wurrpu-wurrpurringkubecome sore or stiff from sittingNyinangu-nyinangu-rna wirtapi wurrpu-wurrpurringu. Ngarrikatikitja-rna.I’ve sat here until my back has got sore. I want to lie down.
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wurrutjukurl-tjukurl(pa)with holes everywhere, making marks in the groundKuka nani kalkura-ya wantirra yankutjanulu pitjaku nyaku tjawarayilku-ya wantinyangka-ya watjalku, ‘Wiya, wurrutjukurl-tjukurlpa ngaralanyangka-la wantirra kutipitja kutjupanya nyawa tjawala tjulyala.’After seeing a rabbit (burrow) and leaving it for later you come and see that other people have dug it and left it and you say, ‘Oh no, there are holes everywhere. So let’s leave it and go and look for another one and dig that and catch some.’Pitjaku nyaku wurrutjukurl-tjukurlpa-ya parrawirrtjayintja.You come and see that they’ve been going around quickly (in a car) making marks in the ground.
wurtin(pa)whistle, whistlingWurtinpa-rna kulirnu wantingu nyarratja.I took no notice of the whistle over there.Means the same asrukuny(pa)wuuny(pa)
wutja1adjectivenon-fighterWatjantjamaaltu-ya wanti. Kanku wutja yungarra nyinama.Don’t talk about him. Let him be by himself seeing he’s not a fighter.2adjectivemildWama-ya tjikilpayilu watjalpayi piyanyu wutja lirri kamparrranytjamunu.Those who drink alcohol say that beer is mild, it doesn’t burn your throat.3nounbeerPiya-ya watjara wutja.They call beer w̲u̲t̲ja̲.See alsopiyatjami-tjami
wuyurr(pa)1adverb 2feeling like doing somethingWuyurrpa-rna kutipitjaku.I’m feeling like it, I’ll go.Purtu-rna kulirnu wuyurrpa-rni ngaratjaku.I tried to feel like doing it.Tjiinya pakara pitjala ngampan-ngampanmaaltu kuka mantjinma tjuni wuyurrtulpi yarltirranyangka.Get up and come and get the meat. Don’t ignore me while I’m feeling like (giving it to you) and calling you.2nounfeeling, desire, will, resolve, intentions, inclinationsWuyurrpa-tju katapungu.My desire (to go to Amata) was broken.Wuyurrpa Waluku wiyarringu.(My) desire to go to Walu evaporated.Wuyurrpa kutjuparrinytjalu ..After changing his mind (he did it). (lit. After his will changed (he did it).)See alsotjaanarrayinngurru
wuyurrarrikufromwuyurr(pa)feel like doing somethingMapitjangu rawamaalpartu watjilarringu, wuyurrarringu marlaku yankukitja.He went and felt homesick after only a short time, he felt like going back.Kurrurnpa wuyurrarrirra mapitjaku ngarriku.When your spirit feels like doing it you go and sleep (with a girl).
wuyurrmankufromwuyurr(pa)make someone feel like doing somethingWuyurrmanku. Nyangka tjawalku yanku.If someone makes a person feel like (going) then he goes off quickly.
wuyurrmunufromwuyurr(pa)not feel like doing somethingWuyurrmunu-rna nyinarra.I don’t want to go, I’m staying.Wuyurrmunu-rna yankutjaku Perthku.I don’t feel like going to Perth.
wuyurrmunurringkufromwuyurr(pa)become unsettled, lose desire to do somethingNyinarrayirnu pirnipurlka wuyurrmunurringu-ya. Wuyurrmunurringkula-ya kutipitjangu marlaku ngurra tiwanguru.Many people stayed until they lost the desire (to stay there). After losing their desire to stay they went back from the distant country.
wuyurrpa karli-karlifromwuyurr(pa)confused feeling (desire), not knowing what one wantscrooked feelingNgunytjulunku watjalku tjilku yularranyangka, ‘Tjilku ngaanya wuyurrpa karli-karli nyinarra yularra. Nyaatjirratja-munta?’When a child is crying a mother says, ‘This child is crying not knowing what he wants. I wonder what he wants?’See alsowuyurrpa kurranytjil(pa)
wuyurrpa kurralkufromwuyurr(pa)break someone’s resolve, change someone’s feelingWuyurrpa-rna kutipitjakitjangka-rni kurrarnu.When I felt like going he broke my resolve.See alsowuyurrpa witurrpungkuMeans the same aswuyurrpa walykulku
wuyurrpa kurranytjil(pa)fromwuyurr(pa)bad feeling, confused feelingabout something one is considering doingWuyurrpa-rni kurranytjilpa ngarala. Palunyangka-rna kuwarripa nyinarra.My feeling is confused. That’s why I’m still staying here.
wuyurrpa kutjuparrikufromwuyurr(pa)inclinations change, desires changeKutjulpirtulpi palyamunu nyinarranytja. Ka wuyurrpa kutjuparringu Mamanya wanaralpi.A while ago he was bad. But now that he’s followed the Father his desires have changed.
wuyurrpa palyamunurringkufromwuyurr(pa)have a bad feeling, not feel like doing something after allWuyurrpa-rna palyamunurringu. Yankukitja-rna nyatarringu nyinarra.I don’t feel like it now. I was going to go then I decided to stay put, and I’m staying.
wuyurrpa tjukarurrufromwuyurr(pa)clear feeling (desire), unwavering desirestraight feelingKutjupalu watjannyangka watjalku, ‘Wuyurrpa-tju tjukarurru ngarala nyarratja yankutjaku.’When someone has spoken to you, you might say, ‘I’ve got an unwavering desire to go there.’
wuyurrpa walykulkufromwuyurr(pa)break someone’s resolve, change someone’s feelingWiya, wuyurrpa-rni walykura parrakatirrayirnu mungarrtjirringu kukamaalpa.Oh, they made me not feel like hunting anymore because they took me around until afternoon and didn’t get any meat.See alsowuyurrpa witurrpungkuMeans the same aswuyurrpa kurralku
wuyurrpa wirrmirarrikufromwuyurr(pa)feel free -- to do somethingWuyurrpa-rni wirrmirarringu kutipitjangu. Ngaanya-rna tjutungkapirinypa nyinangu-nyinangu palunyatjanu yarlangkatjura kutipitjangu.I felt free and went (from the city). I’d been there a long time, like in a closed-in place, and then I managed to escape and went away.
wuyurrpa witurrpungkufromwuyurr(pa)break someone’s resolve, change someone’s feeling, restrain someone from doing somethinghold on to someone’s feelingKatja yurntaltu marrkuranyangka mirrparntutarrartu watjalku, ‘Wuyurrpa-rni witurrpungkutjamaaltu wanti nyangka-rna kutipitja.’When your son or daughter is trying to stop you, you might angrily say, ‘Don’t try to change my mind. Leave me alone so that I can go.’Tjiinya wuyurrpa ngaralanytja yankutjaku kukaku. Nyangka wuyurrpa-rni witurrpungu nyinatjaku ngurrangka.I felt like going hunting. But someone changed my feeling so that I’d stay home.See alsowuyurrpa kurralkuwuyurrpa walykulku
wuyurrpa yarlarringkufromwuyurr(pa)feel free -- to do somethingfeeling become openNgayuku-tju wuyurrpa yarlarringu ngarala yankutjaku-rna.I feel free to go now.
wuyurrpa yungarrafromwuyurr(pa)in one’s own way, what one wants to doNgayulu-rna palyalku wuyurrpa yungarralu.I’ll do it the way I want to (in my own way).Mawanti-tjananya ngurrangkalpi. Wuyurrpa-ya yungarra nyinarra.Let them stay at home. That’s what they want to do.
wuyurrpa yutjurringkufromwuyurr(pa)suddenly not feel like doing somethingfeeling become narrowYuwa, yalatja-pula yankukitja ngarangu. Palunyangka wuyurrpa-pulampa yutjurringkunyangka wantingu.Yes, those two were ready to go on a trip. Then when they suddenly didn’t feel like it they left it.
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