-lu1case ending1indicates the agent or subject of a transitive verb i.e. the person or thing that is doing something to someone or something elseTjitjilu-ya warlkurnu, ‘Mamalu kuka katingu nyurti.’The children called out joyfully, ‘Daddy has brought a rolled up kangaroo.’Yuru purlkanyalu nyarrkalpungkula kutipitjaku.A big stream of water gouges out the earth and flows on.2indicates the part of the body with which something was doneWarlawurrulu tjinalu wakarnu kanyiranyangka kiwili-wilingaralanytja.When the eagle grabbed (the rabbit) with its claws it was dangling down.3indicates that a word or phrase is telling how someone did somethingWarrmarlpapalka tirnka ngarrinyangka-rna tjukarurrulu puwa.If the goanna were lying in line with me I could hit it accurately.Means the same as-tu2-tju3

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