yakuntjunkutransitive verb1try something, test something, taste somethingMinyma kutjulu yakuntjura tjarrpatjuranytja turirrpa yiwarla kaninytjarra. Kutju tjarrpatjura pitjangu ngarangu watjarnu, ‘Ngalyanyawa. Ngaanya-munta-rni palya?’ ‘Wiya, witinypanta.’One woman was trying on dresses inside the house. She put one on and came and stood there and said, ‘Look this way. Is this all right on me?’ (Then someone said,) ‘No, it’s too tight on you.’Nyangka purlakarra-ya ngalkula yakuntjura kuliranytja, ‘Nyaapiinypa?’Then they were eating and tasting flour thinking, ‘What’s this like?’2experience something3(with purtu) find something not to one’s likingMirrkakurlu yakuntjurra walta-walta. ‘Wiya, mirrka ngaanya palyamunu. Purtu-rna yakuntjura walta-walta.’You know how you taste a bad taste. ‘Oh, this food is bad. I don’t like this taste, it’s a bad taste.’4copy someone, mock someone by copying or mimicking themTjilku kurlunytju-rni yakuntjura.The little child is copying me.5demonstrate somethingNgarritjura yakuntjuranytja yarnangu.She was laying (the child) down demonstrating (the size of) his body.6practise somethingWalatjurra nyangkayi paltjura yakuntjunama.Put him down and let him practise walking.Means the same asyarrkalku

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