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Tyalingin
Tongue (Yours), Also Language, Speech
Part of speech:
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Notes:
Also once 'tyalinin'. The word for 'tongue' was also used in the sense of 'food' in some idiomatic expressions: 'tyakinyarr tyalinyuk' - 'you will eat his food'; 'wembanda tyakiny tyalingin!' - 'I won't eat your food!'
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Categories:
Body, Face, Communication, Human, Communicating

Example Phrases

English:
I won't eat your food!
Language:
Wembanda tyakiny tyalingin!
English:
You will eat his food
Language:
Tyakinyarr tyalinyuk.

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