nyarli-nyarliadverb 2flirtatiously, coylyin the view of a fancied person of the opposite sexNyarli-nyarli parrawirrtjarni nyakutjaku kutjupalu walykumunu.She’s going round coyly so that others can see that she’s beautiful.Nyarli-nyarli pitjayilku yangupalalu-ya nyakutjaku. Palunyalu watjalku, ‘Miiku-tju nyarratja.’ ‘Wiya, miiku-tju. Pika-rnanta pungku.’(Two teenage girls) might come along flirtatiously so that the young men will look at them. Then one girl might say, ‘That one over there’s mine.’ ‘No, he’s mine. I’ll hit you.’See alsolitju-litju

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