pakalkuintransitive verb1get upKungkawara palunyalu pakarnu pungu tjitji palunyanya.The teenage girl got up and hit the child.2riseof sun or moonTjirntu ngalyapakaralpi mungarrtjirringkulalpi tjarrpaku.The sun rises, and later when it’s late afternoon it sets.3leave a place, come out of, get out of school, hospital, jailLulinguru-ya mapakalku.After Christmas they’ll leave here.Tjakipirrilu kanyilku tiipungkula pakalku. Nyangka mina-minakutju ngarama.An emu looks after its eggs and after hatching them out, leaves. Then there’s only the nest left.Tjukurrpa ngaanya-pula wati tjilkurarra pakara kutipitjangu yalatja.This story is about a man and a boy who set off on a trip.Tjilku palunyalu raapita nyakulanytja pirtinguru pakarnu ngarlpurringkulanyangka.That child was looking at a rabbit that had come out of a hole and was playing.4respond to an altar-call in a Christian meetingPakarnu-rna yulangu.I responded to the altar-call and cried.5flashof lightningWanangara pakarnu. Tjarrpa pikanta rulyupungkutjaku wanangaralu.Lightning (just) flashed. Come inside so it doesn’t strike you and hurt you.6come up, appear, growof plants or seedsMuyinmanu-ya. Nyangka marlaku purnu pirni pakarnu.They made the area bare by living there for a long while. But (now) the trees have grown back again.Yapuwana pakalpayi.(That plant) grows along the ranges.Means the same askaturringku

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