karu-karuadjectivepainful to touch, very tenderPaarlpa kurra nyinama. Ka kutjupalu watarrkulu pampulku. Nyangka watjalku minymalu, ‘Paarlpa palunyanya-rni karu-karu miirlarrara.’A person’s muscle might be sore. Then someone might accidentally touch it. Then the woman will say, ‘That muscle is painful and really hurting me.’Wanti-rni pukulytjingantjamaaltu. Pika karu-karu.Leave me alone and don’t squeeze (the pus out of the boil). It’s a very painful sore.

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