miltjanarrikufrommiltjan(pa)intransitive verb1become thin, skinnyof personsMirrka ngalkulanytjamunu miltjanarriku.A person who hasn’t been eating food gets thin.See alsonyurrka-nyurrkarringkunyurrkarringku2become reduced to boneof meatKuka tjunku wantirra kutipitjaku. Pitjaku nyaku, ‘Ngaa miltjanarringu,’ -- papalu ngalangu wiyannyangka.(A woman) might put some meat down, leave it and go away. She’ll come (back) and see, ‘Look here, it’s now reduced to bone,’ -- because a dog had eaten it all up.

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