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Words for Category: Feelings

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Human
Family People Body Health Feelings Food
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kalina

to love

kalintyerra

to love one another

kulingula, kulingulaya

to feel shy

kulingulang

shy person

kulinya

to hate, to dislike strongly

kurta

to groan

kutha

to pity, to be sorry

*mulpaya

to be weak

murrenda

to be alive

muyən

mind, thought, character

ngunyama

to inspire pity

ngupa

to be full, to be satisfied

ngupaya

to feel sated, to overeat

nyarna

to worry over, to regret

pamba

to be frightened

pamba-wil

frightened, shy

pambaya

to be very frightened

pulka

to be soft

pulkaya

to feel weak or feeble

pumba

to be cold

purrka

to sigh

tyalanga

to be hot

tyilka

to show off, to be flash or cheeky, to be pleased

tyilkaya

to be conceited

wakatanga

to be obstinate

yathaya

to be bad, to be useless

yawirra

to dislike, to hate

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