mungarringkufrommungaintransitive verb1become night, get darkTjilkuyaalampa pitja tjirntungkalpi. Ngaanya mungarringu.The child should’ve come while it was daylight. But now it’s dark.Tjirntu ngalyapakaralpi mungarrtjirringkulalpi tjarrpaku. Tjarrpanyangka mungarringku.The sun rises, and later when it’s afternoon it sets. When it’s set it gets dark.Mungarripalka waarrpuwa tjirnturri.I wish tomorrow would come quickly. (lit. I wish it would become night and hurry and become day.)2do something until nightfallpreceded by another verbNyinangu mungarringu ngarringu tjirntungka pakarnu mangka kartarnu.He sat there until it was night-time, and the next morning got up and cut his hair.

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