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kalipa

to gather up one's belongings, to collect things, to pack up a camp site

kalpa

to cut, to break

kalputa

to - cut up, chop, cross over a (dry) river, cut across

kanintya

to steal

karrenga

to pour out, to spill

katima

to have

kena

to tie, to tie up

kurətya

to step on, to squash

kutayəla

to shear

ngarna

to cadge

*nungga

to help

nyaka

to see, to watch, to think of, to consider

nyinga

to wipe, to wipe off

*pakunga

to open

pertaya

to dry

pirku-pirku-pirkuwa

to unravel

pirkuwa

to undo (a net)

purka

to pull out

purkəna

to break

purngga

to blow, to blow a fire

tangguwa

to finish, to stop

tirnda

to take away

titya

to shift, to change places

tyapa

to hide or 'plant' something

tyarrwa

to wash

tyarrəpa, tyarəpa

to shut

tyayipana

to drop, to let fall

*tyelang-tyelanguna

to smash

tyema

to find, to discover

tyemula

to find (after a search)

tyertama

to stop, to hinder

tyilerrpa

to pinch, to squeeze

tyilperla

to splash

tyira

to tear

tyirungga

to tear up, to split

tyungga

to be big, to swell up

*wembungga

to lose

winaka

to leave off, to let go

winaktyerra

to leave one another, to separate

winakuwa

to abandon

winma

to cover up

withəwa

to return, to go home

wuka

to give

wurrengala

to chase away

yathaka

to be without, to lack

yirəka

to pull or drag along, to lift, to stretch

yuləka

to hang down

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