muurrpungkufrommuurraalkutransitive verb1dislodge somethingusually by rubbingMuurrpungkula tjunkula karnilta.(By rubbing the seed heads) she’s dislodging (the seed) and putting it in a yandying dish.Marlu wipu tilingka paalku mantjilku. Palunyalu yinyu parrkangka muurrpungkulalpi tarrkarlmaralpi tjararrta paalku.You singe a kangaroo tail in the flames. Then you dislodge the (burnt) fur with leaves, make it clean and cook it in the hot earth in a hole in the ground.Yatura-ya ngalkulayilku. Nyangka kapilu pungku muurrpungku. Ka-ya wantirra kutipitjaku.They would pound the seed and eat it for a while. Then rain would fall and dislodge the seeds. So they’d leave and go away.2crumblefoodMaralu muurrpungu wiyarnu.(The baby) crumbled all (the food) up with her hands.See alsonyurtulku

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