wartulkutransitive verb1straighten something, get something straightYurrtjanpa-tjinguru mantjilku katiku tjunku. Palunyalu waru katiku kurrkaltjunku tililku kurlarta wartulkitjalu.You might get spearwood roots, bring them and put them down. Then you’ll bring firewood, build a fire and light it so you can straighten some spears.Tirtu ngurringarama wangka-rna puru kulilku wartulku. Tjiinyakurlu kurlarta wartunma. Palunyapirinypa.I’ll keep asking questions and hear that word again and get it straight. You know how you straighten a spear. It’s like that.See alsokalykulkutjukarurrulkutjurrkurlmankuwarrmarltjunkuwanmarltjunku2stretch oneselfKunkuntjanulu wartulku.You stretch yourself after you’ve been asleep.See alsokaarlarriku3stretch a baby out on front of one’s body and rock him from side to side in a naming ceremony so that he will have that adult’s characteristicsWartura yini nintilpayi.You stretch the baby out on the front of you and give it your name.See alsokumpunturrulkumarnarrinkungampawarniku

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