walykulkufromwalykutransitive verb1spoil something, damage something, ruin somethingPurtu-litju raapitaku nyangu. Kapilu pungu walykurnu.We couldn’t see any rabbit (tracks). It had rained and spoiled them.Tjilkulu pukpa pirni walykura.The child is spoiling the books.2do something wrongTjinguru watilunku kurri yungarra wantiku. Ka wati kutjupatjarra tjuni kampa-kampaku tjiinya kutjupalu walykunnyangka.Maybe a man will leave his own wife. Then all the other men will be very angry because that man did the wrong thing.3prevent someoneTjilku kutjulu tirtunku ngunytjuku walykura yularranytja tatilkitjalu.One child kept on preventing his mother from going by crying to get in the car.4hurt someone seriouslyYitjinywantingun nyangkanku nyuntuku marlanypa walykurnu.You abandoned your younger brother and someone seriously hurt him.5sorcerise someone, use love magic to attract someone, put spell on someoneTjaa ngarlturrarriku. Kulilku-ya watilu-ya walykurnu.Your speech will be inarticulate. (Then) people will realise that men have sorcerised you.Kutjupalu walykulku kurri yarltitjirratjalu.Another man might sorcerise (a pregnant woman) because he wasn’t able to marry her.seekuru walykulkupulyku walykulkuyiri walykulkutarrka walykulkuSee alsopalyamunulkuMeans the same askurralku

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