kamparntal(pa)adjective1without someone’s knowledge, unbeknown to someone‘Tjitji yulpurru pitjangu kutipitjangu.’ ‘Yuwa-parta pitjangu kutipitjangu kamparntalpa?’‘A special boy went through here.’ ‘Fancy that, he went through without us knowing?’Tjinguru-ya ngaanguru nyinarra. Ka purlingka-ya nyarratja kamparntalpa nyinarra.Some people might be sitting on this side. But unbeknown to them others will be sitting over there on the other side of the hill.2unknown to hearerof words or messageWiya, nyarralunta kamparntalpa watjara.Oh, that person over there is speaking to you using words that you don’t know.3different aspect of somethingMinymalu watjalpayinku kaparli yapukutu yankutjamaalpa nyinarratjaku. Ka kulira wantipayi. Palunyalu tatirnu-tatirnu punkarnu. Yara kamparntalpa kulilpayi tjilku palunyalu.A woman used to tell her granddaughter not to go to the mountain. But she wouldn’t take any notice. Then she climbed up until she fell down. That child used to think in a different way.4nickname, name the person doesn’t know aboutTjurlpuwanalutarrartu kamparntalpa tjapilku wantiku.A person might be nicknamed after a bird.Yini kamparntalpa-ya tjapilku. Nyangka lurrtju nyinapayilukutju nintilu kulilku.They refer to him by a name that he doesn’t know about. So only those who live with him know it.See alsokampangkartu

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