nyirtilkufromnyirtitransitive verbsmear someone with something, spread something with something, rub something with somethingKutjulpirtu-rna kuliranytja tjiinya pika-yanyu purlkanya nyinarranyangka walku wirtirrta pika nyirtilpayi.Long ago I heard that when people were very sick they’d smear their sores with a mash made of the kernels of quandongs.Yunypa purrkutjarrarringkulalpi mantjilku nyirtilku.If you lose a son or daughter you get yellow ochre and smear yourself with it.See alsopuyilmankuMeans the same aspalupungku

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