nayirrpungkutransitive verb1scrape the top off the ground around honey ants’ holePiirrpungku nyinakatiku nayirrpungku wirrangka.You scrape (the surface of the honey ants’ hole), sit down and scrape the top off the ground around the hole with the digging bowl.2pull things out, rummage through thingsNyarra nayirrpungkulanytjaku nintilkitjamunu.You won’t give anything to (a child) who rummages through your things.Yarnangulutarrartu mutukangkatjaku ngurrinma. Nyangka tjapilku, ‘Nyaakun pitjangu nayirrpungkula nyakula?’A person also might look for tools. So the (owner) asks, ‘Why have you come rummaging through my things looking for something?’See alsolikipungku

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