Words for Category: Changing

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ngarna

to cadge

katima

to have

kena

to tie, to tie up

yathaka

to be without, to lack

kanintya

to steal

kalipa

to gather up one's belongings, to collect things, to pack up a camp site

kalpa

to cut, to break

kalputa

to cut up, to chop, to cross over a (dry) river, to cut across

kurətya

to step on, to squash

karrenga

to pour out, to spill

kutayəla

to shear

nyinga

to wipe, to wipe off

pertaya

to dry

pirkuwa

to undo (a net)

pirku-pirku-pirkuwa

to unravel

purngga

to blow, to blow a fire

purka

to pull out

purkəna

to break

tangguwa

to finish, to stop

titya

to shift, to change places

tirnda

to take away

tyapa

to hide or 'plant' something

tyarrwa

to wash

tyayipana

to drop, to let fall

tyema

to find, to discover

tyemula

to find (after a search)

tyarrəpa, tyarəpa

to shut

tyertama

to stop, to hinder

tyilerrpa

to pinch, to squeeze

tyilperla

to splash

tyira

to tear

tyirungga

to tear up, to split

tyungga

to be big, to swell up

winaka

to leave off, to let go

winaktyerra

to leave one another, to separate

winakuwa

to abandon

winma

to cover up

withəwa

to return, to go home

wuka

to give

wurrengala

to chase away

yirəka

to pull or drag along, to lift, to stretch

yuləka

to hang down

*nungga

to help

*pakunga

to open

*tyelang-tyelanguna

to smash

*wembungga

to lose

nyaka

to see, to watch, to think of, to consider