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Words for Category: Bodily
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kanyengka
to cough
karrma
to vomit
kirityila
to urinate
kumba
to lie down, to sleep
kupa
to drink
kuperri
drinking (alcohol), a drunken party
milpa mirnuk
to wink
mithətya
to lick a wound
mukitya, mukityəla
to smoke (tobacco)
murrpa
to kiss
murrpila
to kiss repeatedly
nganenga
to sneeze
ngara-ngaranda
to sniff, to snuffle
ngarupa
to smell
ngarənga
to drown
ngarəngən, ngarənggən
drowned
ngupən
full, bloated
ngurka
to swallow
numila
to cry, to weep
pityaka
to warm oneself
pongga
to smell
pumbundila
to shake with cold
punda
to bite
purnburndila
to swell up, to rise
purnburnwilang
swelling, sore
purrenga, purenga
to snore
puyika
to fall down
puyəkila
to lick
tarn'ga, tangga
to put on (clothes)
tarnda
to touch, to push lightly
tyaka
to eat
tyarpa
to yawn, to open one's mouth wide
*tyerrimbaya
to shiver
*tyinangəta
to sneeze
tyungga
to be big, to swell up
tyurnda
to spit
walma
to forget
wurratya, wurrətya
to sniff, to scent