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Words for Category: Sky

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*kurre-wil

star: Sirius

kuwa (also kwa)

fog

marang-marang

mirage

marəng, marng

cloud: dark cloud

merriny

wind

mithiyən

moon, month

mithək

rain

*mula-ngert

Venus (planet)

ngarak

whirlwind

*partikalang nyawi

sunset, west

pathak

hailstone

payika-turt

shooting-star

**pirk

Venus (planet)

*tanbil

cloud, cumulus cloud

*tarraki-wurl-wurl

rainbow 'arm of the sky'

tirril

sky, heaven, up above

turt

star

tyarrang

blue sky

**tyenerkang-perp

morning star

wayinlarr

lightning

*wilem

lightning

wur-wur

sky, clear sky

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