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kinya
this one close by
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*milak-wil
quick, fast runner
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murt
blunt
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ngalombert
champion dodger, an expert at dodging spears
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*pakul-pakul-warra-wil
spotted
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*pakuwinyawil
bright, very bright coloured
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parnbandilang
rainbow, 'shining in many colours'
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pari-wil
hot, 'heat-having', dust-storm, north,
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pen-wurru
big-mouth
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pertayatang
dry
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pileny
as well, too
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pilerrmatang
white, light coloured,yellowish,
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pilerrmatayil
white
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pilopilota
to shine, to glitter
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pilopiluwa
to shine intensely, to gleam
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pilotang
shining
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pirra
to be bald, bare
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pirnən
arrived, risen
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pulətayil
grey
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*puny-puny-warra-wil
brown, grey
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*purt-purt-warra-wil
blue
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**puwərk
rough
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tarma
to be hard
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tarminyuk
hard, tough
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tharrətang
white, shiny white
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tharrətayil
white, shiny white
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tirtenayuk
new, fresh
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tunyi-(kat)
very much, greatly
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tyalang
hot
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**tyawər-wil
cripple
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tyelimatayil
red
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tyerri-mumuk
upside down 'stand up bottom'
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Kiyawety-mayowety
Hither and thither
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karrinyuk
big, wide
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kulaya
to be wet
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kulayatang, kulətang
wet
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*kuli-wutyup
savage, fierce
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*kunatyila-wil
dark, dark-coloured
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kurngga
to be heavy
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kurrumbit, kurumbituk
big, tall
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latyuk
naked
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lithayatang
sharp, pointy
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liyəwil (2)
jagged, 'teeth-having'
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pumbilang
cold
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*yurruk, yuruk,
true
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ngaliyuk
our two, belonging to both of us,
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ngula
like, just as
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nirrutayil
red
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nyanyuk-min
other, different
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nyet
I
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tyurung-kuthewiny
lengthways, from head to tail
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wakatang
determined, obstinate,
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*wantya-wil
strong
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warra
colour, appearance
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*wilkil-mir
squint-eyed
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*windyentap
dwarf
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wurəwil, wurəwurətayil
blue, green
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wurkatang
black
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wurkatayil
black
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yandeyuk
mine, my own
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yangureyuk
ours
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yathaminyuk
bad, nasty, ugly, deformed
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yathangga
to be bad, ugly, cruel or just unpleasant
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yathanggaya burpuk
to be silly
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yirəkal
straight, drawn out
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yirri
very
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yulp
right hand, straight, correct
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telkuk
good, beautiful
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tulaya
to be small
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tulu
tree-stump, a small stumpy person, little, stumpy
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**pakaya-puk
wise
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*puwang
stinking
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puyingga
to show, to point out
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kinmer
these
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