punka-punkalkufrompunkalkuintransitive verb1many fall at once or in quick successionYiwarla yurritjingalku lanytjarrpungku. Nyangka punka-punkalku pirninyartu.Somebody shakes a house (with a bulldozer) and makes the whole lot fall down. Then all the broken pieces fall down.Mungangka-ya mulura pirni punka-punkarnu tili yarla ngaralanyangka.At night when the light was on all the winged insects fell down everywhere.Yurrarnpa punka-punkara lupurlpa.The honey dew is falling down and forming transparent blobs (on the ground).Warutjanu minyarra nyannyurlarralku punka-punkalku. Nyangka pika purlkanya ngarama.After skin has been burned, it peels and falls off piece by piece. Then (the area) is very painful.2twitch, experience an involuntary muscle spasm thought to have telepathic significanceKurturtungka punka-punkara kamurulu kulira.Twitching in the heart means your uncle is thinking (of you).Ngayuku ngunytjulu-rni ngarltunytjulu kulira. Yamirri-rni punka-punkara.(I know) my mother is thinking of me lovingly. My arm is twitching.See alsoyurntu-yurntulku

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