEN subject 1�•�be near end. Ngarrunngatpi pintij. ‘We are near the end of the trouble.’ Category:�Activity manner, Location and distance.
2�•�Be near to end of something. Malany kanpani pintij. ‘You are sitting near the end of (the seat).’ Category:�Location and distance.
pingkung���noun. special type of pick used for making dugout canoes, used for digging out the middle of the canoe. Tukapa nuka pingkung. ‘We'll use this pick.’ Category:�Items for fishing.
pip���coverb. Restrict:�VE object blow a whistle. Malany wularrut mannyakat pip. ‘The whistle (to stop work) has already sounded.’ Category:�Non language human voice sounds.
pipij���noun. baby. From: English. Category:�Ages.
pirr1���adverb. keep going, go on, go away. Pirr awarrangung parak. ‘And so they kept on going.’ used with pirr at beginning of sentence and angkat at end Category:�Activity manner.
interjection. keep on going, go away. Pirrapa! Pirr, anyanyji! ‘Go away! Go, go away!’ Pirr angkat. ‘Keep on going (until you find where it is).’ See:�palay�‘go on, keep going’. Category:�Language.
pirr2���coverb. 1�•�uncover, lift back. Koyanti imij pirr ja manpurrwa. ‘Look at him, he has lifted back the material.’ kiminy pirr jurra. ‘He lifted back the paper.’ Category:�Manipulation.
Restrict:�MA subject 2�•�clear weather. See:�pirrpirr�‘hunt on land’; parr�‘peel back’. Category:�Sky.
Restrict:�ED subject 3�•�clear weather. Kapit pirr. ‘Weather become clea’. Category:�Sky.
wirrpirr���coverb. 1�•�flap. Kimin wirrpirr ja manpurrwa. ‘The material is flapping (on the line).’ Category:�Change stance.
2�•�scratch about. Kinymin wirrpirr kalakalak. ‘The hen is scratching about.’ Category:�Hunting.
pirraja���noun. rice. Category:�Plant food, Introduced plants.
pirrali���noun. corn. Category:�Plant food, Introduced plants.
pirrikpi���coverb. slowly, lazily. Yarrangung pirrikpi. ‘He was going along slowly.’ See:�jilik�‘slow travel’. Category:�Activity manner.
pirrpirr���coverb. hunting on land, with dog. Katja pirrpirr. ‘We hunt with a dog.’ Kawarra pirrpirr. ‘They are hunting with dogs (probably for goanna).’ Or marrwakara, pirrpirr awangkung. ‘Or they hunted goanna, with dogs.’ See:�mirrmirr�‘hunt by land’; pirr�‘lift back’; kinimulun�‘male hunting on land’. Category:�Hunting.
pirrukuku���coverb. throw short object, typically a short stick or piece of wood. Malany awuniwung pirrikuku karwuluk ta atjatpang awuniwung kirrkju ajirrik la naka jita warrwak jaka jita mawarlkanyinyju. ‘Kortaweli threw a long yam at them and papparently killed them both but the younger sister was only stunned.’ Ingawung pirrukuku la inyamin. ‘'She threw a short stick at her.'’. Ingawung pirrukuku la yamin. ‘She threw a short stick at him.’ See:�pirrukukuku�‘sound of short object flying through the air’. Category:�Throw, trip.
pirrukukuku���ideophone. sound of short object flying through the air. See:�pirrukuku�‘coverb’. Category:�Non language human voice sounds.
pitjik���coverb. shake out, like when you shake the crumbs off the tablecloth. Category:�Manipulation.
pirt���coverb. take out of. Wularrut innyakat pirt iyayik. ‘He has taken the bone out already.’ See:�pirtpirt�‘slither’. Category:�Manipulation.
Pirtpartpukpuj���noun. name of a giant in a story. Category:�Dreamtime names. Note: This name is spoken quickly to give it an exotic feel and there seems to be a lot of variation in how it is pronounced. The inital /p/ is often dropped. The second /p/ may sound more like /j/ andn the final /j/ can be also /ny/.
pirtpirt���coverb. slither along. Arukin kerra pirtpirt parak. ‘The snake is slithering away.’ See:�pirt�‘take out’. Category:�Horizontal movements.
pirtpirtjorlok���noun. Yellow Oriole, Olive-backed Oriole. Oriolus flavocinctus, Oriolus sagittatus. Category:�Small birds. Anth: Eats figs and other fruit
pirturrangken���noun. Dolphin, porpoise. Category:�Mammals.
piwuj���nou. 1�•�Green pygmy-goose. Category:�Small birds.
2�•�used as a generic for smaller ducks without a specific name while nawariyu is used for larger ones without a specific name. See:�nawariyi�‘Plumed Whistling Duck’. Category:�Small birds.
Piwupiwuk���noun. monster name. Category:�Dreamtime names.
piyung���noun. that place. Malany nakapa ta kani ta piyung ta kamin Mangkirrulkpuj ta Weyerra ta tuka Alarrku la wumarrk, wakapa waryat kanyu. ‘My ancestors were always telling me about those places: Mangkirrulkpuj on North Goulburn island, and over there Alarrku, and lower down (on the shore) where the rocks are still there.’ See:�impiyung�‘what's his name?’; ninyimpiyung�‘what's her name’; wuyang�‘usual’. Category:�Place names.
pu���crossreference. See:�wu�‘blow on fire’; pi�‘blow on’.
pujuk���noun. sharp. Pujuk ja wanjawak. ‘The knife is sharp.’ Pujuk murlu. ‘(It has a) pointy face (about a fish).’ See:�pul�‘blunt, rounded’. Category:�General, Properties of surface.
pujurlung���noun. bottle. Nakapa ngeyan pujurlung kernti tuka stool. ‘I can see that a bottle is sitting on a stool.’ Category:�Other.
puk���ideophone. sound made by a dog when barking. Category:�Non language human voice sounds.
puka���dem. these. See:�paka�‘those’.
pukapa���dem. those.
pukawk���dem. everyone.
pukijuku���noun. two-pronged wooden spear. Category:�Tools, men's.
pukurlurl���noun. full moon. Ta pukurlurl arrkpana. ‘At full moon we will go.’ Category:�Sky.
pul���noun. blunt, rounded. Nuka pul ja manjawak. ‘This knife is blunt.’ See:�pujuk�‘sharp’. Category:�Properties of surface.
coverb. Restrict:�VE object 1�•�drop anchor or object with similar use. Tuka mannyakangung pul nakapa kapala. ‘The boat used to drop anchor there.’ Category:�Travel by vehicle.
2�•�kill. Pa iminy ja Mayinaj "Might be ngungpurrun ngiwuk pul." ‘Then Mayinaj said "Maybe I didn't kill him properly."’ Category:�General change of state.
pularnngalk���coverb. forget. Usage:�Used with oblique object pronoun for human objects, to minimise ambiguity about who is subject. Yarran pularnngalk nuyu ja warranyngiw. ‘He forgot the child.’ Ngapi ngarran pularnngalk. ‘I forgot.’ Nuka ja arrarrkpi yuran nungmatpa kunak iwaningan wularrut yarrat pularnngalk ta Mawng, ta ngaralk. ‘This man, he went away and stayed in another country for a long time and he forgot his language, Mawng.’ See:�pulngaralk�‘dumb’; kelimutpin�‘forget’; alya�‘forget’. Category:�Cognitive senses and attention.
pulikang���noun. cow, cattle. Kiwarnkirrun ja pulikang nuyu iwanamaga ja irratat tuka purijarata. ‘They are skinning the bull so they can bring the meat to the refrigerator.’ Inimirtpurrukpung kirrk pata pulikang. ‘He gathered the cattle together.’ Malany pulikang kampirrkalku mirlak. ‘The cattle are eating grass.’ See:�warlangkata�‘a very large bull’. Category:�Introduced animals.
pulkij���coverb. murder. jita wulkurr jita pulkpijapa ‘the older one who was murdered’. Inyiwung pulkij. ‘He murdered her.’ See:�inypularr�‘orphan / murder’; wurlk�‘sorrow’. Category:�General change of state.
pulnga���coverb. Restrict:�FE subject early afternoon, after midday, when the sun is beginning to descend in the sky. kinyji pulnga ‘it is afternoon’. Inypali pulnga la arrkpana. ‘We will go when midday has past, just after midday, early afternoon.’ See:�kilatpulnga�‘turn around’; kiniwirtpulnga�‘turn over’. Category:�Daily.
pulngaralk���noun. dumb, unable to speak. Pulngaralk, naka ma inginkay. ‘He's dumb, he can't talk.’ See:�pularnngalk�‘forget (kerra)’. Category:�Physical disability and injury.
pulpul���coverb. walk around. Ya kayirrk la kingulkpungenapa tuka wurak ngaw. Wakapa ta kimurranymin wularrut kingurlkpurrngen. Yi ta kani ta tuka wurak ngaw jita nigi. Qe, ta nungpakapa ta kangamarrajpukpun kinyarra pulpul but ta wupaj marrik angalijpu. ‘After that he turns around in her stomach. When he grows he moves around in the mother's stomach. And she still can't go off walking to collect water.’ Ya ngawuneyawng marryunmarryun warrawurnji, pata kawarra pulpul. ‘Yes, I look at the boys and girls wandering around.’ Category:�Walking. Syn:�juju.
puluny���coverb. smoke. Iwaning iminang puluny. ‘He was sitting smoking.’ Arrarrkpi kimin puluny tuka ajput. ‘A man is smoking on the beach.’ Category:�Illness.
puluwuj���coverb. fan the fire. Category:�Fire.
wuluwujpuluwuj���coverb. fan oneself or a fire. Arrarrkpi kimin wuluwujpuluwuj nuyu manala parlawarr mata yungku. ‘The man will fan the fire so it will burst into flames.’ See:�wu�‘blow on fire’. Category:�Fire.
pulyarrang���noun. mast. Category:�Items for fishing.
pulyuyu���noun. Ear-shaped Horse Mussel. Modiolus auriculatus. Variant:�Iwaidja: Wulyuwiyuwi. Kiw tuka irnkirr la kijpuki. ‘It lives in the mud and in the muddy sand.’ Ngarrima tuka mirwij. ‘We find it where the seaweed is.’ See:�wuwukpaj�‘freshwater mussel’. Category:�Shellfish. Anth: Good to eat. Found at Wigu. Lives in the mud, with the seaweed.
purl���coverb. Restrict:�FE object rub two sticks together to make fire, light a fire with firesticks. Awaning inyjuwunik purl. ‘They lit a fire using fire sticks.’ Awaning inyjuwunik purl mata yungku. ‘They lit a fire using fire sticks.’ See:�wurlwurl�‘dunk someone’; wurlpurl�‘berth canoes’. Syn:�wu. See:�pirl�‘burn through’; kunkarlk�‘upright part of firestick (feminine)’. Category:�Fire.
purlku���noun. messenger for mardayin ceremony. See:�kakawarr�‘messenger for kurnapipi ceremony’. Category:�Peoples and clans, General ritual.
purluk���noun. wool used for ceremonial purposes. Category:�General ritual, Tools, men's.
purlup���coverb. be in water. ta waryat kanyu purlup ‘the rock lies underwater’. Mata maryawu naka mampakangung yaw tuka wupaj tuka marruny mawng purlup. ‘They used to put the Paperbark in water in a container made of Palm tree leaves to soak.’ Kawani purlup pata arrarrkpi pata kiwatpi jilimin nakapa kiniwunpu ja jilimin. ‘People with ringworm will swim (in waterholes with Paperbark leaves in them) to cure themselves.’ See:�wurlupurlup�‘bathe’. Category:�Location and distance.
punarrang���noun. arrow. Category:�Other.
punim���coverb. 1�•�overturn. Innyakan punim. ‘He overturned it.’ Category:�Manipulation.
2�•�bend over. Syn:�purup. Category:�Change stance.
punyi1���noun. father, father's brother. See:�warra punyi�‘fathers, men’; punyikarlu�‘old person’. Category:�family, inc moieties.
punyi2���coverb. Restrict:�MA object 1 kinima punyi�•�be blind. Wularrut arrimaj punyi yirrkju. ‘We are blind in both eyes.’ Ngapi ngimaj punyi. ‘I am blind’. Ngimaj punyi yirrkju. ‘I am blind in both eyes.’ See:�wunyipunyi�‘blink’; punyikarlu�‘blind person’. Category:�Physical disability and injury.
Restrict:�MA subject 2 kimin punyi�•�heavy rain fall. Kurlingka imij punyiga? Eqe, imij punyi. ‘Is there heavy rain coming? Yes, there is heavy rain.’ See:�imijimi�‘gentle rain’. Category:�Rains.
punyikarlu���noun. 1�•�blind person. See:�punyi�‘blind (coverb)’. Category:�Physical disability and injury, family, inc moieties, Peoples and clans. Note: Also used as polite term of reference to avoidance relatives
2�•�old person, old people, can be used as term of respect for one's mother when she becomes older. Warra punyikarlu apinyjung." ‘The old people put an increase spell on that place/The old people live and work there a lot (by implication)’. See:�punyi�‘father’; kininyji�‘a long time ago the old people put a spell on that place’. Category:�Peoples and clans, Illness and death, family, inc moieties.
pungupaju���noun. black, plastic-like branched, tree seaweed found washed up on beaches. See:�mirwij�‘seaweed’. Category:�General terms.
pupurru���noun. porridge. Ja:pa ninyparlkparrakan angpangawunya ta wupaj apangartpan ta pupurru. ‘That old woman will boil the (vegetable) food.’ Category:�Plant food.
purul���coverb. go through. Ma, anngurlgena purul parak. ‘Go on, you go through.’ Category:�Movement relating to fixed point.
purup���interjection. well done! Purup ngarrurru! ‘Well done for us, good for us!’ Category:�Language.
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.
purr���noun. brace and bit. Category:�Other.
purrgi���coverb. burp. Kakawut purrgi. ‘She burps.’ Ngapi ngapuning purrgi. ‘I was burping.’ Category:�Automatic actions.
purrkut���adverb. many together in close proximity, dense, thick, grouped closely. Malany kawani purrkut pata arrarrkpi. ‘The people are sitting close together in a group.’ Murrpuj ta katja la purrkut arrkpurra. ‘We go in a group because there is a big mob of us.’ Kartayanti purrkut. ‘See the yams (growing) thick!’ See:�murrpuj�‘go in group’; kamaniwunpurrkut�‘mother's brother's son’. Category:�Appearance.
purrujang���noun. rag. Category:�Other.
purrupurrukang���noun. carrying bag made out of cloth. Category:�Other.
put1���interjection. put it there! put it down! Variant:�children's talk. See:�kinnyutpa�‘put’. Category:�Language, Manipulation.
put2���coverb. Restrict:�LL subject 1�•�close, bang. Angmaj put. ‘It's closed (e.g. the shop)’. Kangma put ‘Close / It closed (door)’. Or ngungayawng ta kurrampalk kangma put. ‘I saw the house was closed.’ See:�kima�‘auxiliary verb’. Category:�Movement relating to fixed point.
Restrict:�LL object 2�•�close. Kanima put. ‘He closes the door.’ Ngungpanama put wu. ‘I'll lock them in.’ Pulikang ngawunpanalunta la ngapamurntulku wu ngungpanama put ‘We fence in the cows and block them in and lock them in.’ See:�wutput�‘close properly (coverb)’. Syn:�kamannyatpalan. Category:�Manipulation, Manipulation.
Restrict:�LL object3�•� Naka ja nganykarrarr animaj put kirrk. ‘Those mangroves were very thick.’ Category:�Arrangement, General terms.
Restrict:�LL object 4�•�wait. Angpanima put. ‘He's waiting for him.’ Category:�Waiting, doing nothing.
wutput���coverb. Restrict:�LL subject 1�•�close. Category:�Movement relating to fixed point.
Restrict:�LL object 2�•�close properly. Ta kangma wutput ta animany wutput kirrk murnin nakapa ngili kamurtpin. ‘It was all closed. he sealed the house up completely because they were frightened of the mosquitoes.’ Category:�Manipulation.
putarr���crossreference. See:�wutarr�‘a little bit further, a bit more’.
putmanta���noun. a case, portmanteau. Mamputpan purup putmanta. ‘They put the case on its base (from a standing position on its side)’. From: English: portmanteau. Category:�Other.
puyang���noun. cigarette paper. Category:�Other.