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ngaa1demonstrative adverbhereWangara ngaa ngarrirra.The sweet tea is here ready.2demonstrativethisNgurra ngaaku yulangu.He cried for this place.3demonstrativecertainTjilku ngaanya-tjinguru tjamu kaparlingka nyinaku-nyinaku wantiku kaany-kaanyarriku ngunytju mamatjirratja.A certain child might stay for a while with his grandfather and grandmother but get restless, wanting his mother and father.See alsongaanya
ngaakampakuintransitive verbbreatheNgaakamparra-lan nyinarra.We’re sitting here breathing.Mirrka-rna kutjupa-kutjupa ngalangu purtu ngaakamparra.I’ve eaten something different and I can’t breathe properly.Means the same asngaalymanku
ngaaly-ngaaly(pa)fromngaaly(pa)adverb 2out of breathNgaaly-ngaalypa pitjangu.He arrived out of breath.
ngaaly-ngaalyarrikufromngaaly(pa)intransitive verbbecome out of breathPapa ngaaly-ngaalyarringu.The dog was out of breath.
ngaaly(pa)noun1breathing, breathKuwarripa nyina ngaalypa walykumunurri.Sit for a while and let your breathing recover.Ngaalypa palyamunurringu.(The sick child’s) breathing has got quite bad.2pufferfor asthmaTirtu ngaalypa kanyilpayi.He always has a puffer (for his asthma).
ngaalymankufromngaaly(pa)intransitive verbbreatheNgaalymara yurrirra nyinama.(A living person) breathes and moves.Means the same asngaakampaku
ngaalypatawarraadverb 2very fastNgaalypatawarra-ya kukurraarnu walypalaku ngurrakutu.They ran very fast to the white man’s home.
ngaarnmankuintransitive verb1cryof small babyTjilku ngaanya ngurli-ngurli ngaarnmaranytja.This child, a baby not yet able to sit up, was crying.2be bornTjilku ngaanya mayu-mayu ngaarnmanu.This child was born in the bush.See alsongarrikupilyirrpa ngarrikupuunarrikuyirti ngarriku
ngaangkafromngaatime adverbrecentlyMinyma-ya ngaangka yanu -- palunyanya wanytjawara pitjaku?Those women who went recently -- when will they come (back)?
ngaangkalpifromngaatime adverbrecently, previously, before thisPututirri ngaangkalpi ngarangu.Previously this was hard bare ground.Ngaangkalpi-ya kutjarra nyakupayilukutju kata paarnarrarnu nyangu tjitji marnkurrpa ngarrinyangka.Because they’d previously only seen twins they got a shock when they saw triplets had been born.
ngaangurufromngaaspatial adverbthis side, this side ofKa-pula watjarnu, ‘Ngaanguru-li kumpila ngarala nyangama.’Then those two said, ‘Let’s hide on this side and stand and watch.’See alsongayitjaMeans the same askalkurni
ngaanyafromngaa1spatial adverbhereMunta, ngaanya pitjangu.Oh, here he is!2adjectivethisTjitji ngaanya kurramunu.This child is very good.3conjunctionbutYilkaringka-rna yanku. Ngaanya wirulyarringu.I’ll go when there’s a clear sky. But it’s become evenly overcast (today).See alsongaangaatja
ngaanyanypafromngaaparticlemarks the first of a contrastive pairNgaanyanypa-latju Warakurnaku makukurraalku. Nyangka-ya palya Purli Kutjarraku makukurraala.We’re going to Warakurna. But it’s all right for you to go to Kintore.See also-nypa
ngaapirinyankuvariant ofngaapirinymanku
ngaapirinymankualsongaapirinyankufromngaatransitive verbdo like thisTjilku katalarra purlingka tikalpakalku. Palunyangka-rna ngaapirinymanku watjalku, ‘Purli wararra tartirnwana tjarungara.’A child might climb to the top of a mountain. Then I’ll say (something) like this, ‘Climb down the sloping side of that high mountain.’Kulirnu, ‘Munta, ngaapirinyara-rna kutikatiku.’He thought, ‘Oh, I’ll do it like this and take it (home).’
ngaari ngarrikuintransitive verblie everywhereTjiinyakurlu ngurra kutjupangka yanku nyinaku. Palunyatjanu marlaku pitjaku. Palunyalu nyaku, ‘Ngurralpi-rnanyu walykumunu wantirra yanu. Nyangka kuwarrinya yililpa pirninya ngaari ngarrirra.’It’s like when you go to another place and stay there. Then you come back and see, ‘I left this place when it was good. Now lots of tins are lying everywhere.’Pala-yan ngalkula warningu-warningu wantingu ngaari ngarrirra.What you lot have eaten and thrown away is lying everywhere.
ngaarr-ngaarr(pa)fromngaarr(pa)adverb 2screamingMinyma ngaarr-ngaarrpa wirrtjaani kutjupa-kutjupa kulintjatjanu. ‘Pakala-ya nyawa tjapila kulila. Nyaarringunyka?’A woman is rushing along screaming after hearing something. ‘Get up and look and ask. Whatever has happened?’
ngaarr(pa)nounscream, shriekNgaarrpa yuti yulangu.She wailed with a clearly heard scream.
ngaarraalkufromngaarr(pa)intransitive verb1grizzleNgaarraara pitjangu.(The small child) was grizzling as she came along.2scream, wailKa katurringkula ngurlu ngaarraara makukurraarnu.Then getting up afraid, he screamed as he ran away.Nyangkanyu kungka kurlunynga ngaarraara pakara makukurraarnu ngarala yularranytja ngunytju-ra ngurntitarrka pungu mirrirntankunyangka.It’s said that the little girl got up wailing and ran off and stood crying because (her father) had hit her mother with a knockout blow to the back of her neck and killed her.
ngaarrmankufromngaarr(pa)intransitive verbgroan, scream, shriekMinyma kutju ngaarrmaranytja. Purtu kuka tjarlirnu nyinarra yularranytja.One woman was groaning. She couldn’t put the meat on her head and was sitting there crying.
ngaarrtjingalkufromngaarr(pa)transitive verbmake someone scream, shriekNgaarrtjingara kutikatingu.She made (the child) scream and took him off.Ka-rna pitja puwa ngaarrtjingala.Let me come and hit him and make him scream.
ngaatjafromngaaadverb 11hereNgaatja kapi ngarrirra.Here’s some water lying (in the tunnel).Ngaatja pitja ngurra tjurra yiwarra wantirralpi.Come and put your camp here away from the road.2this side ofParna murrkungu, Kalgoorliela ngaatja.There’s salty soil this side of Kalgoorlie.See alsongaanya
ngaatjinngafromngaa1Pronounthese onesNgiinyarringkula watjara, ‘Ngaatjinngakutju tjulyarnu purrultjunu.’(The father) is whingeing saying, ‘(They) only grabbed these (boys) and put them together to take through to manhood (and didn’t take my son).’2adjectivetheseNyakula-rniya wawurltakarnu-wawurltakarnu papa ngaatjintu. Nyangka-rna karurr-karurrarringu.When these dogs saw me they barked until I got sick of it.
ngakanouna small amount of waterNgaka katirrayinma tjilkuku yularratjakutarra.You carry around a small amount of water for a child so he won’t keep on crying.See alsokapikumpurliMeans the same asyulka
ngakalkuintransitive verb1chokeon somethingTjilku ngakalku kukangka.A child could choke on meat.Lirri ngakalku.(Food) could get stuck in your throat.2suffocatein smokeTjunarntjunku nyangka papa ngupanu kurlunypa-ya ngakalku winnyinpa puyutjunkunyangka.You make smoke go into a hole and the little dingoes suffocate because smoke has been forced into the hole.