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Words for Category: Moving
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karta
to kick
kawenda
to crawl
kirrpa
to pull
mutya
to pick up, to take
nyengga
to sit
nyenggina
to sit round
nyerna
to sit, to listen, to hear, to remember
nyetenya
to play, to run around
nyipa
to bury
nyuka-wara
to come
nyuka-yangga
to approach, to come this way
nyuwa-mana
to arrive, to come right here
payika
to get up, to rise in flight, fly
perrəpa
to climb (trees)
perəpa, perəpana
to lose something
pirrityana
to jump
pirrpa
to hop
pirrpula, pirripula
to go hopping along like a kangaroo
putheka
to come in e.g. into a camp.
puyika
to fall down
tarnda
to touch, to push lightly
tuka
to move
tyalputa
to put down
tyerrika
to stand, to stand up
tyilpenda
to bump, to knock
tyindyingana
to shake
tyipa
to float up, to fly (dust)
waletya
to come near, approach
wara
to walk, to come
wariwa
to go away
warəntya
to wade in water
wawa
to follow
wer(ə)ka
to carry
werkuwa
to carry something heavy a long way
werrka
to hurry
wilka
to turn round
wirra
to flow
wirraka
to swim
*wirwa
to climb, to rise
wutha
to put down, to lower to the ground
yangga
to walk
yangguwa
to walk past
yukuwa
to put down (on ground)
yurrma
to slip, to stumble