maruny-maruny(pa)frommaruas a shadowy figurein the nightMungangka kumpira mawirrtjayilku. Nyangka kumpinnyangka watjalku, ‘Maruny-marunypa mawirrtjayirnu.’Someone could disappear from view and go quickly away into the dark. When he’s lost from view a person may say, ‘He went away quickly as a shadowy figure.’
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