kawarn-kawarnarrikufromkawarn-kawarn(pa)intransitive verbbecome disoriented, have dementia, momentarily lose one’s mindKutju nyinarrayilpayi. Ka nyaku-ya watjalku, ‘Yuwa, kawarn-kawarnarringu.’A person might always stay by himself. Then others will see him and say, ‘Oh, he’s disoriented.’Mawirrtjarnu kawarn-kawarnarringkula tjultjulwana tjawarnu kutipitjangu. Yarla kutjupawana wirrtjarnu ngarringu tjirnturringu watipitjangu ngurra palunyakutu.He went along quickly and after getting disoriented, he went quickly through the scrub. He went in a different direction, slept the night and then went across to that place.See alsokatayarlarringkukuwar-kuwararrikuwapa-waparringkuwapan-wapanarrikuyaarr-yaarrarriku

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