mamurringkufrommamuintransitive verb1become furious, become fighting madWalykumunu-ya nyinaku kalypa. Wantirralpi-ya pungama. ‘Walykumunu-ya nyinangu wantirralpi mamurringkula pungkula.’People could be peaceful. Then they might fight. (Someone will say,) ‘After living well for a while, they’re getting furious and fighting.’Minymalu watilutarrartu watjalku ngaapirinypa, ‘Wiya, ngayulu-tjanamparnanku ngulakutju mamurringu.’ Tjiinya yungarralunku ruukulira watjanma.A woman or a man could say something like this, ‘Oh, it was only after a while that I got furious with you all.’ A person thinking about himself says that.2become like a monsterof childrenMamurringu-ya.(The children) have become like monsters (by pulling faces).

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