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Words for Category: Body
human
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*kanak
heel
kar
leg
karr
nose
karəp, karəput
thigh
kathap
armpit
katən-mirnuk
tears
kir
urine
kunənyuk, kuninyuk
guts, faeces (his, her, its)
kurn
throat
kurratyuk
fat (his/her/its), fat other than kidney fat, grease
kurrk
blood
kurrmbuk
breast, milk (her)
larinjuk
lungs (his/her/its)
larnginyuk
ribs (his/her/its)
lerri
claw, (finger)nail
lerri-manya
fingernails
lerri-tyina
toenail, claw
liya
teeth
luthakuk
abdomen: lower abdomen (his/her/its)
mambulin
kidney fat (yours)
manyə
hand
marangin
finger: second finger (yours)
merk
ankle
merk-manya
wrist
merkuk
ankle (his)
merterruk
bone (his)
mir
eye
mir pa kanyuk
face (his/her/its)
mityuk
skin (his)
mula
hip
mum
bottom, rump
munyi
hair, body-hair
munyi-wurru
moustache
munyuk
elbow (his)
murrekuk
cheek (his)
murreng
head
ngani
beard
ngarrə
hair
nyani
neck, back of neck
nyarringin
forehead (yours)
pap-kunə
large intestine
pap-manya
thumb
*parka-minandap
third finger
pathingguk
knee (his)
pathingin
knee (yours)
pili
stomach (external)
pirmpuk
marrow (his), the marrow of a bone
pirrə
bald head, with just a few tufts of hair
pun
testicles, groin,
*purap
leg
purrkən
breath
put
groin
thathakuk
arm (his), wing of a bird
thathər
shoulder
*thukaty-thukaty
temple
tunəp
little finger
tyalingin
tongue (yours), also language, speech
tyang
chest
tyang-manya
palm
tyarpin
gaping mouth (yours)
tyuluk
calf of the leg
tyunggi-pili
pot-belly, a grossly fat person
*wana
waist
warəngin
left hand (yours)
*wilty-karr
nostril
wirimbula
ears
wurru
mouth, lips
wurrətyuk
perspiration (his), odour
wutyup
stomach, belly
yaləp-yaləp
finger: first finger
yirən, yirən-yirən
eyebrows