Lindsay et al. 2017

Lindsay, Rita Pirak, Francis Mijat and Dorothea Hoffmann, A Dictionary of MalakMalak, 2017

Realizations (110)

Shift Language Lexeme Source Target Page
#756 Malak-Malak pak to sit → to inhabit, live 7
#6231 Malak-Malak mirikantjuk noon — North 99
#2067 Malak-Malak miritjalk sunset, lit. sun+go down → West 99
#2068 Malak-Malak miribaiga sunrise → east 99
#966 Malak-Malak alawarr woman — wife 2
#6232 Malak-Malak amaneli how many, how much, how old — when 3
#6233 Malak-Malak aman what? → how many? how much? how old? 3
#6234 Malak-Malak ararrdil poisonous — salty 4
#6235 Malak-Malak awang brother-in-law — cousin (male) 4
#482 Malak-Malak ari mouth → opening, hole 5
#6236 Malak-Malak ari mouth → door 5
#3878 Malak-Malak arrtil salty — sour 6
#6237 Malak-Malak panypurrk mold; mushroom — algae 9
#3869 Malak-Malak bayang father → God 11
#6239 Malak-Malak pudumurud rib — collarbone 14
#5409 Malak-Malak pulu ashes from fire — dust 15
#3890 Malak-Malak pundu head, brain → roof 16
#222 Malak-Malak pundu brain (cerebrum) — head 16
#6240 Malak-Malak pundupurarr go around, move in a circle — waist (noun) 16
#6241 Malak-Malak pung be dirty, dirty, unclean — to smoke (tobacco) 17
#6242 Malak-Malak pungatj to smoke (tobacco) — river current, slow water; to flow slowly 17
#6243 Malak-Malak purrp warm, hot, burning → to cook (prepare food) 20
#1853 Malak-Malak pirrpak to be windy, to blow (from a mouth) → to rest, take a break 23
#6244 Malak-Malak pirrpirr red → to make fire 23
#6245 Malak-Malak taptjirr drop, lose, sink — to miss the target 24
#2017 Malak-Malak dat look, watch, see, look at — to find 26
#984 Malak-Malak dat look, watch, see, look at → to search, to look for 26
#6246 Malak-Malak dat look, watch, see, look at → to be awake 26
#6247 Malak-Malak datma look continuously, look again, watch → alive, living 27
#6248 Malak-Malak datwa to find, pick up — to catch 27
#6249 Malak-Malak datjirr be careful, act carefully, do properly — true, be right, be correct, tell the truth 30
#4510 Malak-Malak dawud blood — sap (of a plant) 32
#4101 Malak-Malak de meat — animal 33
#6250 Malak-Malak detang upside down — be on the wrong side, be wrong 34
#6251 Malak-Malak duem soft (adj.) — newborn baby 39
#6252 Malak-Malak duenyu heavy rain, strong rain, raintime, monsoon rain — one year, course of one year 39
#6253 Malak-Malak dull mute → stoic, expressionless, serious 41
#6254 Malak-Malak turr dense — quick, quickly 42
#6255 Malak-Malak did tooth — stick (n.) 43
#6256 Malak-Malak dimana hole — free time, time of 46
#60 Malak-Malak tjalmiyen straight — right hand 50
#1017 Malak-Malak tjalmiyenpi go straight → tell the truth, say it in a straight manner, tell it like it is 50
#3634 Malak-Malak tjal root (generic) — tendon 49
#1020 Malak-Malak tjal root (generic) — blood vessel; tendon 49
#1877 Malak-Malak tjal blood vessel — tendon 49
#6258 Malak-Malak tjalilk foam, soap, lather — spit, saliva 50
#647 Malak-Malak tjaritjarikat play a game → tell a joke, joke 51
#6259 Malak-Malak tjedwara to stop (intr.), to stop doing smth., come to a full stop — to hesitate 52
#6260 Malak-Malak tjed to stand, stay — to be born 51
#6261 Malak-Malak tjed to stand, stay — foot/leg 51
#3733 Malak-Malak tjendak to hear / to listen — to think 52
#6262 Malak-Malak tjewerrdel to cover ears → to misunderstand 53
#5066 Malak-Malak tjuan grandfather — grandson 54
#3852 Malak-Malak tjung tree — fire 56
#6264 Malak-Malak tjuruk to go in, enter — to wear (clothes) 57
#6265 Malak-Malak tjiny buttock — Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) 60
#6266 Malak-Malak tjirrminy egg — honeycomb 61
#5066 Malak-Malak etjang grandmother — granddaughter 62
#6268 Malak-Malak elimirimany first → boss 63
#6269 Malak-Malak kabuk to swim — to wash, clean 70
#6270 Malak-Malak kat to play (intr.) — to laugh 70
#1641 Malak-Malak katj to throw → to shoot 70
#2326 Malak-Malak karala skin (of a person or animal) — bark (of a tree) 73
#1003 Malak-Malak labarr light — lungs 82
#6271 Malak-Malak lengerrk clean (adj.), to clean — hot 83
#6272 Malak-Malak lengerrk clean (adj.), to clean — clear (vision) 83
#6273 Malak-Malak luruwung expand air, pump up air, blow up air — to evaporate 85
#517 Malak-Malak matjan foot, feet → mouth (of a river) 87
#6274 Malak-Malak manaya uterus — pregnant 88
#1340 Malak-Malak met hair → fur 90
#6275 Malak-Malak mekang cousin (female, parallel) — sister-in-law 90
#5283 Malak-Malak meltapeli husband — wife 90
#6276 Malak-Malak melmel to teach — think, stress about, overthink 91
#6277 Malak-Malak menduen thorn, spike, sting — summit 91
#6278 Malak-Malak menduen thorn, spike — sting (n.) 91
#6279 Malak-Malak men stomach, belly — be sad, feel sorry, mourn, sorry 92
#6281 Malak-Malak menyik throat — source (of a river) 92
#6282 Malak-Malak munuruny old (vs. young) — strange, unknown 95
#914 Malak-Malak mitjitji to paint — to write 98
#3680 Malak-Malak naman to do — to speak 100
#6283 Malak-Malak neyang son — nephew 101
#6284 Malak-Malak nuenpueng diYcult, disgusting, disliked, disappointing — wife, female spouse 101
#6285 Malak-Malak nuenytjari joke, joking — to teach 102
#4302 Malak-Malak numuru eye — seed 103
#6286 Malak-Malak numuru eye — knee-cap 103
#6287 Malak-Malak numuru eye — nipple (part of the breast) 103
#6288 Malak-Malak wumu tail — comet 104
#792 Malak-Malak nyaba deaf → stupid 105
#6289 Malak-Malak nid tell a lie, lie — make fun of, insult, liar 106
#98 Malak-Malak ngatal tight, crack (too hard to break), be strong — stubborn 107
#6291 Malak-Malak ngarik cheek, side of face — half 109
#2662 Malak-Malak ngenyilk hand, fingers, whole finger — five 110
#2047 Malak-Malak ne big → thumb 111
#4538 Malak-Malak tjalala long (size) → middle finger (lit. finger + long) 111
#2981 Malak-Malak witjbi little, small → little finger (lit. finger + little) 111
#2981 Malak-Malak witjbi little, small → little finger (lit. finger + little) 111
#6292 Malak-Malak ngenyilkyintjerik ring finger — index finger 111
#6293 Malak-Malak ngenyilk hand; fingers; whole finger — the day after tomorrow 111
#6294 Malak-Malak werena two — seven 126
#1007 Malak-Malak miri sun → day
#1003 Malak-Malak labarr light (of weight) → lung 63
#8333 Malak-Malak alalk child, baby — girl, young girl, female child, young woman 2
#2205 Malak-Malak pulk children — branch 17
#9576 Malak-Malak tyewer ear → seat of intelligence and perception 41
#185 Malak-Malak apap to be tired — to be sick, ill 1
#6015 Malak-Malak ali foot/leg → leg (furniture) 2
#319 Malak-Malak baiga to go up → to rise (of Moon, Sun) 8
#632 Malak-Malak parrat to stand up → to wake up (intr.) 10
#8727 Malak-Malak pityak bee — honey 14
#319 Malak-Malak baiga to go up → to rise (of Moon, Sun) 8

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