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Words for Category: Communicating
communication
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Human
Family
People
Body
Health
Feelings
Food
Actions
Moving
Making
Hunting
Fighting
Changing
Bodily
Animals
Mammals
Reptiles
Birds
Aquatic
Insects
Spiders
Art and Objects
Artmaking
Audio
Ceremony
Objects
Tools
Weapons
Communication
Communicating
Belief
Counting
Time
Location
Describing
Country
Plants
Land
Water
Sky
Fire
Places
kalaya
to ask, to question
kanerra
to allow, to permit
kungaya
to keep quiet
kurtəma
to growl, to complain
mamba
perhaps
mapa
to lie, to tell lies
nyarringin
name (yours), your name
nyuma
to recognise, to know
tyalingin
tongue (yours), also language, speech
wantima
to want
weka
to laugh
wekuwa
to laugh loudly, to make a cackling sound like a possum
*wembakən
never
winyarr
who?
wurreka
to speak
wurrenga
to call someone to wake up