marulkunkutransitive verb(bereaved visitors) indicate their grief and cry with relativesby first touching the people’s shoulders, hugging them, or shaking their handPurrkutjarralu, pirnkulu, tjitjururrulu parramarulkunkupayi.The bereaved parents, sisters and brothers touch people’s shoulders then everyone cries.Mirrparnarriku marulkunkutjamunungka.People get angry if bereaved visitors don’t indicate their grief and cry with relatives.Yarnangu kutju wiyarriku. Nyangka-ya parramarulkunkupayi. Yampulku yulaku.A person might pass away. Then (the bereaved people) make visitors cry with them. They hug them and cry.

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