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*nyelin-nyelin
net: small drag net
(N)
0
nyelinyuk
snot
(Npos)
1
nyembərra
to wait for
(Vtr)
0
nyengga
to sit
(Vintr)
3
irregular intransitive...
nyenggina
to sit round
(Vintr)
0
*nyenying
hooked stick
(N)
0
Was probably the basic...
nyerna
to sit, to listen, to hear, to remember
(Vtr and Vintr)
3
nyernda
to know, to understand
(Vintr)
1
nyerndən' 'a known fact'...
*nyernik-nyernik
senior local person
(N)
0
chief or headman, small...
nyernila
to listen
(Vtr cont)
1
nyet
I
(PN)
0
First person pronoun used...
nyetenya
to play, to run around
(Vintr)
1
*Nyetnyet-pert
name of Pental Island
(N)
0
*nyil-kalk
woman's waddy, covered with porcupine quills and poisoned
(N)
0
lit. 'poison stick', kalk...
*nyil-ngani
poison sticks
(N)
0
These, from Stone's...
*nyil-ngunyi
poison bag
(N)
0
nyim
short-necked turtle
(N)
0
This turtle has a less...
nyinga
to wipe, to wipe off
(Vtr)
0
nyipa
to bury
(Vtr)
0
nyirring
steep slope, the steep sloping edge of a river
(N)
0
nyirring-wil
bank of a river; 'steep slope-having'
(N)
1
nyirringdəla
creekbed
(N)
0
nyuka
this way, here
(ADV)
2
This adverb is based on the...
nyuka-kunyi
below, here underneath
(ADV)
0
nyuka-wara
to come
(Vintr)
0
nyuka-yangga
to approach, to come this way
(Vintr)
1
nyula, nyulu,
this one now, right here, there, not too far away, around here,
