karrarlpungkufromkarrarl-karrarl(pa)transitive verb1make a crashing soundespecially by hitting against trees and bushesTjiinya wati wamparta yanku. Ngurrirayilku mularrpartu marlu ngarrirranyangka. Palunyalu panykalku-panykalku ngamu mularrpa ngamuntirriku. Ka pirriyalu pitjaku ngalyakarrarlpungkulayinma. Palunyangka marlu tjulurraara pakara watikukurraalku nyinatingkulalpi pirriya palunyanya nyangama makartarntarayinnyangka.A man might go hunting. He’ll search around and find a kangaroo lying there. Then he’ll creep up until he gets really close. But a wind might come and make a crashing sound. Then the kangaroo will get a fright, get up, run across, sit down and watch the wind breaking things.2knock a stone against trees to chase an animalWatilu palkarrangka ngarakitjalu tjilku tjinguru minyma watjalku, ‘Parrapitja kanyarla karrarlpungkula-wananma. Nyangka-ya pitja-pitjama. Nyangka-rnayi kultula.’When a man is ready to stand in a hide he says to a child or a woman, ‘Go around and follow the hill kangaroos, knocking a stone against the trees. Then they’ll come (towards me). And I can spear them.’3cut down a lot of trees, clear area of treesYiwarra palyalkitjalu warta pirninya karrarlpungkula-wanalku.To make a road you cut down a lot of trees in a line.4clear branches off a treeTjiinya watilu tjara puru karli kartalkitjalu yamirri pirninya karrarlpungku walykumunuralpi karli tjaralta kartalku.A man who wants to make a shield or a boomerang clears off the branches, makes it satisfactory and then cuts out the boomerang or shield.5make cuts in a piece of wood as a guide for cutting out the artefactKarrarlpungku nyaku palya ngaralanyangka katapungku.You make cuts (as a guide) and when you see it’s all right you cut it out.6hatefully tell a person to go awayYumarilu karrarlpungkula-wanaraanu wantinyangka tiwa yanu nyinarra.Because his mother-in-law kept on hatefully telling him to go away he went and is living in a distant place.

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