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-a ake
A - a
-a (from: -a) -sfm. sentence final marker if a apyureli cov. lying. apyureli:: , degaty
sentence ends in a consonant. dae elinyirr yinma=wa they all sleep till morning See
ede <waild-wan>-nen bu-butyen main entry: yur; -ali. [Source: Birk, 91 as
yida-many-a we are afraid of one wild one apyurali DB_A06_02.254] 20/Nov/2014. [??
coming in from the bush WaliWali pi enue \cc with three standard postural coverbs,
pak-a I sit down at the River See main pak, yur and tyed, the participle formation
entry: -ta. [Source: DB_A06_01.058 might be supplemented by the prefixation
DB_A02_01.154] 20/Nov/2014. of ap- (Birk 1976, 91) \ck May 28th 2013]
apap cov. be sick, be tired, be ill. yerra alawar ada iv. I went. dek kinangga ada I stayed on
apap nuwundu that woman might be sick this side pada watwatma ada I go fishing
apap aya I am sick Variant: apapaya; meldaty ada tyung yintyerrik I tripped on
apapap. [Source: DB_A01_03.116 Birk (118) the little stick [Source: DH12_A33_01
Birk (42) Birk 141 Dh12_A47_01.014] DB_A02_01.128 DB_A03_08.080]
25/Jun/2014. [?? \iv do 20/Nov/2014. [?? \ck May 28th 2013]
(Dh12_A47_01_014) \cc can select for 'do', ata iv. we (not you) went. werenanen ata
'go', 'go#' IVs according to Birk, only 'do' wundut two people went yewud a dek
confirmed \ck May 28th 2013] ki-man ata we've been here the whole time
apapap cov. be sick, be ill, be tired, usually for a [Source: May 28th 2013 DH12_A25_05.01]
long time and/or of multiple people. 20/Nov/2014. [?? \ck May 28th 2013]
apapap wirrminy they were sick See main atu iv. we (not you) sat. pat atu=wa we are
entry: apap. [Source: Dh12_A47_01.076] sitting down yewud atu degud peipa
20/Nov/2014. [?? \iv do nunu=wa we showed you the paper
(Dh12_A47_01.076) \iv sit [Source: May 28th 2013 DH12_A15_03.204]
(DB_A02_05.077)] 20/Nov/2014. [?? \ck May 28th 2013]
abakali cov. sitting. pak nana abakali they stay adurrk cov. make a hole with a stick. adurrk-ma
there permanently now yinya abakali yunu dek enduk nende making a hole in the
he sits down See main entry: pak; -ali. ground where the house is [Source:
[Source: DB_A01_06.049 June 12th 2013] DB_A01_06.153] 20/Nov/2014.
20/Nov/2014. [?? \cc with three standard aka part. emphatic negative, with co-extensive
postural coverbs, pak, yur and tyed, the sharp fall in pitch. aka menyik tyetyerr-nen
participle formation might be wutu nende menyik=na no, they are
supplemented by the prefixation of ap- singing corroborree, throatsinging See main
(Birk 1976, 91) \iv do (DH12_A47_o1_076) entry: akana. [Source: Birk (43)
\ck June 12th 2013] DB_A05_01.071] 20/Nov/2014.
aptyedali cov. standing up. See main entry: akan part. negative particle, no, not. tyung-en
tyed; -ali. 20/Nov/2014. [?? \cc with three aka datma yuyu he is not looking at the tree
standard postural coverbs, pak, yur and See main entry: akana. [Source:
tyed, the participle formation might be DH12_A13_05.120] 20/Nov/2014.
supplemented by the prefixation of ap- akana part. not, no, none. dae akana lak yida
(Birk 1976, 91) \ck May 28th 2013 \cc no algitybi-nue-nen he can't eat that meat,
occurrences in corpus] because of the boy way akana tityka
apuntu qu. how many. apuntu daema erruenguny-ga not long, we come back!
wadiyang yunduny? how many wallaby Variant: akan; aka. [Source: DH12_A04_04
did he give away? [Source: Birk (27) in DB_A01_06.082 DB_A02_03.193]
Mushin (p. 20) as epistemic basic form, 10/Jul/2014. [?? \cc precedes NPs and VPs
quantity May 28th 2013] 20/Nov/2014. [?? \ck June 12th 2013]
\ck May 28th 2013 \cc no occurrences in ake interj. no!, that's not right! usually
corpus] sentence-initially or -finally.
12/4/14 MalakMalak-English 1
Agulawu -ali
ngunytyul-wang durrk-durrk yida akana, yide he goes past [Source:
ake the snake did not have any water to DH12_A15_03.365 Birk, 144 as altirit
drink, no! [Source: DH13_V51_01.032] DH13_V51_01.052] [?? \cc can select for all
20/Nov/2014. [?? \rl akana] IVs except for 'do', 'sit', and'lie' and 'stand'
Agulawu n_top. place name, Kilfoyle \ck June 12th 2013]
Waterhole. [Source: map Mount Hayward: aldidity pi yida he went past. [Source: May
98 N-S and 77-78 W-E] 04/Nov/2012. 29th 2013] 20/Nov/2014. [?? \ck May 29th
agun qu. where. agun-ni na wutangga where 2013]
are they going? Variant: agunmany. [Source: aldurrp cov. penetrate, make hole, hide, dig. [??
DH12_A15_03.120 Ian Green: aguden] \cc 'alturrp' according to Birk, can select for
20/Nov/2014. [?? \ck May 28th 2013] all IVs except for 'lie']
akun ep_bc. epistemic marker basic form, place. aldurrp pak go into hiding/hide. aldurrp aya
[Source: Mushin (p. 17)] 20/Nov/2014. [?? I make a hole/I dig [Source:
\ck May 28th 2013 \cc no occurrence in DH13_A32_01.19 May 29th 2013]
corpus] 20/Nov/2014. [?? \ck May 29th 2013]
agunmany qu. where from. agunmany altyurruk cov. smash, bust. altyurruk enmawa I
wangarriwe? where are you from? dek nga want to bust that car/somebody/something
kadurruk I'm from a place far away See [Source: Birk, 135 as alturuk May 29th 2013]
main entry: agun. [Source: 08.10.2012 May 20/Nov/2014. [?? \cc according to Birk can
28th 2013 May 28th 2013] 20/Nov/2014. [?? select for all six IVs \ck May 29th 2013]
\ck May 28th 2013] algitybi n. young man, boy. dae-yelik lak
ahem interj. interjective marker. 20/Nov/2014. wuwunduny, algitybi=we the boy eats the
alalk n. child, baby, girl, young girl, female liver See main entry: alginmity. [Source:
child, young woman. alalk mutyurr-wuna DB_A01_06.074] 20/Nov/2014. [?? \ck May
kat-ma wurru=wa the little kids were 29th 2013]
playing Ant: niyerriny. [Source: Oct 30th alginmity n. young men, boys, many boys,
2012 as 'child' in Ray Ngolok-Wanggar young people, also female. yewud dek kina
Vocabulary as 'child' in Tryon (1974) warrad-ma, alginmity ata=ke we walked to
DH12_A05_05 MalakMalak wordlist as this place when we were children Variant:
alulk Ian Green: alulk DB_A02_01.140 Oct yinmity; yinmety; algitybi. [Source:
30th 2012 Sep 26th 2012] 20/Nov/2014. [?? DH13_V47_01.013] 20/Nov/2014. [?? \rl
\ocl persons \ck May 28th 2013 \ck May pulity \rl alalk \rl yinmity \rl ninmity \ck
29th 2013] May 29th 2013]
alawar n. ali n. River Fig tree, fruits eaten all year
1
— n_kin. woman, wife, married woman, around?, vine of river fig tree used to make
initiated woman. alawar alalk wuyu yipi fishing lines and strings, The fruit are eaten
the women and children were left behind when ripe, red-brown. The wood is
[Source: Capell 1940_1 (p. 271/30) Tryon especially suited to cooking sharks (Tyayu
(1974) DH12_A25_03.208 BL on 22/05/2012 and Tyintyari, Black Tip Shark) as it
(not on tape)] [?? \sp yinya] improves the flavour of the meat when it
yinya-alawar couple, husband and wife, cooks the flesh.; Ficus racemosa. ali
spouses. [Source: DB_A01_05.039] ngurra=we some (fig tree) string [Source:
20/Nov/2014. [?? \cc as aloer in Ray DH12_A25_08.055 DH12_A25_08.063 mpb
Ngolok-Wanggar Vocabulary, as aluwara in and zml plant knowledge Plants and
Capell 1940_1 (p. 271/30) \ck May 29th Animals book] 20/Nov/2014. [?? \ma
2013] warwi \ck May 29th 2013]
altak cov. break (tr), broken. wurru altak ali n. leg of animate and inanimate. ali kagak,
2
yiminy he broke the branch [Source: Birk dud tyedali, <det chair> the legs are far
(18) Birk, 139 May 29th 2013] 29/May/2013. apart, causing the chair to stand [Source:
[?? \cc according to Birk, can select for all DH12_V44_01.131] 20/Nov/2014. [?? \ck
IVs except for 'lie' \ck May 29th 2013] May 29th 2013]
aldidity cov. go past, pass. aldidity -ali -suf. participial suffix attaching to coverbs.
pamparrangma yide ki=we pass the paper lub-ali enggudung we're going together
around, putting one over the other aldidity Variant: -eli; -deli; -neli. [Source: Birk 91
2 MalakMalak-English 12/4/14
alngambany -ang
DH12_A40_03.132] 20/Nov/2014. [?? \cc character of events in discourse. ani
with three standard postural verb roots pak, waitbala yinya lak-ma yunu-ngga yerra
yur and tyed, the participle formation is naman from now on he will eat people, he
supplemented by prefixing ap-] says See main entry: aniny. [Source:
alngambany n_kin. aunt. [Note: no DH12_A34_02.255] 20/Nov/2014.
occurrences in corpus] [Source: Sep 20 2013] aniny adv. adverb marking temporally
20/Nov/2014. [?? \ma awuyi \sp kagang] successive character of events in discourse.
aman adv. now, today, what kind?, do what? <chair> wuyu aniny nimbid-nen mid-mid
kumurgut aman yiminy what's K doing karrarra tyedali wuyu the chair is standing,
now? [Source: Ian Green: aman as do.what then the round one is standing up at the
Birk (8) Tryon 18 as emen lower leg Variant: ani. [Source: Birk (40) as
DH12_V36_05.032] aniny DH13_V47_02.145 DB_A01_04.225
amanan today. [Source: DB_A01_03.041] DH12_A42_04.155] 20/Nov/2014. [?? \rl
20/Nov/2014. [?? \ck May 29th 2013] yerra \ck May 30th 2013]
amanali qu. when?, how many? See main entry: anu iv. I (and only I) sat. dat-ma anu-nunu I
amaneli. [Source: Ian Green: amaneli 'when'] looked towards you dek ki nga tyangirr
20/Nov/2014. anu I sat down in the shallows [Source:
amaneli qu. when?, what? warr amanelima DH12_A01_02_0225 DH12_A46_05.040]
tyed when were you born? amaneli yide 20/Nov/2014. [?? \ck May 30th 2013]
what person is that? what kind of person? anuwa iv. I was (sitting). angurrk pak anuwa I
ya amaneli-malak tyurrk-a I don't know sat down halfway Variant: enuwa. [Source:
when we will bury him Variant: amanali; DB_A02_01.026] 20/Nov/2014. [?? \ck June
amanelimany. [Source: DH12_A12_05.309 5th 2013]
DH12_V44_01.002 DB_A02_05.012] ang cov. give. ki-man dab wuwunduny ang
20/Nov/2014. [?? \ck May 29th 2013] wuwundu-nu one gets ot and gives it to the
amanelimany qu. when, how long (ago). other one tyenyna ang nunydya-arriny
amanelimany tyed nundyuwa when were tyeny-arriny thank you for giving me that
you born? amaneli menyerr nundyuwa tobacco [Source: Ian Green: ang
When were you born? See main entry: DB_A01_03.178 DB_A01_04.007] [?? \rl
amaneli. [Source: May 29th 2013 08.10.2012 tyiyangwat \rl pudang \rl payagang \rl
Tryon 17] 20/Nov/2014. [?? \ck May 29th tyiyang \rl tyinang \iv do
2013] (DH12_A25_02.106) \iv go
Amangal n_top. Adelaide River's traditional (DH12_V36_03.257) \cc according to Birk,
name. [Source: QUEST_226] 19/Jul/2013. can select for all IVs except for 'lie']
Amurrlam n_top. place name for Adelaide ang wat send over / give and the person
River. [Source: DH12_A25_03.164] takes it. [Source: Cahir 115 Birk 97 Birk, 139]
14/Apr/2014. [?? \ck June 5th 2013 \cc according to Birk
-an -case. on, at, in, locative case. dek-an lub angwat, can select for all IVs except for 'lie']
1
tyedareli wudyu they stood up on the pudang face somebody/something, lit.
ground Variant: -na. [Source: Birk (115) 'chest give'. [Source: DH12_A13_05.013]
DH12_A15_03.132] 20/Nov/2014. payagang underlying structure payak+ang;
-an -case. allative case, towards, to. kinangga-an face away, lit. 'back give'.
2
kantyuk wuyu, awu? it is towards this side, angnuwa you gotta give it (to that person).
on top, right? See main entry: -na. [Source: [Source: Oct 27th 2012] [?? \ck June 5th
Dh12_V44_04.040] 20/Nov/2014. 2013]
-ana -case. allative case, towards, to. yerra, pud elinyirrang yide give a fright to
ngun-ana wurru-wun then, they are both somebody/startle somebody. [Source: Nov
facing (towards) there See main entry: -na. 10th 2012] 04/Dec/2014. [?? \ck June 5th
[Source: DH12_A19_02.097] 20/Nov/2014. 2013 \ck June 5th 2013]
anda adv. good, all right. anda yide he's all right -ang -case. ergative or instrumental case. ki
[Source: DH12_A12_05.034 Birk (9) as anta alawar wa-bak-ali yunu alawar-ang his
'alright' DB_A02_01.111] 20/Nov/2014. [?? wife and daughter sit down See main
\ck May 29th 2013] entry: -wang. [Source: DB_A01_05.089]
ani adv. adverb marking temporally successive 20/Jun/2014.
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angaty ari
angaty cov. give, send over, send. kabuk angaty one front Variant: angundelimirri. [Source:
pak wuete they come back clean and sit BL in DH12_A01_03 on 22/05/2012
down Variant: angwat. [Source: DH12_A15_03.117] [?? \rl angundu \rl
DB_A01_02.034] 20/Nov/2014. [?? \ck June elimirri]
5th 2013] angunduelimirri wurru they are in a row.
anggada iv. I went. pi anggada you and me 20/Nov/2014. [?? \ck June 12th 2013]
1
went pi anggada you and me went [Source: angurrk cov. halfway, out of reach, not
June 5th 2013 June 5th 2013] 20/Nov/2014. touchable. angurrk pak anuwa I sat down
[?? \ck June 5th 2013 \ck June 5th 2013] halfway tyung angurrk wuyu that stick is
anggada iv. I go. anggada pak you and me go halfway [Source: Birk (35) DH12_A09_03
2
to sit down [Source: May 30th 2013] 26.09.2012 DB_A02_01.026 June 5th 2013]
20/Nov/2014. [?? \cc as enggede \ck May 20/Nov/2014. [?? \ot ai kenot tatjim \ck
30th 2013] June 5th 2013]
anggaya iv. I put it. naman anggaya you and arabung cov. smoke. yur puyunduk
me say [Source: June 5th 2013] arabung-ma eniyung-ga I want to lie down
20/Nov/2014. [?? \ck June 5th 2013] inside and smoke dat ada arabung I see
anggundu iv. I might do. naman anggundu smoke See main entry: wen. [Source:
you and me might say na namaneli DB_A02_01.064 Mathew Dakyerat in Ray
anggundu=ne naman we can go now! he Ngolok-Wanggar Vocabulary as arabul
says [Source: June 5th 2013 DB_A02_01.063 June 5th 2013]
DH13_V47_02.027] 20/Nov/2014. [?? \cc 20/Nov/2014. [?? \iv stand
not sure if this exists - mistaken for (DB_A02_01.064) \ocl natural objects \ck
angundu \ck June 5th 2013] June 5th 2013]
anggunu iv. I sat. pudang pak-ali anggunu I aragug n. green Tree-Frog, frog. warri kina pak
sit and also you sit facing each other [Source: na perrdung elimirri, naman niminy,
DH12_A01_02_0219] 20/Nov/2014. [?? \ck aragug=we now the frog says: 'you sit
June 5th 2013] down here and I go first' [Source: Plants and
angnue cov. feed (of animal). angnue yida he Animals book as aruguk dreaming story
feeds (the animal) [Source: Oct 27th 2012] DH12_A40_03 DH12_A40_03.144]
20/Nov/2014. [?? \ck June 5th 2013] 20/Nov/2014. [?? \cc this is the generic
angun adv. behind. angun tyedali yuyu he's term for frogs as well as for the green
standing behind (it) See main entry: Tree-Frog in particular \cc there is a
angundu. [Source: DH12_A15_04.053] dreamtime story involving this frog about a
20/Nov/2014. [?? \ck June 5th 2013] jumping competition involving the frog and
angundelimirri cov. be in a row, behind one a wallaby about who could jump over the
another. payagang angundelimirri river. While the wallaby failed and landed
wutu=we they are facing away from each in the river to create Wani Ma, the frog
other in a row See main entry: succeeded and landed far away from the
angunduelimirri. [Source: river near Dyamalagany. He there forms a
DH12_A19_03.099] 20/Nov/2014. [?? \ck small hill called Wani Aragug \rl Wani
June 5th 2013] Aragug \ma kerruguk \ck June 5th 2013]
angundu adv/cov. behind, after. Variant: angun. ari n. mouth, opening, any container opening.
1
[Source: BL in DH12_A03_01 on ari=we del the bag was shut [Source: Capell
22/03/2012] [?? \cc intrinsic FoR \cc 1940_1 (p. 271/30) Ray Ngolok-Wanggar
temporal reading] Vocabulary DH12_A04_04
angundu yunuwa he stays behind. nikkiti DH12_A46_05.050] [?? \cc also as aru in
ki wurruma wuta angundu=we why are Mathew Dakyerat in Ray Ngolok-Wanggar
they standing here, feeling the feather Vocabulary, and are in Capell 1940_1 (p.
coming out in the back [Source: Nov 10th 271/30) \ocl parts of the body]
2012 DH13_V47_02.106] 20/Nov/2014. [?? ardel shut door. [Source: Birk, 137 as ari del]
\ck June 5th 2013 \ck June 5th 2013] [?? \cc according to Birk can select for all
angunduelimirri cov. be in a row, in a row; six IVs \ck June 5th 2013]
front back and middle. angundelimirri aringar open mouth, yawn. [Source: Birk, 135
wurru wundut they are in a row, one back Birk, 142] [?? \cc according to Birk can
4 MalakMalak-English 12/4/14
ari -arrpurru
select for all six IVs \cc can select for all IVs ariwityim cov. kiss. alawar ariwityim
except for 'do' \ck June 5th 2013] niminynu the woman kisses him [Source:
ari tyuktyuk talk too much. [Source: Birk, Birk, 142 ?? June 5th 2013] 21/Nov/2014.
144] [?? \cc can select for all IVs except for [?? \cc can select for all IVs except for 'do'
'do', 'sit', and'lie' and 'stand' \ck June 5th \ck June 5th 2013]
2013] ariyinnga adv. close to each other talking, in
ari perrperrima blow (wind from the front of an object with an opening. alawar
mouth). [Source: wordlist Oct 8th 2012] naman niminy ariyingga two woman talk
21/Nov/2014. [?? \ck June 5th 2013 \ck close to each other [Source: Birk (35) June
June 5th 2013] 5th 2013] 21/Nov/2014. [?? \ck June 5th
ari cov. dry. ari arrama wuyu it's dry Variant: 2013 \cc yawutywawuty - whispering]
2
arra; arrama. [Source: Birk, 95 Birk, 135 as ar arr cov. open.
June 5th 2013] 20/Nov/2014. [?? \cc arrdel close lid. arr <do> del they shut the
according to Birk can select for all six IVs door [Source: 06.10.2012 DH12_A25_03.144]
\ck June 5th 2013] 21/Nov/2014. [?? \ck June 12th 2013]
ari tyalala n. long nose, long mouth, long =arr =clitic. privative clitic possibly following
snout, used for freshwater crocodile. ari casemarkers and attaching to nouns
tyalala <imin>, maburra <mi> yida-nu=wa mainly? possibly related to arr 'be open'?
he followed the freshwater crocodile (to me) mawun-wang=arr ki-wuna tyed-tyed they
Syn: ngintyal. [Source: DH12_a01_03 are here without clothes dat=arr yinu=we
MalakMalak wordlist as aridjelela Ian we didn't see him on top [Source:
Green: aridjelela MC09_A01_01.02] DH13_V55_02.40 DH12_A25_03.163]
20/Nov/2014. [?? \ot bikos im got long nos 21/Nov/2014.
\ck June 5th 2013] arra cov. lie down, be lying down, be messy, be
ari ngalyil n. lip, mouth-skin. [Source: Ray all over the place.
Ngolok-Wanggar Vocabulary] arrawat spread out, spend something in Birk.
21/Nov/2014. [?? \rl aru \ocl parts of the nimbid nen arrawat wuete they are all
body \ck June 5th 2013 \cc no occurrence in around messy [Source: Birk, 139
corpus] DH12_V36_03.118] 21/Nov/2014. [?? \cc
Aridangit n_prop. early to mid dry season according to Birk, can select for all IVs
when it can get cold at night time between except for 'lie' \ck June 5th 2013]
June and August, the time when the strong arra cov. dry. weni nende arra wuta wirrk they
southeasterly wind 'dangid' is blowing. dry grass and they burned him (to death)
[Source: Plants and Animals book as Variant: arrama. [Source: Birk, 95
aridangit 25/Sep/2012] 21/Nov/2014. [?? DH13_V47_04.33] 20/Nov/2014. [?? \iv go
\ma Keredangarr \ck June 5th 2013] (DB_A01_04.192)]
arigundal n. Two-lined Dragon, Ta-ta Dragon. arrama cov. dry, dead tree branch. arrama
[Source: Plants and Animals book] naman wuta Hermit hill it will be dry
05/Jun/2013. [?? \ma keregundal \ck June there, they said and went to Hermit Hill See
5th 2013] main entry: arra. [Source: Plants and Animals
Arigundal_0528.pcx;1.5";1.13";PCX book DH13_V55_03.031]
Arimada n_prop. early rainy season in arrama yide he is dry(ing). [Source: Oct 27th
November and December, nul begins to 2012]
blow. [Source: mpb and zml plant punuk arrama dry ground. [Source: wordlist
knowledge Plants and Animals book 25/Sep/2012] 20/Nov/2014.
25/Sep/2012] 20/Nov/2014. [?? \ma arrarr cov. walk fast. arrarr yida he walks fast
Karawong \ck June 5th 2013] [Source: Dh12_A47_01.116 June 5th 2013]
Ariwag n_prop. monsoon time season in 05/Jun/2013. [?? \ck June 5th 2013]
January and February, 'wet season'. [Source: -arrpurru -bprn. we (including you). dae
mpb and zml plant knowledge Plants and tarrarr-ma wuta-arrpurru before they
Animals book] 20/Nov/2014. [?? \ma would bite you/us on the head pana
Kerewari \ck June 12th 2013 as Arimada, purrang-ma wutanggi-arrpurru they are
Melwulyen (monsoon) from west] happy to come and fight [Source: Birk
DH13_V47_03.31 DB_A02_03.120]
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arrpuyi ayu
09/Jul/2014. arru iv. we (not you) lay. digalma arru=wa we
arrpuyi cov. not understand, not listen. arrpuyi lay down [Source: June 12th 2013]
yide he didn't listen careful enough/ he 21/Nov/2014. [?? \ck June 12th 2013]
didn't understand [Source: arruny iv. we (not you) do. naman arruny we
DH12_V36_03.280] 21/Nov/2014. [?? \iv say <let pensil>-ken nen-en dap-ma
go (DH12_V36_03.280)] arruny that was the first time we saw lead
arrda iv. We (including you) went. pi arrda we pencils [Source: June 12th 2013
all went [Source: June 12th 2013] DH12_A25_03.182] 21/Nov/2014. [?? \ck
21/Nov/2014. [?? \ck June 12th 2013] June 12th 2013]
arrdel cov. shut, closed. arrdel wirrminy arrurra iv. we (not you) went. 21/Nov/2014. [??
wundut they both shut the door See main \ck not recognised on June 12th 2013]
entry: arr; del. [Source: DH12_A33_01.067] aul n. dreamtime being, dreaming, this is
[?? \iv do (DH12_A33_01.067)] semantically somewhat different from wani
arrdel yiminy he shut the door. [Source: which appears to denote the location rather
Nov 5th 2012] than the dreamtime being. dae-dirriny
warri arrdel tyed yi yide close the bag up ngintyal=we aul=de a turtle and an
and leave it. [Source: wordlist Oct 27th 2012] freshwater crocodile dreaming [Source:
larrp arrdel nunuwe zip up something also DB_A06_01.209] 21/Nov/2014. [?? \rl
kurru. [Source: wordlist Oct 27th 2012] wani]
21/Nov/2014. awat part. negative imperative article. awat
arrdil n. poisonous tree, smooth bark and little endinidi wundut the two should not row
yellow colours, the fruit and the bark is and swear any more awat elinyirr don't be
poisonous. mi arrdil nende the food is afraid! [Source: Ian Green: awat Birk (39),
poisenous [Source: DH12_V36_02.184] 133 DB_A01_02.062 DH12_A25_10.283]
21/Nov/2014. [?? \ck June 12th 2013] 21/Nov/2014. [?? \ma warrarr \ck June
arrdu iv. We (including you) sat. pakali arrduwa 12th 2013]
we (two people) bin sitdown [Source: June awang n_kin. cousin male. enduk wunelli-yen
12th 2013] 21/Nov/2014. [?? \ck June 12th yuyu awang nga=we my cousin is in the
2013] hospital now [Source: Ian Green: awang
arrdyu iv. we (including you) stood. wurruma DB_A02_05.011] 03/Dec/2014. [?? \ma etue
1
arrdyuwa you and me stood up [Source: \sp mekang \rl melawang \ck June 12th
June 12th 2013] 21/Nov/2014. [?? \ck ?? 2013]
\ck June 12th 2013] awu adv. right, now. ki yunu, pawurrk-yinnga
arrdyu iv. we (including you) lay. digalma awu he sits here, on the ground, right? See
2
arrdyuwa you and me lie down [Source: main entry: bawu. [Source:
June 12th 2013] 21/Nov/2014. [?? \ck June DH12_A24_03.228] 02/Dec/2014.
12th 2013] awundu iv. I might do. naman awundu=wa I
arrgun qu. where. dek arrgun nunda where is might say [Source: June 12th 2013]
your country? / Where are you from? See 21/Nov/2014. [?? \ck June 12th 2013]
main entry: agun. [Source: awurra iv. I went. pi awurra I went [Source:
DH12_A12_05.294] 21/Nov/2014. [?? \ck June 12th 2013] 26/Nov/2014. [?? \ck June
June 12th 2013] 12th 2013]
arrgun iv. we (including you) might do. aya iv. Only I do x. ngun pak aya I now sit
naman arrgun all of us might talk. towards there naman aya I say apap aya I'm
21/Nov/2014. [?? \ck August 20th 2013] sick [Source: DH12_A08_06_0217 June 12th
arrguny iv. we (including you) do. naman 2013 DH12_A47_01_014] 26/Nov/2014. [??
arrguny you and me say that [Source: June \ck June 12th 2013]
12th 2013] 21/Nov/2014. [?? \ck June 12th ayu iv. I stood. wurruma ayu I stood up [Source:
1
2013] June 13th 2013] 26/Nov/2014. [?? \ck June
-arriny -bprn. to me. delbad nuendung-arriny 13th 2013]
come with me and help me ayu iv. I lay. digalma ayu I lay down [Source:
2
tarrimy-arriny=ye he might bite me [Source: June 13th 2013] 26/Nov/2014. [?? \ck June
Birk DB_A01_03.065 DB_A02_01.022] 13th 2013]
21/Nov/2014.
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pap pak
B - b
pap cov. rush, run for a lot of people. yi, pap-an DH12_A34_02.384] 02/Dec/2014. [?? \ck
wurrunguny-ga wi=ye they are coming June 13th 2013]
running to fight wi papden yurur don't badbad n. grasshopper. 02/Dec/2014. [?? \ck
come running towards us [Source: Birk (7) June 13th 2013]
DB_A02_03.173 DH12_V36_02.201] [?? \iv padpi cov. alight of a bird, take off, fly off. [??
go (DH12_A25_03.113) \iv sit \rl pat \rl pi]
(DB_A02_03.153)] padpi yida he flies off. [Source:
pap yuwarra run away (predicated of a DH13_V51_05.112 pur in Birk, 144]
large number). pap-yuwarra wuta only two 02/Dec/2014. [?? \ck July 4th 2013 \cc can
ran away [Source: Birk, 144 select for all IVs except for 'do' and 'sit' and
DH13_V57_03.037 DH13_V51_04.54] 'lie' \ck July 4th 2013]
26/Nov/2014. [?? \cc can select for all IVs bae n. catfish. dae-bae yuno ketfis catfish
except for 'do', 'sit', and'lie' and 'stand' \ck dreaming dae-wu dae-bae mutyurr barra,
June 13th 2013] catfish, a lot [Source: Ian Green: pee (note
papa n. grandfather. See main entry: yinya. long vowel) DB_A06_01.168
[Source: Mathew Dakyerat in Ray DB_A02_05.080] 02/Dec/2014. [?? \cc
Ngolok-Wanggar Vocabulary] pelyi - white ochre \ck July 1st 2013]
02/Dec/2014. [?? \ocl persons as man \ck bak cov. sit. See main entry: pak. 04/Dec/2014.
June 13th 2013] [?? \rl ngubaktyed \ck June 13th 2013]
babu n_kin. father (in general). See main entry: pak cov. sit, sit down. ki enduwen kagak ki-na
melbabu. [Note: no occurrence in corpus] pak yunu=wa he was close by and then she
[Source: Ray Ngolok-Wanggar Vocabulary] went to sit down far away Variant: bak;
02/Dec/2014. [?? \ocl persons \ck June appakali; bagali; yubpak; datpak. [Source:
13th 2013] Harvey 1989:50 DH12_A40_03.149] [?? \iv
pat cov. fly. pat pi wuta they fly patkama wuta go (DH12_A25_03.086) \iv sit
they fly and come back [Source: Birk (7) June (DH12_V36_02.265) \rl tyubak \rl tyitypak
13th 2013 June 13th 2013] \rl karrarrpak \rl kulpak \rl ngubaktyed
tarr pat / tarrpet bite off. [Source: Birk, 136] \rl kumpak \ka doet]
[?? \cc according to Birk can select for all ngin pak hold onto. [Source:
six IVs \ck June 13th 2013] DH12_A26_02.048]
del pat / delpet keep someone company, go tyitypak pile up. [Source: DH13_A32_01.06]
with somebody. [Source: Birk, 143] [?? \cc wapak get. [Source: DH12_A15_04.008]
can select for all IVs except for 'do' and 'lie' pak yida sit down. [Source: Ian Green: pak sit
\ck June 13th 2013] down (dynamic)] [?? \ck June 13th 2013]
wa kul pat load objects into punggul durp pak kneel down. [Source:
boat/car/anything. [Source: Birk, 144] [?? Birk, 144] [?? \cc can select for all IVs
\cc can select for all IVs except for 'do' and except for 'do', 'lie' and 'stand' \ck June 13th
'sit' and 'lie' \ck June 13th 2013] 2013]
pat purrarrma yide circle around flying. kul pak board (boat)/ go in car/boat.
[Source: June 13th 2013] 02/Dec/2014. [Source: Birk, 155] [?? \ck June 13th 2013]
pada cov.iv. I went. endi agunmany pada what nyippak close eyes. [Source: Oct 27th 2012]
was I doing?/ Where from did I go? pada [?? \ck June 13th 2013]
watwatma ada I go fishing [Source: dat pak open eyes/wake up. [Source: Oct 27th
DH12_A25_10.310 DB_A02_01.128] 2012] [?? \ck June 13th 2013]
02/Dec/2014. parrad pak yide he sits down. [Source: Nov
badbad cov. roll. payak badbad nunda she 10th 2012] [?? \ck June 13th 2013]
rolls on her back badbad-ma yida parrad tyed tity pak he goes back to sit
manbak-ma yida he rolled over and came down. [Source: Nov 10th 2012] [?? \ck June
out of the water [Source: Oct 27th 2012 13th 2013]
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