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Tyerrika
To Stand, To Stand Up
Part of speech:
(Vintr)
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Categories:
Actions, Moving
Example Phrases
English:
I'm scared, my hair is standing on end!
Language:
Pambanda, tyerrikang ngarəngek!
English:
A pair of birds standing together on the river bank
Language:
Tyerrikang withən-wil yawir kaləpul nyirring-wil-kal.
English:
A swamp wallaby stood listening in the long grass
Language:
Tyerrikin nyernilang kama potykal kurrumbit.
English:
One galah will stand on the grass (in order) to eat
Language:
Kepin wilək-wilək tyerrikiny potykal tyakap.
English:
You might step on a snake
Language:
Mambarr tyerrika kurnwila.
English:
White ibis standing on one leg
Language:
Tyerrikang kakat kepin karkalkuk.
English:
I don't want to stand.
Language:
Nguanda tyerrika.
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