ngurrparringkufromngurrpaintransitive verb1forget somethingKuwarrinya-ya murlukantiku ngurrparringu mirrka walypalangkatjatjarra.Nowadays they’ve forgotten m̲u̲r̲l̲u̲k̲a̲n̲t̲i̲ grass seeds because they’ve got (a lot of other) food from white people.Wati yirna katjaku yurntalku ngurrparringkula.The old man doesn’t know his sons and daughters.Ngurrparringu-rna maparnku.Traditional healers have quite gone out of my mind.2profess ignorance, deny knowledge of somethingNgukalku, ‘Ngaalu-tjinguru mulyartarringu.’ Ka ngurrparriku.You might allege someone is guilty, ‘This person has probably stolen it.’ But he might deny it.3pass outPungkunyangka-rna ngurrparringu ngarrirranytja.When he hit me, I passed out and was lying there.4become numbTjina ngaanya-rni ngurrparringu.This foot of mine has gone numb.See alsowatatjarriku

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