tjaawalulkuintransitive verbyawnsometimes regarded as indication of something that’s going to happenKunkuntjirratja tjaawalulku nyuurru-nyuurrurringkulalpi.Because you’re sleepy, you nod sleepily and yawn.Ngarriku tjirnturriku pakaralpi yunguntjarra tjaawalulku. Palunyalu watjalku, ‘Tjaawalurnu-rna. Yarnangutarrartu pitjaku.’You sleep the night and get up in the morning and yawn. Then you say, ‘I yawned. Somebody must be coming.’See alsotjaakatikutjaarlurringkuMeans the same astjaalarringku

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