kutjurtu-kutjurtufromkutjuadverb 1only person who keeps on doing something, only person to whom something is always donePikakurlu ngalytjurrmarra. Nyangkakurlu yurntaltu katjalu watjala, ‘Kutjurtu-kutjurtu ngalytjurrmankula. Kanmarrarri nyinama.’It’s like when a man is shouting his grievance. Then his son or daughter says, ‘You’re the only one still shouting your grievance. Be quiet and sit down.’Kutjurtu-kutjurtu-rniya pika pungu-pungu miri warurnu wantingu.I’m the only one they’ve kept on hitting and I’m really angry (lit. they made me really angry).Mirrarra-ya yularranyangka, Pirnkulu tjakultjuranytja, ‘Tirtu kutjurtu-kutjurtu, ngarltutjarra tjuni kartakatingu-kartakatingu, malta-maltarringkulalpi yungarralunku kurrarnu.’Because they were wailing loudly, Pirnku was telling everyone, ‘Poor thing, he’s the only one who keeps losing his relatives, (that’s why) he’s lost control and has seriously injured himself.’

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