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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

mithətya

to lick a wound

murrpa

to kiss

nganenga

to sneeze

ngara-ngaranda

to sniff, to snuffle

ngarənga

to drown

ngarəngən, ngarənggən

drowned

ngurka

to swallow

pityaka

to warm oneself

pongga

to smell

punda

to bite

purrenga, purenga

to snore

puyika

to fall down

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

tyurnda

to spit

walma

to forget

wurratya, wurrətya

to sniff, to scent

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