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Kiyawety-mayowety

Hither and thither

karrinyuk

big, wide

kinmer

these

kinya

this one close by

kulaya

to be wet

kulayatang, kulətang

wet

*kuli-wutyup

savage, fierce

*kunatyila-wil

dark, dark-coloured

kurngga

to be heavy

kurrumbit, kurumbituk

big, tall

latyuk

naked

lithayatang

sharp, pointy

liyəwil (2)

jagged, 'teeth-having'

*milak-wil

quick, fast runner

murt

blunt

ngaliyuk

our two, belonging to both of us,

ngalombert

champion dodger, an expert at dodging spears

ngula

like, just as

nirrutayil

red

nyanyuk-min

other, different

nyet

I

**pakaya-puk

wise

*pakul-pakul-warra-wil

spotted

*pakuwinyawil

bright, very bright coloured

pari-wil

hot, 'heat-having', dust-storm, north,

parnbandilang

rainbow, 'shining in many colours'

pen-wurru

big-mouth

pertayatang

dry

pileny

as well, too

pilerrmatang

white, light coloured,yellowish,

pilerrmatayil

white

pilopilota

to shine, to glitter

pilopiluwa

to shine intensely, to gleam

pilotang

shining

pirnən

arrived, risen

pirra

to be bald, bare

pulətayil

grey

pumbilang

cold

*puny-puny-warra-wil

brown, grey

*purt-purt-warra-wil

blue

*puwang

stinking

**puwərk

rough

puyingga

to show, to point out

tarma

to be hard

tarminyuk

hard, tough

telkuk

good, beautiful

tharrətang

white, shiny white

tharrətayil

white, shiny white

tirtenayuk

new, fresh

tulaya

to be small

tulu

tree-stump, a small stumpy person, little, stumpy

tunyi-(kat)

very much, greatly

tyalang

hot

**tyawər-wil

cripple

tyelimatayil

red

tyerri-mumuk

upside down 'stand up bottom'

tyurung-kuthewiny

lengthways, from head to tail

wakatang

determined, obstinate,

*wantya-wil

strong

warra

colour, appearance

*wilkil-mir

squint-eyed

*windyentap

dwarf

wurkatang

black

wurkatayil

black

wurəwil, wurəwurətayil

blue, green

yandeyuk

mine, my own

yangureyuk

ours

yathaminyuk

bad, nasty, ugly, deformed

yathangga

to be bad, ugly, cruel or just unpleasant

yathanggaya burpuk

to be silly

yirri

very

yirəkal

straight, drawn out

yulp

right hand, straight, correct

*yurruk, yuruk,

true