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+a   end. 1 • an order or command (shows that one person is being told to do an action). Usage: This ending is used on the end of the verb when one person is being talked to, or told to do something. When two or more people are being told to do an action, different endings go on the verb Ana! Sit! Arengk yanh atwa! Hit that dog over there! Amern atyeng antha! Give me some food! See also: +aw₁; +ay.

2 • goes at the end of an utterance to show that what is said is really meant, adds emphasis.

aha   n. anger. 'Nga apek aha ilkwakert, nga apek ahelengkwarl aneyel.' 'Ayengan mwerrarl aneyel ahewenyarl.' 'Perhaps you have a lot of anger, you're aggressive.' 'I'm alright, I'm not angry.'. = pweth ‘anger’.

aha antheyel   v.t. 1 • eat quickly and greedily, eat too much. Kwey yanhel aha antheyelarl arenhey-arey. Look at that girl over there who's eating too much. Akerew-then arrperrerl-anem angayakw, arrperremel aha antheyel arlkweyel. They are rushing in hungrily for the meat, to eat quickly and greedily. See also: arlkweyel.

2 • give cheek. Morph: [antheyel] 'give'. Yanhel aha antheyel. That person is giving cheek. See also: irrwerneyel.

ahel   adv. anger, angry, 'tickly' (local English). 'Waylpel anwenewantherr angkeyel ahel wenh!' Ahel-arrpantey aker atweyewarl angkenh, alyerrelarl ikwer-rnem. 'That whitefeller is talking angrily at us!' (They were) mistakenly thinking that he was angry with them, he actually said that he was going to get meat for them. Ahel atwerreyew arrkentarta! Stop them from fighting each other! Atwerrerl-aynteyew mpwareyel ahel aylayl. Alhemel-anem ahel iwemel-anem aylayl renh. The boomerang is made for fighting. (They) go along and throw the boomerang in anger. See also: +el₅.

ahelengkw   n. 1 • 'cheeky' (local English), 'tickly' (local English), violent, savage, aggressive, dangerous, assertive. Morph: [+elengkw] 'having'. [Whitefeller]-rnem ahelengkw awank anenh, irrpwerl-rnemarl atwenh. In the olden days the whitefellers were savage; they killed Aboriginal people. Pwertay, rnwem yanh-wety ahelengkw-wety tnhwewerr ngenh, arleng-arleng anaynta! Look out, or that dangerous snake over there will bite you. Sit further away! See also: rwengenty.

2 • strong in taste. Petyerr atha arlkwey-inkwern nhak-ampeny, ahelengkw, [drunk]-erremel arwengkerremel petyerr arlkwenty-penh. I used to chew pituri over there, strong-tasting pituri, and chewing it makes you go drunk and mad.

ahelerreyel   Usage: (N) Variant: ahelirreyel. Usage: (S) v.i. become angry, 'get wild' (local English), 'growl' (local English). Kwey yanhan ahelerreyel kwey atyenhew. That girl over there is getting angry with my girl. Ilekew arrantherr intem-antey ahelerreyel? Why are you all always getting angry? = alem (alem rwenperreyel) ‘become angry’; alem (alem pwetherreyel) ‘become angry’; ampeyel (alem ampeyel) ‘become angry’; ampeyel (atnert ampeyel) ‘become angry’; arlperteyirreyel ‘become angry’; arrenty (arrentyerreyel) ‘become angry’; pweth (pwetherreyel) ‘become angry’; rwenp (rwenperreyel) ‘become angry’.

ahalyepweng   Variant: ahelyepweng. n. type of lizard. Intengelel aknganew ahalyepweng. The [ahalyepweng] lizard originated at (a place called) Intengel.

ahaneyel   v.i. go. Usage: Respect language See also: alheyel.

ahaney-alheyel   v.i. come. Usage: Respect language Kwey atyenh-then rlengk ahaney-alheyel. My daughter and son-in-law are coming today. See also: apetyeyel; apey-alheyel.

ahaney-alpeyel   v.i. come back. Usage: Respect language See also: apey-alpeyel.

ahanelhileyel   Usage: (S) Variant: ahanelheleyel. Usage: (N) go and get something. Aheleng-ayerr-warl ahanelhilenherr-areyaw weyapel. All of you, take the food over to my son-in-law's camp (said by a woman). 'Anetyerlp-ayerr ahanelhiley.' Arengkan ilem mwerikwekwenh. 'Go and get the dog.' [Anetyerlp-ayerr] is what a woman calls her son-in-law's dog. Tyety-ayerr arnelheng ahanelhiley-alpew. He went back and got two (kangaroos) (said by a woman regarding her son-in-law). (?) See also: aleperankweyel; ankwerliweyel; ankwerliweyel (ankwerl-alheyel); ineyel.

ahanelh-ineyel   v.t. take something. Tyetyan ahanelhel-inew ingwerenty-ayerr-rnemew. (He) took the meat to the others (said by a woman referring to her son-in-law, etc.).

ahaperreyel   v.i. pass away, die (polite term, euphemism). Usage: Often used instead of [ilweyel] 'die' Menty anantherr ahentyarl-areyel arelh yanh arntety ahaperreyew mwetek-wenyel. As we don't have a car we are unable to help the dying woman. See also: atnengk 2 (atnengkanerreyel); ilweyel; iweyel (iwerlerlpeyel); iylpelerreyel (iylpelerleweyel).

aharlp   n. mound or heap of dirt. Aharlp arrernew kwaty-wety anyerr-wety. (We) put a heap of dirt there to stop the floodwater. = arlerlp ‘mound or heap of dirt’.

aharlparingk 1   Usage: (Anm) n. big male red kangaroo.

aharlparingk 2   n. whirlwind, willy-willy. Aharlparingk yanh apetyeyel-kety ampernemay, awer ilkwekety anterrey-alhenherr-arey. Look out all you kids, there's a big whirlwind coming. Run away! = awerantyerrng ‘whirlwind’; warlparingk ‘whirlwind’.

Aharlparr   n. place name, name of a country/estate in the New Store area (Angarap Aboriginal Land Trust). Comment: Commonly spelt Arlparra.

Aharreng   n. place name, Ammaroo, name for an estate of country on the Ammaroo pastoral lease, owned by the [Petyarr/Kngwarrey] groups.

aharterreyel   Usage: (N) Variant: ahartirreyel. Usage: (S) v.i. shift out of the way. Aharterra atyengetyew, ayeng alhey-alkenh. Get out of my way, I'm about to go! = arnangeleyel 2 (arnangerreyel) ‘shift out of the way’.

ahartelheleyel   Usage: (N) Variant: ahartelhileyel. Usage: (S) v.t. shift something. See also: alpenteweyel. = arnangeleyel₂ ‘shift something out of the way’; yert-yerteleyel ‘shift something’.

ahay-iweyel   v.t. hand someone over to others, give something away. Usage: This word is used only in specific contexts Rernem renh ahay-iwek ahelengkw-rnem-warl. They handed him over to the soldiers. Mentyap renh ahay-iweyel, renh atweyew. Don't hand him over to be beaten up. Menty renh iltyemwerneyew ahay-iweyew, renh akwerneyew. Let him be handed over to the police, so they can put him inside (in jail).

ahaylangkeyler   See main entry: aheylangkeyler.

ahayleyel   v.t. do something first. Athetangkwel ahayley, ntwant-anem antywey-alkenh. I'll drink it first, then you can drink it after. Alerl atey-rnemel ahayley. Wait for the men to go first. See also: arnangeleyel₁.

ahaylkeyel   v.i. wag (the tail). Arengk yanhan kanty ahaylkeyel. That dog is wagging its tail.

ahayterreyel   See main entry: ayterreyel.

ahekwenayt   n. grub from the roots of the river red gum tree, Bardee, Bardi Grub, Rain Moth. Trictena atripalpis, Eucalyptus camaldulensis [var.] obtusa [(grub from roots)]. Comment: This grub is the larva of the Hepialid moth. Rnter-rnter-then ntwarlker-then, arwerl anyent-areny aneyel, aper anyentelarl-anem. Aylperlayt irrwerlel aneyel, ahekwenaytan kwenengel artekerrel aneyel. (The [ahekwenayt]) is red and white and it lives on just one tree, the river red gum. The [aylperlayt] lives up high, and the [ahekwenayt] lives down the bottom in the roots. See also: aper (apereng-ayerr); awelyerlayt; aylperlay; ingweneng.

aheleng   See main entry: aheyleng.

ahelirreyel   See main entry: aha (ahelerreyel).

ahelkwerr   See main entry: aheyilkwerr.

ahelty   n. crack in the earth, washout. Inap apek ntwa arew ahelty-itwew. You might have seen 'porcupine' in the washouts. Ahelty ahernan nhelkwer tyarrparlerreyel. [Ahelty] are here where the earth is cracking.

ahelty-ahelty   n. cracked, fissured, split. Ingkety ahelty-aheltyerrew ayeng itwern-penh, pwet-weny innga arrangkw. My feet have cracked from the sun, as I had no shoes.

aheltyileyel   Usage: (S) Variant: aheltyeleyel. Usage: (N) v.t. crack something. Kwatyelarl aheltyilem ntwa arem. You can see where the water has cracked the ground and made gullies.

ahelyangkelyer   See main entry: aheylangkeyler.

ahelyepweng   See main entry: ahalyepweng.

aheneny   n. sandhill carpet python, Woma. Aspidites ramsayi. Aker arrpem aheneny, arrwekelenyel arlkwerrenh. [Aheneny] is also meat that the olden time people used to eat. = tnwey ‘sandhill carpet python’.

aheneny-aheneny   n. type of plant, Bindi-eye, Bullhead, Perennial Caltrop. Tribulus occidentalis. Comment: A small plant with pretty yellow flowers. Arwerl aheneny-aheneny, arwerl akely. [Aheneny-aheneny] is a small plant.

ahenterrey   n. father-in-law, man's son-in-law, man's daughter-in-law. Ahenterrey atyenhap athan athareyel yanhey. I do not recognise my [ahenterrey] over there. See also: maly.

ahenterraty   n. my/our [ahenterrey]. See also: +aty.

ahenterrengkw   n. your [ahenterrey]. See also: +engkw.

ahenterrikw   n. his or her [ahenterrey]. Ahenterrikw, ampa ikwerenhel-arlengarl aneyel. His father-in-law is living with his children. See also: +ikw.

ahenty   n. 1 • throat. Nthakenh atha amern arlkwey-angenh, ahentyarl ayeng kwarnelheyel-wety. I can't eat food when my throat is hurting. See also: ita.

2 • opening of honey ants' nest. Ahenty apenteyew ngkwarl-warl-athekarl aynteyel. You follow the opening of the honey ant nest down to where the honey is.

3 • voice. Ahenty arrkay-anem ayeng angkeyel. I am speaking with a weak voice. See also: arreyn. Sounds a bit like: antya 'native pear'.

ahenty tempwer   n. Adam's apple. Morph: [tempwer] 'small hill'. Artwa yanh ahenty tempwer ilkwakert. That man has a big Adam's apple.

ahenty atnyeneyel   choke or strangle someone. Morph: [atnyeneyel] 'hold'. Ahenty ayenh atnyeney-angenh aneyew, menty! Don't strangle me, lay off! Ahenty atnyenewerr irrepern; ipmenherr-arey ahenty atnyeney-angenh. You might choke the poor thing; leave him alone you people, don't choke him.

ahenty aneyel   want somebody, fall in love. Artwa yanhek ayeng ahenty aneyel, ayeng aneyew ikwerel-arleng. Ahenty atyenh inngarl ayeng arlkwenteyel inngarl ikwer, artwa mwerr-angker. I want that man over there, and I want to be with him. I really like him, that lovely man. See also: arlkwenteyel; ilkelheyel.

ahentyarl areyel   want something you can't get, feel thwarted, worry about a situation that you can't do anything about, can't help it. Morph: [areyel] 'see'. Artwa atyenh atha ahentyarl arew, arelh ingwer-akert anem. I worried for my man because he's with another woman, and I can't do anything about it. Anwantherr ahentyarl areyel amikwarl ilweyelarl. We are all getting sick from worry because his mother is dying. Atnyerrel ilpay arrngelew, anantherrap ahentyarl arew. The flood blocked off the creek and we couldn't keep going. Menty anantherr ahentyarl areyel arelh yanh arntety ahaperreyew mwetek-wenyel. Without a car we were unable to help the dying woman. Atha ahentyarl areyel [shop] yanhan arleng. That shop is too far for me to go to.

ahenty-penh   n. the one you really want, lover. Artwa atyenh ahenty-penh arlengel aneyel. My man, the one that I really want, is a long way away.

ahentyarr angkeyel   v.i. pant, puff, breathe quickly. Morph: [angkeyel] 'talk, speak'. Arelh-rneman akwenterlarr-alhew anterrerrewanap aterel, ahentyarrant angkeyew. The women got up and ran in fear, panting, trying to breathe. Arelh atherrel atnwenhew arengk-rnem awangk. Arengk-rnemel arenhew aherr-rnem-anem, alwernewanap apwert-angkwarr. Nganelhelenhew artengewew-anem, apeyarr-alpenh ahentyarr angkenhey-alpenh-anem. Two women took some dogs hunting. The dogs saw some kangaroos, chasing them through the hills. They chased them half way up (the hill) and let them go, then came back panting. Arengk ahentyarr angkeyel angkethakw. The dog is panting because it is thirsty. = yarret-yarret angkeyel ‘panting’.

ahenty-ahenty   n. upper back. Irrepern awey ntwa ahenty-ahenty-antey atwew. The poor little boy, you hit him on the upper back.

aheny   n. mosquito. Ankwa apek nga ayntem, ahenyel ngenh ankwewarl tnhwerl-anem. Perhaps you will be asleep and mosquitoes will come up to you and bite you in your sleep. Rwarl ikwer-wety arrtyemel, aheny-kety, irrentem. Arrnga antywenh-antywenh, ahelengkw. You can light a fire to hunt the mosquitoes away. They are vicious blood drinkers. Ya aheny-kety ntwa tyerramp arrtyem. Internem ahenyel-rnem rernemap alperlewemarl. Ilwey-alpemel-anemarl. You burn [tyerramp] for mosquitoes. They smell it and go away and then they die.

aherlkeyel   v.i. become daylight. Aherrk tyerrelhenhey-alhem aherlkemel, aherlkenhey-alhem. The sun rises early in the morning.

aherlkenhenty   Variant: aherlkenhetyem; aherlkenty. n. daybreak. Ingwepenh akemerreyerr-ayntemel aherlkentyel. In the morning they are all getting up at daybreak. See also: aherrk (aherrk-aherrk); ingwa (ingwepenh-antey); kweny (kwenyenpel); ltywarr-ltywarr.

aherlkenhey-alheyel   v.i. become daylight. Ingwerelan ileyel, 'Kel aherlkenhey-alhemaw, akemerrey, ankwethey akemerreyerr-ayntem, kel aherlkenhetyew.' Someone says, 'Right, it's daylight, get up from sleep, it's daylight.’. Aherlkenhey-alhew anewantherr pantey anantherr ingketyel alpenh apmer ikngwer-warl. We were travelling on foot to another place 'all night' until daylight. Ampa arrangkeyel aherlkenhey-alheyew-atety. The baby is crying right until daylight.

aherlkamenheyel   v.i. do something first thing in the morning. Morph: [+am] 1 'a recurring action'. Ampernem [school]-warl aherlkamenheyel tangkey-akert. The kids go to school in the morning with the donkey. Bruce-an apetyeyel aherlkamenhey-alhey [truck]-akert. Bruce comes in the morning with the truck. Aherlkamenhey-alpew anantherr. We travelled from morning (until night). Aherlkamenhew ankwayntey-angenh, apmerelantap ayntewan. We (travelled) 'all night' without sleeping and lay down only when we got home. Warrk-warl aherlkamenheyel. Going to work in the morning.

ahern   n. 1 • earth, ground, dust, dirt. Ahern-itwew-anem ratherr thip arlkweyel. Those two are sitting on the ground eating birds. Awey yanhel ayenh ahernel annga atwew. That boy hit me in the eye with some dirt.

2 • area, region, flat country (not hilly), 'country' (local English). Artwa atherr Akay atherrarlap ratherran, alhenhey atherrey, yanh-ampeny, ahern yanh-ampenyeley. Those two men were Wakaya and they went around in that region. See also: apmer.

3 • a nation. Ahern nhareny-then atwerrewan. [German]-then atwerrenh awankan apwert yanh-ilkwer-penheley. People from this country (i.e. Australia) were fighting with the Germans a long time ago and they were using that mineral (wolfram) for fighting.

4 • the earth.

ahern-ahern   n. brownish, like the earth. Mwetek ileng ahern-ahern angwenh-wenh? Whose is that brownish car over there? See also: arrkay.

ahern-areny   n. plains kangaroo, Red Kangaroo. Macropus rufus. Ahern-areny tnhwenh arrpemarl ra, apwert-areny tnhwenh arrpemarl ra. It attacked plains kangaroos and also euros. = aherr ‘red kangaroo’.

ahern akwerlp-akwerlp   See main entry: akwerlp.

aherr   n. plains kangaroo, Red Kangaroo. Macropus rufus. Usage: Also referred to as [aker aherr] Aherr yanh aneyel lywentyel. The kangaroo is over there in the shade. = ahern (ahern-areny) ‘plains kangaroo’.

aherr akwerrk   n. baby kangaroo, joey. Morph: [akwerrk] 'young animal'. = antartwey ‘joey in pouch’.

aherr-angketyarr   n. one dollar coin. Lit: 'lots of kangaroos' Aherr-angketyarr atyeng anthew, [cool drink] atha ineyew. Give me a dollar so I can get a soft drink.

aherr ltya   n. kangaroo blood. Morph: [ltya] 'meat juice'. Ntwa apek aherr ltya antywem nga apek mwerrirremarl. If you drink kangaroo blood you might get better. Aherr ltyan rlkwerrp-rlkwerrp iltelhewa, atyeng theley. Pour out some of the frothing kangaroo blood for me.

aherr-aherr   n. native lemon grass, scented oilgrass, Lemon Grass, Lemon-scented Grass, Scent Grass. Cymbopogon ambiguus. Comment: A grass about 1 m high that usually grows in rocky areas. Inkwerr-penh renh antyweyel. It is drunk if (someone) has a cold. = apmwer ‘native lemon grass’.

aherrarlweth   Variant: aherrarleth. n. kangaroo balls vine, headache vine. Melothria centralis. Comment: A creeping plant with small yellow flowers and bitter melon-like fruits that are yellow when ripe. Kangaroo food. Used as a medicine. The flesh of the fruit is rubbed on the head for headaches. Morph: [arleth] 'testicles'. Lit: 'kangaroo testicles' Aherrarlweth aherrelarl arlkweyel. Kangaroos eat the [aherrarlweth] melons.

aherrety   n. 1 • hot weather, hot season, drought. Opposite of: alyangkw ‘cold weather’.

2 • dry country. Awangk anantherr nhak alhenh apmer aherretyel. We went hunting over there in the dry country. Apmer atherrkeny-warl anantherr alpey aherrety-wety. We'll go back to the green country because (this place) is too dry. See also: artwerrety; aynterrk; arleny.

3 • year, time reference, summer. Lou Bailey-an mpwelhenh arleng-alenty-anem ikwer aherrety arrpanenhelan. Alyangkw arrpanenhel, rarl inenh-penh [dynamite]-akerr. Lou Bailey was waiting for him a long time, many seasons (to be paid back). It was many years after that man had bought dynamite from him. Aherrety-anem irreyel. Summer is coming. See also: arepampey.

aherrety-atnywertangey   Variant: aherraty-atnywertangey. n. Kultarr. Antechinomys laniger. Comment: A small carnivorous marsupial.

aherreyl   n. frost, ice. Wakan artew aherreylel anewantherr-wenh. The frost covered our shelter. [Fridge]-itwew ilem aherreyl. Kwaty arrerneyew [fridge]-warl aherreylerreyew. You call (the stuff) in the fridge [aherreyl]. Put the water in the fridge so it freezes. Antywerel aherreyl akerlkew. The frost covered the grass with white. Sounds a bit like: arreyl 'jawbone, cheek'.

aherreylerreyel   Usage: (N) Variant: aherreylirreyel. Usage: (S) v.i. cool down, freeze. See also: akernteleyel (akernterreyel); arlkarl (arlkarlerreyel).

aherreyl atntha   n. frost. Morph: [atntha] 'mud'.

aherrk   n. sun, sunlight. Ingwepenh tyerrelhem aherrk. The sun comes up in the morning. Aherrk-anem irrenhey-alheyelaw! It's daylight now! See also: ingkeny; itwern. Sounds a bit like: aherlk 'dawn'.

aherrk-aherrk   n. really early in the morning, first light. Aherrk-aherrkelant ayeng apey-alpew. I came back early in the morning. Aherrk-aherrkel-antey, itwernarl akwentenhey-alpeyelarl. At dawn, when the sun gets up. See also: aherlkeyel (aherlkenhenty); ateylpeylp; ltywarr-ltywarr.

ahert   n. greater bilby, rabbit-eared bandicoot, Bilby. Macrotis lagotis. Comment: Bilbies are probably extinct in Alyawarr country. Akerarl yanhey ahert, arrwekelenyarl arlkwerrenh. The bilby is meat that the olden-time people used to eat. Ahert arey-angenh anwantherr aneyel. Ahert-angwel-angwel ywerrek. We haven't seen the bilby. The poor old bilby has disappeared.

ahert-ahert   n. smoke bush, Cotton Bush, Flannel Flower, Goldfield Clover, Silver Bush. Ptilotus obovatus. Ahert-ahert akwerlpelarl rtneyel nhak [pretty] akngerr weth alpeytan weth ikwerenh. The smoke bush is found in the sandhill country over there, and it's that one with the really pretty seed heads. See also: irrweny (irrweny-irrweny); rlkwetherlkwerrng.

Ahertelakwentek   n. place name.

Ahert-kenh   n. place name, Harper Springs. Lit: 'belonging to the bilby'

aheweny   Morph: [aha] 'anger' [plus] [‑weny] 'without'.

aheyilkwerr   Variant: ahelkwerr. n. underground caves. Atham-areny-rnem-wenh aheyilkwerr aknganew, kwen rernem aneyel. The underground caves originally belonged to the [atham-areny] spirits, and they live there inside. Aheyilkwerr kweneng-angkwarr aynteyel ahern-angkwarr. The [aheyilkwerr] go along under the ground.

aheylangkeyler   Variant: ahaylangkeyler; ahelyangkelyer. n. burrowing skink, Skink. Lerista spp.. Ahernel kweneng-apert aneyel aheylangkeyler. Irrtyert-anterreyelan ra, akentewemel ingketyel apek akethelem, ra aylperl-anem irrem aheylangkeyler. The skink lives under the ground. It runs along fast and hides, moving the earth with its feet and then going in (to the ground).

aheyleng   Variant: aheleng. n. 1 • a place which some should avoid, such as a woman's son-in-law's camp, a man's mother-in-law's camp, the camp where a woman's married daughter lives with her husband. Usage: Respect language. Also referred to as [apmer aheyleng] Anert-ayerrel alpiwerliweyaw aheyleng ingwer-warl-anem. Drop (him) off in the car at that other place (said by a woman regarding her son-in-law). Aheleng-ayerr-warl ahanelh-ilenherr-areyaw weyapel. All of you, take the food over to my son-in-law's camp (said by a woman).

2 • the place where a man went through the ceremonial 'business' (local English) during which he became a young man (he should not mention the name of this place). Akngerrakw nhak-warl. Apmer ikwerenh-warl aheyleng ikwerenh-warl. Over there to the east, back to the place where he went through the 'business'.

aheylengarlker   Variant: areylengkarlker; arreylengarlker. n. type of grass, Comet Grass, Pyramid Grass. Perotis rara. Comment: If swallowed the sharp grass seeds may get stuck in the throat. Aheylengarlker arwerl, ahelengkw ingkety atanthey-angker, arreylp yanh-lkwer. [Aheylengarlker] is a plant, a painful one that spikes your feet, that sharp thing. Arnkwan ra atanthey-ayntem awangkarl alheyel aheylengarlkerel. The [aheylengarlker] pierces your clothes when you encounter it while going hunting. See also: interrkwer.

aheyt   n. shallow depression in the earth. Aherr apek aneyel kwen aheytel. A kangaroo might be sitting in a hollow in the ground.

aheyt-arrerneyel   v.t. make a drain or trench. Morph: [arrerneyel] 'put'. Wak-they thelelheyel aheyt-arrerneyel, apwert-they apek thelelheyel kwaty aheyt-arrernem-anem renh. Make a trench for the water that is spilling from the house or the hill (so that the water won't come in the house). Kwaty yanh aheyt-arrerna alakenh-antey ankalheyneyew, warl-warl aylpenhewerr. Make a trench like this, so that the water can flow away, or it might go into the house. Aheyt-arrerneman warl-warl, ingkertirrentyan. When he is naughty he makes a trench so that the water flows back into the house. See also: alap-antheyel.

aheytarrileyel   Usage: (S) Variant: aheytarreleyel. Usage: (N) make a drain or trench. Aheytarrila, kwaty ingwer-angkwarr alhetyek. Dig the trench so that the water will go away. See also: alap-antheyel.

aheytarreleyel   See main entry: aheyt (aheytarrileyel).

+ak 1   pr.end. same patrimoiety, different skin (goes on the end, or in the middle of dual or plural pronouns to show that the people talking, being talked about, or being talked to, belong to the same patrimoiety, but are of different skin). Usage: See Appendix 2 for further information about the pronouns Aylak. We (two, same patrimoiety, different skin). Aylewak-wenh. Ours (belonging to us two, same patrimoiety, different skin). Anakerr. We (plural, same patrimoiety, different skin). Anenhakerr. Us (plural, same patrimoiety, different skin). See also: +akerr; +anth; +antherr; +ingkerr.

+ak 2   end. around the area, in the area. Mwerrang rernem alherleweyel nhengak-antey? Arlkweyel pwety-arenyant wenh! Is it alright that they are going around that area? They are just eating bush tucker! Nhewak-anyemarl rernem altheneyel atwaty-atwaty pwelekey. Irrtyarteley. Around that place they are spearing all the cattle in the gorges. Pwelek-anem rernem arrangkelh-angkelhelenh. Arrkwelenh yanhewak-antey. They made the cattle cry out. They butchered them in that area. Arlper yanhak-arenyey. The Warlpiri people from around there.

akakw   Usage: (Anm) n. Collared Sparrowhawk, Chicken-hawk, Sparrowhawk. Accipiter cirrhocephalus. See also: alakaper; nyengk-rnternenh.

Akalenthelkwer   n. the name of an old language spoken in the area around Ti Tree and Napperby (a type of Central Anmatyerr). Comment: Spelt Kal ntheyelkwer or Kal nthwelker in Anmatyerr. Akalenthelkwer angkeyel nhangkwarr, altwerl, Ti Tree-el angkeyel Akalenthelkwer, angka ikwer-rnem-wenh. Akalenthelkwer is spoken over there to the west, at Ti Tree they speak Akalenthelkwer. That's their language.

akalk   n. separate, different, not the same. Akalkant-atherr. Two separate things.

akalkileyel   Usage: (S) Variant: akalkeleyel. Usage: (N) v.t. divide something up, separate into different groups. Artwa ampwel akalkelew ingkerrenh-antey ikwer-atherr. The old man divided everything between the two of them. Arrangkw! Arelh nhelan akalkeleyewarl anthewan, ingkerrarl akngeynew ikwerant. Nothing! This woman could have divided up and shared it out, but she took everything for herself. See also: akngakeyel; arlperrty (arlperrtyeleyel); atherr (atherreleyel); irlwart (irlwarteleyel). = atherr (atherreleyel) ‘divide something into two parts’; ament (amenteleyel) ‘divide something up’.

akalpalp   n. edge, end of something, growing tip, bud, shoots (outer sprigs of tree). Lywa apek akeyew akalpalp-rnem, intertan mentyarl rtney-alkenh. Cut the shoots for the shade; leave the base of the tree. Arwerl ingkerrel anyeneyel akalpalp. Alperr akalpalp renh akalthem lywenty mpwareyew. All plants have [akalpalp]. You cut the ends to make a shade. Antyweran akalpalp arlter-akertarl rtneyel. Grasses have white tips. Arlewatyerr rtneyel arwerl akalpalpel. The goanna is sitting in the outer branches of the tree.

ingkety akalpalp-rnem   n. toes. Morph: [ingkety] 'foot', [akalpalp] 'end', [‑rnem] 'plural'.

Akalt   place name.

akalt   Usage: (S) n. hair. = alta ‘hair, fur’; intywa ‘hair’.

akaltheyel   v.t. 1 • break off, snap off, cut off a piece (can be done with the hands or teeth, as well as a knife, etc.) Itepel akalthem, arntekel akalthem. You can break (it) off with your hands or with your teeth. Waylpel atyarleny akalthey-alpew [policeman]-ew, [witness], atyarlenyant akerl-alhew. He cut off the whitefeller's arm to show the policeman as evidence; he just cut off the arm. Arelh alhew nhak akaltheyew aker. The woman went over there to cut up the meat. Akaltheyel rwan. Rwa akaltha yanh, arrtyeyew ingkerr! Cutting firewood. Break off that firewood over there, so that we can burn the whole lot! See also: akeyel₁; arterneyel.

2 • pick fruit, collect, gather. Arelhel atherr arnwekety akaltheyel. The two women are picking conkerberries. See also: akeyel₂; arlkerneyel.

akep-akaltheyel   v.t. cut off, break into pieces. Arwerl-then-anem akep-akaltheyneyel, arleny-rnem. And then you cut off the branches, the dry ones. Atha pang atweyew akep-akalthemel. I really want to hit (that person) and break them into bits. See also: +ep.

akalty   n. knowing, clever, knowledgeable, wise. Akelty ampwernem akalty awelyek, akalty-antherreyel. The old women are knowledgeable about women's ceremonies, and they teach each other. See also: tyak.

akalty-antheyel   Usage: (N) v.t. teach. Morph: [antheyel] 'give'. Ampernem atha akalty-antheyel awelyew, anerl-aynteyew akalty awelyew ampernem. I am teaching all the children about women's ceremonies so that they will be knowledgeable about them.

akaltyerreyel   Usage: (N) Variant: akaltyirreyel. Usage: (S) v.i. learn. Lyertant akaltyerreyel mwetek akngayntetyek. I am just now learning how to drive a car. Awelyek ngwampant apek akaltyerreyel. I am just learning about women's ceremonies now.

akaltyileyel   Usage: (S) v.t. teach.

akaltyamirreyel   Variant: kaltyamirreyel. want to stay in a place, visit a place. Amern [cheap one] kaltyamirreyel. It's a good place for buying cheap food (where I wish to return). Anaty ilkwangker akaltyamirreyel. I want to go to that place that has the big yams.

akam   Usage: (N) n. 1 • seeds of the pencil yam. Vigna lanceolata.

2 • edible white pods of the pencil yam (found underground). Vigna lanceolata [(buried white pods)]. Usage: Also referred to as [amern akam] Akamelap renh ilem akerrng renh. Ratherr-antey, atnwelarr-kenh akerrng, arlatyey-kenh akerrng. The seed itself is called [akam]. Both of them, the seeds of the [atnwelarr] plant and the [arlatyey] plant. See also: anaty; arlatyey; atnwelarr.

akamarlp   n. close together in a group, thick, growing together. Ngkwerlp akamarlp rtneyel. The wild tobacco is growing thickly. Lywa nhak-warl anwantherr alheyew, akamarlparl rtnenherreyel-warl. We'll all go over there to that shade where it is thick and close together. = atnarnkw ‘close together in a group’.

akanng   See main entry: akarnng.

akapwert   n. 1 • head. Akapwert atyenh arnteyel itwern-penh. My head is aching from the sun.

2 • honey bread, the top part of a native bees' hive. See also: ama; ngkwarl. Akapwert antheyew, atha arlkweyew, ngkwarl mwerr-angker. You must give me that honey bread so that I can eat it, that nice honey.

3 • bonnet or top of the car. Arengk-wety tyweneyew mwetek akapwert-warl. Put things up on the car bonnet to keep them from the dogs.

4 • the head of a car engine. Mwetek akapwert iltewelhew. The car's head has cracked.

akapwert akarnng   n. skull. = akarnng ‘skull’.

akapwert aketh   n. bald headed, shaved head, very short hair. Morph: [aketh] 'outside'. See also: irrkerlerrk. = alta (alteweny) ‘bald, no hair’; altherrp ‘no hair, bald’; kampengk ‘bald’.

akapwert arntety   n. headache. Morph: [arntety] 'sick'. Akapwert arntety ayeng. I've got a headache.

akapwert arnteyel   v.i. have a headache. Apmarley atyenh akapwert arnteyel. My uncle's head is aching. Itwern-iperr akapwert arnteyel, amikwel anterel apernetyek. If her head is aching from the sun, her mother will rub it with fat.

akapwert atherr   n. twin cab utility truck. Morph: [atherr] 'two'.

akapwert-mwengk   n. 1 • a young man who has just been initiated, 'youngfeller' (local English). See also: artwa (artwa akely).

2 • ignorant, not knowing anything. Akapwert-mwengk, iterl-arey-angenh. [Akapwert-mwengk] does not know (about things).

akapwert ngkwern   n. skull. Morph: [ngkwern] 'bone'. = akarnng ‘skull’.

akareng   Usage: (S) n. edible tree sap. Thaweyaw-areny akareng arrpem. The [thaweyaw] tree has edible resin called [akareng] too. Akareng anthweyel arwerl-they. The sap is seeping from the tree. See also: kelkareng.

akareyel   v.t. mind something, look after something. Kwey anyentel ampa irrpety akareyel. One girl is minding a few kids. Arelhel artwa arntety akareyel. The woman is looking after the sick man. = akwetyakweleyel ‘look after’; arntarnt-areyel ‘look after’.

akarlarlw   See main entry: akarlwarl.

Akarlatwerrey   n. name of a place near Elkedra. Apmer Akarlatwerreyel rarl aknganew. The (robins) originated at the place called [Akarlatwerrey].

akarlatwerrey   n. Red-capped Robin. Petroica goodenovii. Comment: A pretty bird with red head and chest. In the Creation time these birds took the form of women, and as they were lining up to drink water, one jumped the queue. A fight ensued, and the blood flowed from the wounds on their heads and chests; hence the name and the colour. Morph: [aka] 'head' (Anm); [atweyel] 'hit'. Akely-amperl-rnem akarlatwerrey-rnem, rernem akapwert atwerrenh, kwaty-they. The robins are very small. They were hitting each other over the head (fighting) about the water. Arelh-rnem-tangkwel rernem Altyerr atwerrenh, akarlatwerrey. The robins were women at first, and in the Creation time they were hitting each other.

Akarlenthelkwer   See main entry: Akalenthelkwer.

akarley   n. Wild Orange, Native Pomegranate. Capparis umbonata. Comment: A small tree up to 3.5 m high, with rough dark bark, white flowers and edible yellow or reddish fruits which hang down on stalks. Also referred to as [amern akarley]. Akarley arlety-then rernem ineyel rernem irrkel amperneyew. They get unripe wild oranges as well to cook in the cooking holes. Akarley aynterrk-rnem rernem kwatyel apelyelem rernemap apely-anem arlkwem. The dry wild oranges are soaked in water and then eaten when they are soft. See also: altwerr; ampwerlp; atwakey; tyelewelterr.

akarley-akarley   n. jewel beetle, black beetle that lives on the [akarley] (wild orange tree). Merimna atrata. Amern akarley-areny, amern akarley-itwel ra aneyel. Associated with the wild orange tree, it lives on wild orange trees. Akarley-akarley yanhey rwewarl ampeyel-warl ra anterrey-alhem tnhwerlewem-anem ra. That beetle over there runs towards where the fire is burning, and then bites people.

akarleyakwerr   n. 1 • seeds of the nut bush. Stylobasium spathulatum [(seeds)]. See also: ampweth-ampweth.

2 • peas.

akarlirrkwely-irrkwely   Variant: karlirrkwely-irrkwely; irrkarl-irrkwely-irrkwely (?). n. domestic turkey. Meleagris sp.. Akarlirrkwely-irrkwely, aker, waylpelel arlkweyel, aker-wenyel renh arlkweyel waylpelel. Turkeys are meat that whitefellers eat if they haven't got any other meat. Rap 'kaperl-kaperl' ra angkeyel, waylpel-wenhap ra thip, ilkwa, akapwert rnter-rnter. They make a noise like 'gobble gobble', this large whitefellers' bird with a red head. Aweyel karlirrkwely-irrkwely alwerneyel. The boy is chasing the turkey. Ampernemelan akarlirrkwely-irrkwelyant-anem alwernenh. Arelh-rneman arlkalhelerrenh ampew-rnemant-anem. Awangk alhey-angenhelew, ikwerant-theyap apeyarr-alpewan. The kids were chasing turkeys. The women were calling out after the kids. That stopped them going hunting, and they came home because of it. Akarlirrkwely-irrkwely Weteperel anenh awank-akerr. There were turkeys at Weteper (floodout north of Epenarra) a long time ago. = kaperl-kaperl₂ ‘domestic turkey’.

akarlkweyel   Variant: akwarlkeyel. v.t. bite. Arengkel ngkwern akarlkweyel. The dog is biting the bone. Arelh atherr arntekel akarlkwerreyel. The two women are biting each other. Ampa akelyel aylpaty ayenh akarlkweyel. The baby is biting my breast. See also: althereweyel; tnhweyel.

akarlkwelheyel   Variant: akwarlkelheyel. v.i. bite yourself, clench teeth, grind teeth. Ampa anyent aleny ahel akwarlkelheyel. One kid is biting his tongue because he's angry. Arntek intem-antey akarlkwelhek. He was clenching his teeth for a long time.

akarlp   n. vagina. Usage: Some people regard the use of this word as offensive See also: tyarrp. = artwert ‘vagina’.

akarlwarl   Usage: (N) Variant: akarlarlw. Usage: (N) Variant: akwarlarl. Usage: (N) Variant: akarlwerl. Usage: (S) n. kneecap. Ampweth akarlwarl [lid] nhenh-lkwer. The [akarlwarl] is this lid on your knee. See also: ampweth. = ilerarenng ‘kneecap’.

akarneyel   v.i. grieve, be bereaved. Akarney-angenh, arrangkw. Amperrngerrey-angenh. He's not grieving, nothing. He's not sad.

akarnng   Variant: akanng. n. skull. Akarnng altyweneyel imarl ilwerl-arrernek akarnng ileyel ipma, akapwert akarnng, akapwert ngkwern, imarl ilwem akarnng renh itneweyel. A skull lying (on the ground) when someone has died, it's called [akarnng]. When one dies the headbone is called [akarnng]. = akapwert (akapwert ngkwern) ‘skull’; akapwert (akapwert akarnng) ‘skull’; Sounds a bit like: akarrng 'inedible seed'.

akarnt   Variant: akartnt. n. a crack in the earth caused by a swollen root underneath. Anatyel akarnt anyeneyel nhanyem. Arlatyeyel akarntewem. The bush potato here has a crack. The [arlatyey] yam makes the earth crack. Anaty akartnt. Bush potato crack. = irrper ‘crack in the earth made by swollen roots underneath’; Sounds a bit like: akarnta! 'be quiet!'.

akarnteweyel   v.t. make the earth crack and lift up. Arlatyeyelan akarnteweyel atharl arerl-alpew. I went and saw where the pencil yam cracked the earth. See also: akelalpent-akngeyel; irrper (irrpereweyel); weyel₂.

akarntelhileyel   See main entry: akarnteyel (akarntelheleyel).

akarnterrng   n. breasts starting to grow, young girl (at puberty). Aylpaty akarnterrng aneyel kwey akely. Lyertantarl lyapew aylpaty akarnterrng. Young girls' breasts are [akarnterrng]. They have just begun to grow. Aylpaty rlengkant ra ilkwerreyneyel, alakenh-anyem ileyel aylpaty akarnterrng. Breasts that have just started to get bigger, they are called [akarnterrng]. See also: aleyak; kwey₁.

akarntety-arntety   n. type of gecko. Akarntety-arntety rltimp-areny, arwerl arntap irrnyel. The gecko lives in the bark of trees. See also: arlwer. = alwerrp-akely-akely ‘type of gecko’.

akarnteweyel   See main entry: akarnt.

akarnteyel   v.i. be quiet. Ampernem akarntenh-areyaw! You kids be quiet! Ilek-wety ngan akarnteyel atyeng angkey-angenh? Why are you being quiet and not talking to me? Ampernem akarnterl-alhaw! Be quiet and go away you kids! Akarnteyel ilek-penh nhayman? Angka apek iley-angenh. Why is this one quiet? Maybe he can't tell us. Akarntemel aneyel yanh-antey rtwakel. He's still sitting quiet there at his windbreak. Akarntenh-arey-anemay! Ankwerrey-alpew. Ankwa apek ayntey-angenh?' Be quiet now you people! We've come back to sleep. Can't you sleep? See also: akater (akatererreyel). = akater (akateyel) ‘become quiet’; akeleyt (akeleyterreyel) ‘become quiet’.

akarntelheleyel   Usage: (N) Variant: akarntelhileyel. Usage: (S) v.t. shut down machinery. Lit: 'make it quiet' Alyangkwel renh apert-atwewan aherretyew-atety. [Machine]-arl akarntelhelenh-anem [Christmas]-elan. During the cold season they crushed the rocks right up to the beginning of the hot season. Then they shut the machine down at Christmas time. Opposite of: angkeyel (angkelh-angkelheleyel) ‘start something up’.

akarr   n. 1 • juice of fruit, particularly that of the bush plum, [arrarntenh] or [yernt]. Psydrax latifolia [(juice of fruit)]. Akarr thelelhem arrarntenh, itwernel rwewerrew arlengarrel. The juice of the bush plums flows, the sun made it trickle into the coolamon. Antyweyel akarr rwewerremarl arlengarrel, kwerneyel renh. You drink the juice of the bush plum that flows into the coolamon, you swallow it. See also: arrarntenh; yernt.

2 • clear honey. Ngkwarl akarr atyeng theleyew. Pour me some clear honey.

akarrerreyel   Usage: (N) Variant: akarrirreyel. Usage: (S) v.i. gather together. Ilekew akarrerreyel? Rernem apek akarrerreyel aneyel angkerreyew. Why are they gathering together? Maybe they all are gathering together to talk. Nhak artwernem arntety-warl akarrerreyel. Over there the men are gathering round the sick person. Awelyew akngerr akarrerreyel rntweyew, ingkwernelhey anwantherr awely. A lot (of women) are getting together to dance. We'll paint ourselves for the dance. See also: anyent (anyentelhileyel); anyent (anyenterreyel); anyent (anyentewarlerreyel); arlwa (arlwerreyel); artewaperreyel; pweyterreyel. Opposite of: amayntirreyel ‘be spread out from a point’.

akarreleyel   Usage: (N) Variant: akarrileyel. Usage: (S) v.t. muster up, gather something together. Akatyerrarl akarreleyel, akwetyemel akarrelem. Gathering the bush raisins, continually picking them and putting them together. Ampernem akarreleyel [school]-warl alerl, kel akarreleyel akwerneyew, akarreleyel pip ingkwern-aynteyew. Gathering all the children then putting them in the school so that they can do their school work. See also: artewaperreyel (artewapeleyel); pweyterreyel (pweyteleyel).

akarrng   Variant: akerrng. n. 1 • inedible seeds. Iweyew anemangkerr-penh akarrng ahern-warl, amernant arlkwey-alkenh. You must throw the inedible seeds of the bush tomato to the ground and just eat the fruit. Akarrng iwem karnakety-wenh, amernant arlkwemel rwel ampernem renh mwerr-angker. The inedible seeds of the bush tomato are chucked away and just the delicious fruit is eaten after cooking it in the fire.

2 • sprout of wild tobacco. Nicotiana spp. [(sprout)]. Akarrng akely-rnem lyapem. Ngkwerlp akarrng. Akey-angenh renh. The small sprouts grow, the wild tobacco sprouts. You don't pick them. Sounds a bit like: akarnng 'skull'.

akarteng   n. short. Arwerl akarteng. Short trees. Arelh akartengay! Hey, short woman! = rtwety ‘short’; rtwew ‘short’.

akartnt   See main entry: akarnt.

akartwerneyel   See main entry: akwarterneyel.

akater   adv. quiet, silent. Usage: Can refer to silence imposed because of 'sorry business' (mourning) Arelh nhak aneyel akater, angkey-angenh. The woman is sitting over there silently, not talking. Akater anwantherr awangk alherl-aynteyew aker rayerrpew. We must go hunting in silence for the black-headed python. See also: akerter. = akeleyt ‘quiet, silent’.

akatererreyel   Usage: (N) Variant: akaterirreyel. Usage: (S) v.i. become quiet, become silent. Akatererra! Ilekew akatererreyel, angkey-angenh akatererreyel? Be quiet! Why are you becoming silent and not talking? Akatererra ampekety angkeyang-anem akater-anem anaynta. Be quiet and don't talk because of the babies. See also: akarnteyel. = akeleyt (akeleyterreyel) ‘become quiet’.

akateyel   v.i. become quiet, become silent, not talking, stop talking. Arelh yanh intem-antey tyety-angkeyel akatey-angenh apek. That woman is always talking incessantly, she never seems to stop. Akataw, intem-antey angkey-alpew, akatey-angenh. Be quiet, stop making noise all the time, you are never quiet. = akarnteyel ‘be quiet’; akeleyt (akeleyterreyel) ‘become quiet’.

akathip   See main entry: kathip.

akatweyel   Variant: akwateyel. v.t. beat fruit from a tree, beat seeds from a tree or grass (with a stick). Morph: [atweyel] 'hit'. Usage: Said particularly of [arnwekety], [alhepalh], [akatyerr], [arrarntenh], [ntyerrm] and [antywerleny] Arnwekety akatweyel arwerlel ahern-warl, arrernem arlengarr ingwer-warl arrernemel, akatweyel. The conkerberries are beaten with a stick so that they fall to the ground, and then they are put into coolamons. Anyentam-anyent atha arnwekety akatwenh. I knocked the conkerberries down one by one.

akatyerr   n. 1 • Desert Raisin. Solanum centrale. Comment: Small plant about 30 cm high, with purple flowers and fruit that is yellow and sticky when ripe. One of the many [Solanum] plants with edible fruits. Ripe fruits are eaten straight from the plant. Dried fruits are crushed and mixed with water to make an edible paste.

2 • Western Nightshade, Felted Nightshade, Potato Bush, Tomato Bush. Solanum coactiliferum. Comment: Small plant about 35 cm high, with grey-green leaves, purple flowers and yellow fruits.

3 • the edible fruit of these [Solanum] plants. Solanum centrale [(edible fruit)], Solanum coactiliferum [(edible fruit)]. Usage: Also referred to as [amern akatyerr] Akatyerrap arelh ampwel nhak apert-atweyel, rap akatyerr ikelh-anem mpwareyel. The old woman over there is crushing the bush raisins and she is making a cake from the fruit. Apert-atwem renh arleny, kwatyel-anem apelyilem, arlkwem-anem renh. They are crushed when they are dry, and then soaked in water and eaten.

akatyerr alha   n. dry fruit of desert raisin. Solanum centrale [(dry fruit)]. Morph: [alha] 'nose'. Akatyerr alhan arlenyarl irrew. [Akatyerr alha] are the ones that have dried up. = alha₂ ‘dry fruit of desert raisin’.

akatyerr arleny   n. dry fruit of desert raisin. Solanum centrale [(dry fruit)]. Morph: [arleny] 'dry'. = alha₂ ‘dry fruit of desert raisin’.

akatyerr kwart   n. ripe fruit of desert raisin. Solanum centrale [(ripe fruit)]. Morph: [kwart] 'egg'. Akatyerr kwart ampengarlirrew. [Akatyerr kwart] are the ones that are ripe (and yellow).

Akay   n. 1 • Wakaya language. Comment: Wakaya was traditionally spoken to the north-east of Epenarra.

2 • Wakaya person. Artwa atherr Akay atherrarlap ratherran, alhenhey atherrey yanh-ampeny, ahern yanh-ampenyeley. Those two men were Wakaya and they went around in that region.

akay   adv. loud, loudly; referring to crying or wailing in mourning, or after hearing bad news (women). Nhak awenh-arey akayel tyarl-tyarleweyel ayerrer. All of you, listen to (them) wailing loudly over there to the north. Arelh artna akayel ingwer-rnem awelp-aweyaw akayel-apeny. Woman, cry loudly so that the others can start to hear it. = tyarl-tyarl ‘loud cry or wail in mourning (women)’.

akayel artneyel   v.i. cry loudly in mourning, wail after hearing bad news (women). Atha awew ampa atyenh mwetekel atwelhew, ngkwarl-penh, ayengap artnew akayel. When I heard that my child had been in a car accident, because of grog, I wailed loudly. See also: artneyel (artnalhelerreyel); wartayerreyel. = tyarl-tyarl (tyarl-tyarleweyel) ‘cry loudly, wail in mourning (women)’.

akelalpent-akngeyel   v.t. cause the earth to crack and lift up (bush potatoes or grubs etc.) Morph: [akngeyel] 'carry'. Nhanteyaw, anatyel akelalpent-akngeyel! Here it is! Where the bush potato is lifting up the ground. See also: akarnt (akarnteweyel); irrper (irrpereweyel); weyel₂.

akelayntenh   Variant: kalayntenh. n. headdress, headband, hair string necklace. Morph: [aka] is a short form of [akapwert] 'head'; [+el] 2 'on'; [ayntenh] 'it lies'. See also: amerterr; ita (itepenh); ita (itew-arelh); iyterlarr.

akelengkwererreyel   v.i. go dizzy, go giddy, head spin around. Akapwert ayeng akelengkwererreyel itwern-penh. My head is dizzy from the sun.

akeley-akeley   n. teddy bear's arsehole, Lifesaver Burr, Lifesaver Bush. Sida platycalyx. Comment: A small plant with yellow flowers that grows in mulga country and has doughnut-shaped prickly seed cases that stick to shoes and clothing. In the olden days these were threaded onto a stick and used as a comb. Alta nhelkwerel rwewarlelelhenh ampa akely-akely akeley-akeleyel. Akeley-akeleyel yanh [comb]-apeny. Little kids used to comb their hair with [akeley-akeley] seeds. They are like a comb.

akeleyt   Variant: akerleyt. adv. quiet, silent. Usage: Can refer to the silence imposed during mourning or ’sorry business' Akeleyt-anem anenherr-arey! Ilekew arrantherr intem-antey angkeyel? Be quiet you people! Why are you always talking? Ampa akely atyenhan akeleytarl aneyel, ngkwenhan atyety-angkeyelarl. My child is quiet; yours talks incessantly. See also: akater; akerter. = akater ‘quiet, silent’.

akeleyteleyel   Variant: akerleyteleyel. v.t. make quiet. Ampa yanh-rnem akeleytela! Ampernem yanh-rnem akeleyteley aherr-wety. Quieten those kids down! Quieten those kids down because of the kangaroo. See also: anngwanngeleyel.

akeleyterreyel   Variant: akerleyterreyel. v.i. become quiet, silent. Ampa yanhan intem-antey arrangkeyel. Awey akelyan kel-anem akeleyterrew. That child is always crying. The little boy has already quietened down. Ampernemay, akeleyterrenh-arey! All you kids, quieten down! See also: akarnteyel. = akarter (akarteyel) ‘become quiet’; akater (akatererreyel) ‘become quiet’.

akelheyel   See main entry: akeyel₁.

akelp   Variant: ikelp. n. 1 • freshwater mussel. Velesumio ambiguus. Akerarlap ra. Atntha impalthel ra rtneyneyel akert-arraty. It's meat. They line up in the mud on the edge. Akelp ikakert pmwar-apeny. Pmwar akelyel ra artelheyel. The mussel has a shell like a wooden dish. It covers itself with this little dish. = marlingarr ‘freshwater mussel’.

2 • Seeds from the blue mallee. Eucalyptus gamophylla [(seeds)].

akelty   n. old woman, mature-aged woman, wife. See also: amarl; anenty; arelh; arrwekety; irrkwely.

akelty ampwa   n. old woman. Morph: [ampwa] 'old, skinny'. Akelty ampwa anyent aneyel. One old woman is there. See also: arelh (arelh ampwa).

akelty awatnkeny   n. old woman. Morph: [awatnkeny] 'from a long time ago'. See also: arelh (arelh ampwa).

akely   n. little, small. Akely anyent aneyel. There's a small one.

akely-amperl   n. really small, really little, tiny. Morph: [‑amperl] 'very'. Ampa akely-amperl atyenh irrepern apmer ingwerel aneyel arleng. My poor little child is living at another place a long way away. Arengk akely-amperl atyenh anterrew. My little dog ran away.

akely-akely   n. 1 • many little things, lots of little things. Arwerl akely-akely ayeng akwetyelheyel, rwa atha arrtyeyew. I am going around picking up chips, to make a fire with. Alta nhelkwerel rwewarlelelhenh ampa akely-akely akeley-akeleyel. Akeley-akeleyel yanh [comb]-apeny. Little kids used to comb their hair with [akeley-akeley] seeds. They are like a comb. Ampel-rnem arlperrty anewerr arlwelp-arlweleyel. [Blanket] akngerl-anewerr arleng-warl ampa akely-akelyel. (I'm) starting to gather them up in case all the kids spread them all over the place. In case the little kids take the blankets a long way off.

2 • very small, smallish. Kwaty lyelyaw rntweyel akely-akely. It is drizzling a little bit. Amernt akely-akely ngwangkantarl alkenherreyneyel. These small bush banana fruits are just recently becoming big. Arwerl arerr akely-akely aremerrey-alhew. The little tree roots stuck out all over the place. Amernantel arlkweyel ikwer-itwew tyerrkw, amern rnter-rnter aneyel, irrpwerl akely-akelyarlap ra anem amern [fig]-apeny. Only the fruits of the wild fig are eaten. They are small and reddish black, like a fig.

akelyank   n. at birth, from birth, at or from a young or early age. Morph: [+ank] 'at the time of'. Renhanap akelyank anthew artwa anyentew, ratherrap itengerrey-angenh-antey anenh. She was promised to a man when she was young, but they were not yet married. [Photo] nhenh aray! Antyeny akelyank! Look at this photo! There's that person when he was little!

akely-penh   n. at birth, from birth, at or from a young or early age. Morph: [‑penh] 'from'. Akely-penh Mary Joseph-ew anthew, ratherrap arrangkw-antey aynteyang-penh-weny-antey. (Luke 2:5) From babyhood Mary was given to Joseph, but they had not yet slept together.

akely-they   n. at birth, from birth, at or from a young or early age. Morph: [‑they] 'from'. Akely-they athan angka nhenh-rnem ingkerrenh awew iylparethel. (Luke 18:21) Since I was little I have obeyed these laws faithfully.

Akemarr   See main entry: Kemarr.

akemelheleyel   See main entry: akemirreyel (akemelhileyel).

akemirreyel   Usage: (S) Variant: akemerreyel. Usage: (N) v.i. wake up, get up, rise. Kwey-rnemang akemerrenherr-arey anamarl! All you girls, get up quickly! Arelh-rnem intem-antey ankwa aynteyel akemerrey-angenh. All the women are always sleeping and never getting up. See also: akwenteyel; atyek (atyekerreyel).

akemelhileyel   Usage: (S) Variant: akemelheleyel. Usage: (N) v.t. wake someone up, make someone get up. Arepampey kwenpay arrernelhem kwaty angkeyawarr angkerneyel, akemelhileyel arlewatyerr atyerrp-penh. At the change of season the clouds gather and the thunder makes a noise that wakes up the goannas from their hibernation. Ampa akelyel amikw akemelheleyel. The little child is waking up her mother. Ampa yanh atyenh akemelhela ra amern arlkweyew. Wake up my child over there so that he can eat some food. See also: atyek (atyekeleyel).

akeng   Usage: (Anm), (Arr) n. bad, no good. Usage: This word is sometimes used by Alyawarr speakers. See also: apmwa.

akengenty   adv. badly, wrongly. Akengenty angkeyel. Talking wrongly, swearing at (someone). Arrantherr ayenh arrkerneyel, ayeng arrekantherr akengenty angketyek. (Mark 12:15) You people are testing me, so I will speak wrongly to you. See also: apmwa (apmwel-ayeth).

akenp   n. newly ripened fruit of native currant, native citrus. Psydrax latifolia (newly ripened fruit)]. Akenp, irrpwerl-rnem akenp ileyel, kwerneyel renh. The black ones are called [akenp] and you swallow them whole. See also: apert; arrarntenh; artapaly; inwemarnt; ntewerrek; yernt.

akenteweyel   v.t. 1 • look or sort through things. Anthelk akenteweyel alheyew inapek. Looking through the grass and leaves for the 'porcupine'. Arnkwernem atha akenteweyel mwerr-rnem ineyew. I'm sorting through the clothes to get the good ones. Pip nhenh-rnem atha akenteweyel. I'm leafing through these pages. Angwenhel [room] atyenh akentewenhay? Who messed up my room? See also: altyeweyel.

2 • open someone's eyelids. Rap apetyew [doctor], rernem inerlewew renh. Inerlewew renh, akngey-alpew renh apmer-warlan. Rap arew anngatherr-anem, akentewew renh. The doctor came and they went and got him (the man bitten by a snake). They got him and brought him back to camp. He could see with both eyes, they opened (his eyelids). Anngew-arelhel annga akentewew areyew arntety-wety. Because of the sickness the eye doctor opened (the patient's) eyes to have a look.

3 • uncover something, turn something over. Pikepikel artekerr-rnem intem-antey akenteweyel. The pig is always uncovering the roots. Arengk-rnemel apmwamwam akentewey-angker-rnem. The dogs uncover the rubbish. Aleth atha akentewerl-ayney aker nheng-antey. Arlety-antey apek. I'll just quickly uncover this meat. Maybe it's still raw. Ingkernant rernem althem alperr-rnem, rernem althem. Akentewem awey ikwer akentewem. Later they were stripping off the leaves. They were turning them over to find the boy. [Patch]-ek-anem [seat]-rnem ywarn-antey akentewenh. Arrangkw. (I) turned the seats over looking for (tyre) patches. There were none.

akenteyel   Variant: akinteyel. v.t. lock something up, shut something. [Door] apek akentem. [Tucker box] weth-lkwer, yanh-lkwer akentem [lockemup]-ilem. Maybe shut the door, or lock up the tucker box over there. = marteyel ‘close something’.

akentelheyel   v.i. become closed, locked or blocked. [Store] akentelhekerr-awaty. Before the store closes. Nhenh-antey akentelhey-alpew arlewatyerr. Here is where the goanna went and shut itself in. Iylpa atyenh atherr akentelhew. Both my ears got blocked up. See also: rlwelth- (rlwelth-ipelheyel). = marteyel (martelheyel) ‘become closed’.

akep-akaltheyel   See main entry: akaltheyel.

akeparrk   n. shallow, shallow water. Ampa akely-rnem kwaty akeparrkelarl pwerlperrey. Ampa ilkwerneman kwenelarl pwerlperr-ayntey. The young children can swim in the shallow water. The bigger ones can swim in the deep water. Akeparrk-angkwarr apetyew, apey-alhew, kwaty arrangkw, mwerr, itntwer-weny. Come through the shallow water, come back, the water is alright, not deep. See also: aketh.

aker   n. 1 • meat (generic term). Akerarl akenh ilperlel. The meat was cut with the stone knife. See also: atnwenth; tyelk.

2 • an edible animal.

3 • edible animal parts.

4 • other animal products in addition to meat, such as cheese and eggs.

5 • goes before the name of a particular type of edible animal e.g. [aker amwely]. Atetherr aker iylpwerek inerl-anem renh akwerrk-rnem. You get the budgerigar meat from the hollow trees, the edible baby birds. Aker aherr, inkwerelhey-ayntenh angayakwel aherr, aker areng-akerr renh arlkwenh. (People) were happy when (others) arrived with kangaroo meat, and (they) used to eat kangaroo and euro meat.

aker arlkerl   n. echidna, 'porcupine' (local English). Morph: [arlkerl] 'spine, prickle'. See also: arlkerl; inap; thenkarr.

aker atwenh   Variant: aker-atwenh-atwenh. n. gun, rifle. Morph: [atweyel] 'hit, kill'. Artwernem awangk alhew aker atwenh-akert, arwengerrp weyew. The men went hunting with guns to shoot bush turkey. See also: +enh₃. = iylpwer ‘gun, rifle’; maket ‘gun, rifle’.

aker kwart   n. egg. Morph: [kwart] 'egg'. Ingwepenh atha aker kwart arlkwew. In the morning I ate eggs.

aker ngkwern   n. 1 • marrow bone. Morph: [ngkwern] 'bone'. Comment: Found in kangaroo, emu, goanna and bush turkey bones. Aker ngkwern iyleper atha arlkwew. I ate marrow from the thigh bone. Arlewatyerr aker ngkwern apert-atwem. Crushing the goanna marrow bones. See also: inpenp.

2 • pimple. Aker ngkwern atyeng-itwew antyerlpila! Squeeze this pimple I've got!

akerleyt   See main entry: akeleyt.

akerlkeyel   v.i. 1 • put feathers on at initiation ceremony. Comment: In the final stages of the ceremony the brothers of the initiate put feathers in the hair of the initiate's mother and mother-in-law. Arelh yanh Kemarr akerlkew artwa Pwerlew. That [Kemarr] woman had feathers put on for that [Pwerl] man.

2 • to blossom, to flower. Iylerlkernng aparnp akerlkeyel. The Sandover lilies are blossoming everywhere.

3 • cover something with white (frost, ashes, soap suds). Aherreyl akerlkeyneyel atherrk-itwew. The frost is covering all the grass with white.

akern   See main entry: alkenh.

akernt   n. Bullock Bush, Cattle-Bush, Boonaree, Rosewood, Redheart. Alectryon oleifolius. = arlethew ‘Bullock Bush’.

akernteleyel   v.t. cool something down. Arelh aker yanh akerntela anwantherr arlkweyew, ahenty ampewerr rwenpel. Woman, cool the meat down, we want to eat and it might burn our throats. See also: arlkarl (arlkarleleyel); atheperr (atheperreleyel); irrernt (irrernteleyel); twew-rnkerneyel.

akernterreyel   v.i. cool down. See also: antayerreyel; arlkarl (arlkarlerreyel); atheperr (atheperrerreyel); irrernt (irrernterreyel).

-akerr   n.end. as well as, also, all. Usage: This ending may be added to each item in a group or just to the last one Amern awakeyel, amern [orange]-akerr [apple]-akerr awakem [dinner]-penh. Saving some food after dinner, oranges as well as apples. Aylayl-akerr alyelkiley, arnwarnem. They are making boomerangs as well, making them smooth. Arelh-akerr apey-alpeyel ampakerr. All the women are coming back, and the children as well. Kwaty-akerr atha antywew. I drank water as well. See also: -then.

+akerr   pr.end. same patrimoiety, different skin (goes on the end, or in the middle of plural pronouns to show that the people talking, being talked about, or being talked to are the same patrimoiety but different skin). Usage: See Appendix 2 for further information about the pronouns Morph: [+ak] 3 'something else'; [+err] 3 'plural'. Arrakerr. You (plural, same patrimoiety). Anwernekakerr. To us, for us (plural, same patrimoiety, exclusive). Aytnewakerrenh. Theirs (plural, same patrimoiety). See also: +ak₁; +anth; +antherr; +ingkerr.

akerreyel   See main entry: akeyel 1 (akerreyel).

akerrk   n. Western Bowerbird. Ptilonorhynchus guttatus. Comment: A bird with spotted body that makes a nest in the spinifex and collects stones and other pretty things to decorate its bower. Atharlkwelap ra aneyel akerrk, akwerrk-rnem-thenap rernem aneyel. The bower bird sits in a nest with all the baby ones. Mwerr-angker-rnem areyel-anteyap ra akarrerreyel atharlkwarl ikwerenh-warl. It sees pretty things and collects them into its nest. Apwertan ra mpwer tywenem thip akerrkel. The bower bird heaps up rocks and stones.

akerrng   See main entry: akarrng.

akerrth   n. short flat ant bed. Kwaty antyweyew, akerrthel nhak atyateyel. Drink the water that is lying over there on the flat antbed. See also: aparlp; apenterweng; awerr-awerr₂; ngkwepey.

Akert   n. place name, site on Huckitta Station.

akert   n. 1 • end, edge, on the end. Nhak ilpayel akertel anerl-anem. Over there on the edge of the creek. Nhak akert aray! Look at that end! Apwert nhak akert ywerrey-alpew. The end of the hill is over there. See also: akwerr₂; irrker.

2 • the end to a story, the meaning. Akert ingwer-angkwarr iley-angenh! Akert arraty-angkwarr ila! Don't tell that with another ending! Tell a true story! Akert-anem atyeng ila. Tell me the meaning.

akert-arraty   adv. in a line. Morph: [arraty] 'straight'; [akert] 'end'. Apmer akert-arraty arrernarr-alpenh. They were putting the houses in a straight line. [Soldier]-rnem akert-arraty alheyel-apeny. Marching like soldiers in a straight line. Ankerr-rneman akert-arraty alheyel. Arelh-rnem arrpem akert-arraty alheyel. Emus go along in a straight line. Women also travel in a line.

akert-arratyerreyel   Usage: (N) Variant: akert-arratyirreyel. Usage: (S) v.i. walk in a line.

-akert   end. 1 • having, with. Irrtyart-akert-wety anterrew ankerr, ateralth. The emu ran away frightened, because of the one with the spear. Itnweng-akert ayeng aneyel, itnwengarl arlkel-arleng aneyel. I've got a spirit, it lives in my body. Atnyer-akert rernem alperlewemel altyweneynerlewemel arelh-rnem. The women went back, with the supplejack branches, to crouch down.

2 • (a story or news) about something, concerning something. Angka anerntel awek-penh, mwetek aytnek-akert, ayeng artewentyel alpwelyirrek-anem. After hearing the terrible news about the car rollover, I became really sad. Rap angka mwerr-angker Akngey-akert ilerl-apenh tyaty Jew-rnem-wenh arrpanenh-itwew. (Luke 4:44) He went around telling the good news about God in every Jewish church. Pety atha arew alekeyt-akert. Arrkay atnthapeny. Arengk artnwer apetyew, kwaty antyweyew. Alekeytan ikwer-warl artnarnpew, ahenty-theyap antwerrkewan. I saw a picture about crocodiles. They're pale, like mud. A dingo came to drink water. The crocodile pounced on it and grabbed it by the throat.

akertang   adv. half, part, partially. Atyeng awakemel akertang arlkwa! Ingkerr arlkweyang. Save some for me, just eat half! Don't eat the whole lot. Akertang atyeng awaka, ayeng alherl-ayntey-alkenh-tangkwel. Save half for me, I'm going to walk around first. See also: alyep (alyepel).

akert-arratyirreyel   See main entry: akert (akert-arratyerreyel).

akertemal 1   n. pillow, something to rest head on. Morph: [aka] (abbreviation of [akapwert]) 'head'; [rtemal] 'pillow'. = rtemal ‘pillow, something to rest head on’; rtenkw ‘pillow, something to rest head on’.

akertemal 2   n. base of skull where it joins the neck. See also: aylpwer; ilperl-ilperl; ita; iynterrkwer; nthek₂; rternng.

akertemal atweyel   hit something on the back of the neck to kill it. Morph: [atweyel] 'hit'. Atha arlewatyerr akertemal atwew arwerl-warlarl inganew. I hit to death the goanna that was climbing the tree. See also: ilweyel (ilwerl-atheneyel).

akertemwengk   n. 1 • shut, closed in. Arlewatyerr atyerrp alpew akertemwengkel. The goanna has gone off and shut itself up to hibernate. Ayengan ilkelhey-angenh mwetek akertemwengk-wety. I don't like closed-in cars.

2 • in mourning, showing respect for the deceased by not talking loudly, etc. Anwingkerr akertemwengkarl aneyel. We are in mourning. See also: akerter.

akerter   n. 1 • someone who is not allowed to talk (especially because of bereavement). See also: akertemwengk.

2 • unable to speak (because of physical impediment), dumb, mute. Akerterinp aneyel iltyerreyelant, aleny apmwerrew. Being unable to speak and just using hand signs, because her tongue is no good. Nthakenh angkey-angenh, ampa akely akerter. He can't talk, this little child is mute. See also: akeleyt; akater.

aketh   n. 1 • outside. Akethel aneyel. Sitting outside. Rlwaperelheleyel rwengkaw! Akethel rtney-angenh, rwengk. Kwenant aneyel. I don't know if she's busy! I don't know why she doesn't come outside. She just stays inside.

2 • a clearing, an open space. Aketh-warl arrernemel waly-warl aker arntakem-anem. Aker ampeng arntakeyel tyelk iyleper apek akeyel. Putting the carcass in the open on the leaves and then butchering it. The cooked meat is butchered and then the meat, maybe the leg, is cut up. See also: peleyn.

3 • clear story, understandable. See also: anaynt.

4 • shallow. Nhak rernem kwaty aketh-ampenyel pwerlperreyel. They are swimming over there in the shallow water. See also: akeparrk.

5 • bare, exposed. Arengk-rnem tywen-angketyarr arreynelheyel. [Naked]-anem-irrew, aketh-anem-irrew, altan ywerrem-anem. The dogs with lots of sores are scratching themselves till they become naked, exposed, and all the hair disappears. Arelh aperley-rnem atnwanthel akethel alhenh [naked], irrepern anthelk. All our grannies used to go about, pubic hair exposed, naked, the poor old things. See also: antyarlarr.

akapwert aketh   n. bald headed, shaved head, very short hair. Morph: [akapwert] 'head'. Alta lyerrk-anemerrew, akapwert aketh-penh. Your hair is thick now after being shaved.

aketh-aketh   n. becoming light, becoming clear. Aketh-akethel arelh awangk alhew. The women went hunting when it was just getting light.

aketheleyel   Usage: (N) Variant: akethileyel. Usage: (S) v.t. 1 • clear up, tidy up. Antywer akethela apmer-wety! Clear the grass for the camp! Apwert yanh akethela inap-wety! Clear that rock out of the way of the 'porcupine'! Arrarntenh arlkernemel ineyel. Ahern-tangkwel akethilem, arwerl rnkernenty. Ilperlperewem-anem, arrarntenh arlkerneyew. Picking up bush plums and collecting them. First (you) sweep the ground where the tree is. Shake the tree then, so you can collect the plums (that have fallen). See also: alkwereylp (alkwereylpeleyel); alpenteweyel; altherrp (altherrpeleyel); ilpat (ilpateleyel); iylperreyel.

2 • clarify the meaning of a word or story, make something plain or clear, explain something. See also: anaynt (anaynteleyel); arraty (arratyeleyel).

aketherreyel   Usage: (N) Variant: aketh-aketherreyel; akethirreyel. Usage: (S) v.i. 1 • become daylight, clear, dawn. Itwern yanh aketh-aketherreyel. It's becoming daylight. See also: alker (alkererreyel).

2 • become bald. Alta yanh ngkwenh aketherreyel. Your hair is falling out.

ingkety aketh   n. bare feet. Morph: [ingkety] 'feet'.

Aketh-aketh   n. place name, swamp west of Antarrengeny.

aketyeletyel   n. Crimson Chat. Epthianura tricolor. Aketyeletyel akely-amperl artetyel aneyel. The crimson chat is a small bird which lives among mulga trees. See also: arrakwerr-akwerr; arrtyel-arrtyel.

aketywerretywerr   n. really naughty, wanting to fight all the time. Ampa yanhan aketywerretywerr, ampa ingwerarl atweyel. That kid over there is naughty, hitting another. Mawenk nga aketywerretywerr irrerl-anewerr. You'll be dead if you keep on doing that (being naughty). See also: anngernt; ingkert.

-akew   kin.end. goes on a kin term to refer to all the members of a certain set of relations. Usage: This appears to have originated with a compound of the kin term (without the final [ey]) with the verb [akeyel 3] 'call someone by a proper name or a kin term.' This would give the meaning 'call someone by that kin term.' This form has gone out of use, except that the past tense form, [-akew], is now added to a kin term (without the final [ey]) to mean 'those who call some particular person by that kin term.' For example, [arreng-akew] 'those who call the person referred to ["arrengey"].' This, too, is going out of use Artwa ampwa yanhan ampa akngerrelan arreng-akew. Many children call that old man grandfather. Arelh ampwa akngerrelan aperl-akew. Ampa akngerrew-artey renh arntarnt-aremer mwanty. An old woman has many grandchildren. She is boss for many who should look after her properly. = -arntew ‘goes on a kin term to refer to all the members of a certain set of relations’.

akeyarr 1   n. dry (of plants). Ngkwerlp akeyarr. Dry tobacco. Akarley akeyarr-warl alheyew. We'll go to the same place for the dry oranges. See also: altyek-altyek; alyemp-alyemp; arleny; artwerrety; aynterrk.

akeyarr 2   n. dust storm. Kwaty akeyarr-akert apetyeyel. A storm with dust is coming.

akeyel 1   v.t. 1 • cut. Inkwarteyelan akeyel amern, aker rapet, aker kwarlp akeyel, aker wamper akeyel. With the stone knife you cut food, rabbit meat, hare-wallaby meat and possum meat. Alkwarrer amern mwerr, angayelarl akeyel intemarl arlkweyel, intemel anwantherr arlkweyel. Bush bananas are good food. Hungry people always cut them and eat them. We always eat them. See also: akaltheyel; akelheyel; akerreyel; ngkwerlteyel; tnhweyel.

akelheyel   v.i. 1 • break, break down (car). Aharterrenh-arey, arwerl yanharl akelheyel-wety! Shift you people, in case that tree breaks! Mwetek akelhenty-they rwan intharrerneyel aley-anyem. The grass is burning over there from the car breakdown. See also: akeyel₂.

2 • cut yourself, cut hair. Arelh yanhey amarrel akelheyel ampa arntetyew. That woman is cutting herself to get blood for a sick child. Akwa atyenh akelhew. I broke my arm. See also: akeyel₁.

akerreyel   v.i. cut each other's hair. Akerreyel yanhey ratherr kwen-itwew. Nyerrerreyel. Those two are cutting each other's (hair) inside. (The kids are) acting shy. Arrem-wety akerreyel. Shaving each other's (head) because of lice.

2 • aching. Atnert akeyelarl atneltherreyel, alemarl akeyel. Your stomach aches when you get diarrhoea, your stomach and liver ache. Tywenel apek renh angerl-angerl akenty, arrangkwel apek akaterant-anem iltyerrerl-anem ra. If the uvula gets sore, then (he) will be unable to speak, and will use hand signs. See also: anpelheyel; arlkweyel; arnteyel; irrwampeyel; kwarneyel (kwarnelheyel); pwarrk (pwarrkerreyel).

akeyel 2   v.t. break off, pick fruit. Amern akatyerran akeyelarl rtnwewarl. You collect the bush raisins into the wooden dish. See also: akaltheyel; akelheyel; ngkwerlteyel.

akeyel 3   v.t. name something, call something by a proper name. Apmer Aharreng atha Altyerr akeyel, amey-wenh. I call the place called Aharreng 'Dreaming', my mother's country. See also: antweyel; ileyel₁; itna (itneweyel).

akimper   n. the top of the bush plum tree. Psydrax latifolia [(top of tree)]. Akimper-they ilwenhey-alpeyel kwenel-athek. From the top to the bottom the berries are ripening. Ingkerrenh-antey akimper-they akwarrkerrem, ilperlperewenty. After you shake the tree they all fall to the ground from the top of the bush plum tree.

akinp   See main entry: akenp.

akintetyewintety   Usage: (S) Variant: intetyewintety. n. white-necked heron (?) See also: arlkwenth.

akinteyel   See main entry: akenteyel.

akiper-iper   n. white-haired, grey-haired. Akiper-iper arelh ampwa aneyel. There is an old white-haired woman. See also: iper. = irlkwa (irlkwamp-irlkwamp) ‘white-haired’.

akiper-ipererreyel   Usage: (N) Variant: akiper-iperirreyel. Usage: (S) v.i. become white-haired. Akiper-ipererrew ayeng alta atyenh, ampew ilkwampew, iper-ipererrew, altan ntwarlker. My hair has gone grey, gone white-haired, my hair is grey. See also: arraynweng ampey. = ampeyel ‘become grey-haired’; iper (iper-ipererreyel) ‘become white-haired’; irlkwa (irlkwampeyel) ‘become white-haired’.

akngakeyel   v.t. sort out, pick, choose, divide, separate. Akngakeynew renh-apeny ingkerr arnkwernemey. I sorted out all the clothes that were the same. Pwelek ilkwernem akngaketyek, nanth mwerr ngkwenh anterrkwa! So that you can separate the bullocks, get yourself a suitable horse! See also: akalk (akalkileyel); ament (amenteleyel); ament (amentew-amenteleyel); atherr (atherreleyel); irlwart (irlwarteleyel); rlwaneyel.

aknganeyel   v.i. 1 • originate, be created, come from the [Altyerr] time. Ngkweyang aknganew arreng-arreng atyenh-wenh. Kwey-rnem-wenh yerramparl aknganew. The kurrajong seed originated at my grandfathers' (place). The honey ant originated at the young girls' (place). Alpa nga apmer aynengkw ngkwenh-warl aknganew arrengengkw ngkwenh-then-warl aknganew apmer-warl ngan alpa! Go back to the place where your fathers and grandfathers originated. You go back to that country!

2 • be in one place, stay in one place, stay on 'country' (local English), stay at home. Arelh yanhan aneyel artenyam-arteny aknganeyel apmerel. That woman always stays in one place, doesn't go anywhere. Ayeng aknganeyel artenyam-arteny apmer nhenhel, mwetek-wenyel alhey-angenh. I am staying in this place here, unable to go anywhere because I haven't got a car. Sounds a bit like: nganeyel 'climb'.

akngep-aknganeyel   v.i. be in one place continuously, stay on one's own 'country' (local English), be sick of staying in one place and wanting a change. Rarl ikwerel akngep-aknganewarl, aknganenty ikwerelarlap ra aney-alpeyew. He came from there, and he's going back and staying there at that [aknganenty] place. Ayengan akngep-aknganey-alpew apmer atyenh-itwel-apeny. I'm staying in this place just like it's my own place, my own country. Anyentel-antey ayeng akngep-aknganeyel. I'm staying in the one place, never going anywhere. Ayeng akngep-aknganewerr alpeyew. I am sick of being in one place, so I will go back. See also: +ep.

aknganenty   n. 1 • sacred place, secret place. See also: amek-amek; arrngert (arrngertelengkw); atywerreng. Comment: In local English pronunciations of the words 'secret' and 'sacred' may sound the same, and their meanings are sometimes confused.

2 • fathers' and fathers' fathers' 'country' (local English). Apmer aknganentyel aneyel ayeng, nthakenh anperl-alhey-angenh, arrengey-wenhel, akngey-wenhel. I'm living in my sacred country, I can't move away. I'm living in my father's and grandfather's place. Apmer anwernekakerrenh aknganentyel, Anwengerrpel aneyel ayeng, alerey-rnemel-anem akwetyakwelerl-aneyenh. I'm living in our sacred country, at Anwengerrp, and my children will look after it in the future.

3 • 'Dreamings' from fathers' 'country' (local English), totem.

4 • 'Dreaming' (personal totem) (local English). See also: altyerr.

akngapety   See main entry: angapety.

akngapetyeweyel   See main entry: angapety-iweyel.

akngart-   pv. Usage: (S) goes in front of a verb to show that the action involves turning something. See also: angapety+.

akngart-iweyel   Variant: akngarteweyel. v.t. turn something around, turn something over. Ingwer-angkwarreleyel amern akngart-iweyel, amperneyew. Turning the food over onto the other side so that it can cook. See also: angapety+ (angapety-iweyel); aperrtyirreyel (aperrtyileyel); ingwer (ingwer-angkwarreleyel).

akngart-iwelheyel   Variant: akngartewelheyel. v.i. turn back. Ayeng akngart-iwelheyel apmer-warl. I am turning back to camp. Ikwer-theyan akngart-iwelhenhek McRob arrangarr, angkerreynenh anwantherr, 'Atyetyakwerleny-warl anwantherr alhem?' Then we turned around at (the place called) McRob and said to each other, 'Should we go to Atyetyakwerleny?'. See also: angkep (angkeperreyel); arrtherreyel (arrtherrerl-alpeyel); arrtherreyel (arrtherreleweyel).

akngelpeng-akngelheyel   See main entry: akngeyel (akngelp-akngelheyel).

akngep-aknganeyel   See main entry: aknganeyel.

akngerr   n. many, a mob, 'big mob' (local English), lots, 'people'. Akngerr alhey. Ingkerr-antey akngerr alheyaw. Many can go. Many, the whole lot, can go. See also: -angerr; -angketyarr; arnkengeny; atningk; -impenty. = ampwal₁ ‘a lot, many’.

akngerr-inger   n. many times, many days. Alakenh-wety atha arrwekel-antey ngenh ilenh ngkwenh-rnem-then, "Arrantherran apmwelelhew akngerr-inger-anem." (1 Samuel 3:14) That's why I told you and your family before, 'You have done wrong many times.'. Akngerr-inger apmer ikwer-arenyel-rnem renh arertnek tyeynel, arlaw atherr, akwatherr. (Mark 5:3-4) Many times the people from that place bound him hand and foot with chains.

akngerrileyel   Usage: (S) Variant: akngerreleyel. Usage: (N) v.t. cause to increase, multiply, make lots of. Alta ntwarlker anyent yanh akalthey-angenh! Akngerrelewerr! Irlkwamp-irlkwamp-anemarl nga irreperney! Don't pull out that single white hair! You might make more of them! You're getting old you poor thing!

akngerrirreyel   Usage: (S) Variant: akngerrerreyel. Usage: (N) v.i. increase, multiply. Akngerrirrew nhanyem. Maney angkep anthey-angenh-antey. The debt increased and he couldn't pay it back.

akngerr-rnem   n. women, group of women. Usage: This term used by men to refer to or address a group of women Akngerr-rnem! Nthakenh iterreyel? Mwerrangay? You women! What do you think? Is that alright?

akngerrakw   Variant: angerrakw; akngwerrak. n. 1 • east (N) (S). Itwern akngerrakw-they aherlkenhey-alhew. The sun rose in the east. = ayerrer ‘east (LN)’; ngwelen ‘east (respect language)’.

2 • south (LN). Awer pweyel akngerrakw-they. The wind is blowing from the south. = antekerr ‘south (N) (S)’; antekweneyt ‘south (respect language)’.

Akngey   n. God (modern usage). Usage: When this word refers to ‘God’ it is written with a capital ‘A’ Akngey-warl ayeng angkem, Akngeyel ayenh arntarnt-aretyek, ampernem atyenh arntarnt-arey. I am praying to God that he will look after me, and look after my children. Nthakenh Akngey akwerrngelant apentey-angenh, arrangkw. Mwerr mpwaraynteyew ingwer-rnemew alpemelemel, rarl angkeyel-angkwarr-antey. (James 2:17) You can't follow God just in your mind, no. Do good to others and help them, the way he says. See also: Altyerr; Ingkart.

akngey   n. father, father's brother, uncle. See also: anawerr. = ayney ‘father, father's brother’.

akngeyel   v.t. 1 • carry, take. Usage: [Akngeyel] is also used in compound verbs e.g. [iytarr-akngeyel] 'drag', [alert-akngeyel] 'carry animal along in pouch'. It is also used with the names of body parts to describe various ways to carry things, e.g. [amarrkel akngeyel], [artepel akngeyel], [aylpwer akngeyel], [nthekel akngeyel] Ampa akely akngeyel arlengarrel. Carrying the little baby in the coolamon. Arlengarr rtwatyel akngeyel anaty-warl, arlengarr ikwerelap iytnerl-apeyel. (You) carry the coolamon with the strap to the bush potatoes, and then go along digging with it.

2 • drive (a car). Usage: These days many would use the English word 'drive', drive[-emeleyel] Ntwa aknga mwetek, ayengan alhengkerr. You drive the car, I'm tired.

akngelheyel   v.i. move, something moving. Kwey-rnemay, ilekarl yanhan akngelheyel arwerl-itwelan? Hey you girls, what's that moving in the tree? Pwertay rlwaylp apekarl yanh akngelheyel-wety! Look out, it might be a kurdaitcha moving over there! Ingkety akngelheyel ankwepenh. Moving the feet after sleeping. Rnwem akngelheyelaw, iteth-antey! The snake is moving; it's still alive!

akngelhenty   n. movement, moving. Akngelhenty, arleng apek aherr, akngelherl-anenty-anem arem. If a kangaroo moves in the distance, (you) can see the movement.

akngelp-akngelheyel   v.i. Variant: akngelpeng-akngelheyel. wriggle, shake, move about. Ra atherrew, atnertan ikwerenh akngelp-akngelhew. He laughed, and his stomach shook. Atheperrel akngelp-akngelheyel. Shaking with cold. Rwarrel arnkwernem akngelpeng-akngeyel. The wind is shaking the clothes. See also: +elp.

akngenhelhileyel   Usage: (S) Variant: akngenhelheleyel. Usage: (N) Variant: akngernelheleyel. Usage: (N) v.t. cause something to move. Rwarrel akngenhelheleyel lywentyan, alperran akngenhelheleyel rwarrel. The wind makes the bough shade move, makes the leaves move. Narel [plastic] akngernelhelenh, kwenarl ayntenhel. The dragon lizard was making the plastic move where he was lying underneath. Kwerreny akelyarl aylpenhew yakweth-warl, rap akngernelheley-alhew-anem. A little mulga snake went into the bag and was making it move. Kwaty rwarnteyel-anem, rwarrel akngenhelh-akngenhelhelem. The water is churned up now, because the wind is whipping it up. Ingwepenh-antey rwa arrtyey-angenh-antey, akngelhew-akngelhelenhey-alhew rwarrelan. It was early in the morning and we hadn't lit a fire yet, the wind was gusting too much.

akngetyeyel   v.t. bring something towards someone. Ilek kweyel atyenh akngetyeyel? What is my young girl bringing?

akngeyneyel   v.t. take something back with you. Artwampel awey renh ipma akngeynek intey-warl. The old man took the boy's dead body back to the cave. Arelh ampwew aknga anaty ra arlkweyew, rlengkant atha ikwer akngeyneyew. Take some bush potatoes for the old woman so that she can eat them, I'll take some along to her later. Aweyelan ikwer akngeyneyel akerarl. The boy is taking back meat for him. See also: +eyn.

akngwerrak   See main entry: akngerrakw.

akngwerrety   Variant: angwerrety. n. male animal. Usage: This is rude or offensive if said of people; it is usually said only of animals Arengk akngwerrety-rnem inngantey akarrerreyel. Male dogs are gathering around. See also: anthety; artar; rrwey.

+akw   end. in the general direction of. Usage: [+akw] is already present on [akngerrakw], and it may be added to other terms for compass points Alerl ayerrerakw anantherr ampererrey. Let's make a round trip in a northerly direction. Altwerlakw-antey ater-penh anpatyirrew. They scattered out in fear to the west.

akwa   n. whole arm, animal's foreleg, bird's wing. Akwa ayeng akelhew arwerl-they. I cut my arm on the branch. See also: aympelh.

akwa amwernterrng   n. wrist. Akwa amwernterrng-antey renh atwew, rap aynterarr-atnyeneyelpew. He hit his wrist and suddenly it was just hanging there. Ampa yanh aytnew kwaty-warl arwerl irrwerl-they. Nthakenh ra alyeyamperrey-angenh, akwa amwernterrngarl akelhew, apwertel atwey-ayntew kwaty-itwew kwen. That kid fell into the water from the tree. He can't swim, because he broke his wrist hitting a rock under the water. See also: itep.

akwarleny   n. upper arm, animal's foreleg, bird's upper wing. Rwanem arwengerrpew arrtyem. Althem-tangkwel renh, aympelh-rnemarl-tangkwel. Arlaw atherr akalthem, akwarleny atherr akapwert-akerr. Light a fire for the turkey. Pluck it first, the wings first. Break the arms, the upper arms and also the head. See also: atyarleny.

akwarlarl   See main entry: akarlwarl.

akwarlkelheyel   See main entry: akarlkweyel (akarlkwelheyel).

akwarlkeyel   See main entry: akarlkweyel.

akwarrkerreyel   Usage: (N) Variant: akwarrkirreyel. Usage: (S) v.i. drop, fall off, drop off. Ntang ahern-warl akwarrkerreyel. The seeds are falling to the ground. Ampa apek akwarrkerrem arwerl-warl nganenty. The child might fall from the tree after climbing up. = aytneyel ‘fall’; lertneyel (lertnelheyel) ‘drop from, fall off’.

akwarrkelheleyel   Usage: (N) Variant: akwarrkelhileyel. Usage: (S) v.t. drop something, cause something to fall. Rarl alhenhel irrngwerneman akwarrkelhelerl-apenh. While he was walking he was scattering the seeds. Arelh ampwa yanhel akwarrkelheleyel amern-rnem. That old woman is dropping bits of food. Arelh yanh angerangeleyel arengk-rnemel. Aker akwarrkelheleyew-anew. The dogs are crowding around that woman. She almost dropped the meat. Awey yanhel akwarrkelheleyel thip arwerl irrwerl-they. That boy is dropping a bird from the top of the tree. = aytneyel (aytnelheleyel) ‘drop something’.

akwarterneyel   Variant: akartwerneyel. v.i. lie down on back with knees up, legs folded up in a 'number four' position. Akwarternerl-arrernek. (He) lay down on the ground with knees up. Artwa ahernel akwarterneyel. The man is lying on the ground with his knees up. Akartwernemel impalkert aynteyel. Lying on (your) back with knees up.

akwartneyel   See main entry: kwarneyel.

akwateyel   See main entry: akatweyel.

akwel   Variant: awel. pa. apparently, supposedly, so they say, reportedly (shows that what is said has been heard indirectly). Usage: Generally, this word shows that a person is not speaking from their own knowledge, direct experience or authority, but is usually reporting about what someone else has said or appears to think. It is very common in traditional stories. It also occurs in descriptions of dreams and of what someone is thinking, which appear not to be thought of in the same way as direct experience Tyap akweltyayt amarel aneyel. Arlkwenh akwel renh rwel arrtyenh. This grub lives in the mistletoe. (They) supposedly ate it after cooking it in the fire. Ra arlkwentem alheyek akwel atyeng-angkwarr. Supposedly he wants to come with me. Akwareny, akwel akew alakenh. Altyerr-angkwarr, arrwekeleny-wenh akemarl, Altyerrarl akenh-angkwarr. They are on the arm, where the arm has been cut like that. It is from the 'Dreaming', and the olden time people cut them, as they did in the 'Dreaming'. Anyent ikwerelant apengelant awaretyel. Kwatyarlart ran awel! Angernemel inem. On one occasion we had to use the (water) of the kurrajong tree. Supposedly it is like water! We dug down to get it. [Pussy cat] ran nheng atwew awel. [Pussy cat quiet]-apeny [one] ra atwew awel yanh-areny warl yanh-areny-antey apek ingkern atwew ra. He had to kill that pussy cat, they reckon. That pussy cat was a tame one that he apparently killed. 'Artwernem althenenherr-arey!' Murray-ap ran nheng awel ahern nhenh-ampeny anewantherr akwerrk althenhewan. 'Wipe those men out!' That was (the policeman) Murray, so they say. He wiped our family out from this country. Anewantherr ilew rernem, arrwekelenyel-rnem arrpemarl ampa alkenh-alkenhew, anwernewantherr ilew awel apmerrkew-rnem. They told us the story that the olden-time people had apparently told them when they were big children, when they were big boys. See also: nheng. Sounds a bit like: kwel 'type of tree'.

akwelethakwel-ayerr   Variant: akwelethakwel; akweleth-ayerr. n. 1 • type of mistletoe.

2 • grub in mistletoe in mulga tree, grub in mulga tree. Morph: [‑ayerr] 'comes out of'. Acacia aneura [(grub)]. Comment: A sweet-tasting red coloured grub that lives in the mulga and in the mistletoe that grows on the mulga. It is cooked in the ashes and eaten. Tyap akwelethakwel-ayerr, tyap artetyeng-ayerr weth, artetyel irrwerl aneyel, amar ilkwel artetyel. The grub called [akwelethakwel-ayerr] lives in mulga trees, and lives high up in the big clumps of mistletoe in the mulga.

akweltyayt   n. grub found on mistletoe. Tyap akweltyayt amarel aneyel. Arlkwenh akwel renh rwel arrtyenh. This grub lives in the mistletoe. (They) supposedly ate it after cooking it in the fire.

akwent   n. brother-in-law (of a man). See also: mpwerney. Sounds a bit like: kwent 'house', building'.

akwentenheng   n. a group of two or more people who are related to each other as [akwent]: i.e. husbands (of a group of sisters) together or brothers-in-law together. Artwernemant akwentenheng. Only men are (called) [akwentenheng]. Akwentenheng-atherr aker aherr-warl alhek. The two brothers-in-law went hunting for kangaroo. See also: +enheng; mpwerney (mpwernenheng).

akwentent   n. emu feathers (excluding tail feathers), tassle of emu feathers. Akwentent atnhelengkw-penh mpwareyel apwentyew rntwerl-aynteyew. [Akwentent] are decorations made from emu feathers, and used when dancing at the initiation ceremonies. See also: artarr. = anha ‘emu feathers (excluding tail feathers)’; apwa ‘emu feathers (excluding tail feathers)’.

akwenteyel   v.i. 1 • get up, rise. Arelh nhak akwenteyel ankwel ayntenh-penh. The woman over there is getting up from sleep. Kwey-rnem akwentenh-arey arrantherr awangk alheyew anaty-warl! Get up all you girls so that you all can go hunting for bush potatoes! Akwent-ayntaw, ingwepenharl irrek-kety, ankwant aynterl-aney-angenh! Get up, because it's morning! Don't just lie around sleeping. See also: akemirreyel; atyek (atyekerreyel).

2 • rise (smoke). Kwert nhak akwentey-ayntew. The smoke over there has risen up.

3 • come up, come out (flowers). Alpeytan akwentew-anem anaty-wenh. The bush potato flowers have come out now.

akwenthey   n. red poverty bush, Dutton's Emubush, Emubush, Harlequin Fuchsia Bush. Eremophila duttonii. Comment: A sticky shrub up to 2.5m high, with narrow bright green leaves and red flowers. Akwenthey aperneyew-arelh, kwatyel-then lhewelhem. The poverty bush is for rubbing on and washing yourself (as a medicine). See also: itwet-itwet (?).

Akweranty   n. name of place near Elkedra where the red ochre originated. Comment: Belonging to [Petyarr/Kngwarrey] groups. Apmer Akweranty, rtartel aknganew, arnkerrthel akngeynenh apmer Alhalker-they. The place called Akweranty is where the red ochre originated. The thorny devil lizard took it back to there from a place called Alhalker.

akweranty   n. type of red ochre. See also: iytwerrng; rlpa; rtart; rnter-rnter.

Akwerantyapwenty   n. place name.

akwerlp   n. sandhill, desert country, flat red ground. Tharrkarr antywelp-antywenh akwerlp-itwew. (We) were drinking honey grevillea nectar amongst the sandhills. Akwerlpel arelh awangk alhenh, rap arlewatyerr akwerlp-itwew atwenh. The woman went hunting in the sandhill country, and she killed a goanna there. See also: ilwer; ntelh; rtwerrp; tempwer.

ahern akwerlp-akwerlp   n. red ground. Morph: [ahern] 'ground'.

akwerlperlp   Variant: arrkwerlperlp. n. large seed cases such as those of the bloodwood, red mallee and desert bloodwood trees. Alpeyt-weny renh ileyel akwerlperlpant-anem aynteyel. When it has no flowers it is called [akwerlperlp], just the [akwerlperlp] is there. Arrkarakw-areny akwerlperlp aneyel irrwerl alperrel. Rap aytnem, arlenyerremarl. The [akwerlperlp] on the bloodwood are high up amongst the leaves. They fall down when they are dry.

akwernenh-akwernenh   See main entry: akwerneyel.

akwerneyel   Variant: akwertneyel. v.t. 1 • put inside. Arnkwernem yanh-rnem akwerneyew wak-warl kwaty-wety. You must put those clothes over there inside the shelter because of the rain. Akwernenheyewap ntwa? Intwemerl-anteyarl nga alheyelarl. Did you put those things away? (Because) you won't be coming back.

2 • bury, plant seeds. Arengk ipma akwerna ingwepenh-antey inteng-wety! Bury the dead dog first thing in the morning in case it stinks! Irrngwernem akwerneyel. Planting seeds. Sounds a bit like: kwerneyel 'swallow'.

akwernenh-akwernenh   n. police. Lit: 'someone who puts (you) inside' = arlerrk ‘police’; arrerneyel (arrernenh) ‘police’; iltya (iltyemwerney) ‘police’; irrkwenty ‘police’.

akwernelheyel   v.i. be, exist (used of objects that have been put inside something). Ipmernem yanhey awenngel akwernelheyel. The bodies are buried there. Maket akwernelhey-angker weth-lkwer ahern-kety. A gun bag is the sort of thing that is used to put a gun in to keep out the dust.

akwerr 1   n. Desert Bandicoot. Perameles eremiana.

akwerr 2   n. on the edge, on the outside, on the side. Akwerrel ayeng aynteyel, arrantherr menty ampepel ayntenh-arey. I am lying on the edge, you people lie down in the middle. Ayengan ilkelheyel akwerrel aynteyel, ampep-they ayeng ilkelhey-angenh. I like lying on the outside; I don't like the middle. See also: akert; irrker.

akwerrant-atherr   n. on both sides of something. Awey rtnew akwerrant-atherr, kweyan ampepewelew. The boys stood on the sides, the girl stood in the middle.

akwerr-awarr   n. one who likes to be on the side, edge, outside. Awey yanhan akwerr-awarr ilkelheyel ayntaynteyew. That boy likes to sleep on the side (of the group). Ampa yanhan akwerr-awarr akwerr-they arerl-apaynteyew. That kid likes to sit on the side and look while going along (i.e. beside the window in the car). See also: -awarr.

akwerraly   n. star, stars. Akwerraly wethewant arntarnt-arelhemel aney. Let's sit and watch for that star. Pantey akwerralyan arnarew alperl-antey-anemel. We were still travelling until we saw the morning star. See also: antyarr.

akwerreny   Variant: akwerreny-akwerreny. n. lower ribs (short ones). Akwerreny-angkwarr arntaka, ngkwern anyent rtneyel-angkwarr. Cut up the meat near the lower ribs, where there is one bone. See also: ngkerraly. Sounds a bit like: kwerreny 'mulga snake'.

akwerreylek   n. goose bumps. = iylekarrikarr ‘goose bumps’.

akwerreylekerreyel   Usage: (S) Variant: akwerreylewerreyel. Usage: (N) v.i. get goose bumps. Ampa irrepern yanh akwerreylekerreyel. Atheperrel pang ra akwerreylekerreyel. That poor child over there is getting goose bumps in the cold. See also: arrelyerreyel.

akwerrk   n. 1 • young animal, baby animal. Aker akwerrk, aympewarl rnternewan, aherr akely. The baby animal, the little kangaroo, was speared while in the pouch.

2 • young white tubers of bush potato. Ipomoea costata [(young white tubers)]. Comment: See illustration under [anaty] 'bush potato'. Anaty mwerr-angker-rnem, akwerrk-rnem. Aley Petyarrel akngey-alpeyel anaty akwerrk. The young bush potatoes are very nice. There, that Petyarr is bringing back young bush potatoes. = anthal ‘young white tubers of bush potato’.

3 • seedlings of any plant.

4 • relations, family, offspring, descendants, someone from the same 'country' (local English). Akwerrk atyenh pety-itwew. This is a picture of my family. Mpwelan anayntenh-atherr, mpwel-wenh akwerrkel-arleng. You two stay here with your family. Atyenh akwerrkarlap ran artwampey. Atyeng-artweyarl. Kweranty-areny. That old man was my relation. From Kweranty. Murray-ap ran nheng awel ahern nhenh-ampeny anewantherr akwerrk althenhewan. It was (the policeman) Murray. He was the one that wiped all our family out from this country. Awenngan ikwerenh aynteyel Alice Spring-el. Ikwerenh akwerrk apey-alheyewey, Alice Spring-warley, intwareyew, awenng-angkwarr. His grave is in Alice Springs. His family came up to Alice Springs to see him off at the funeral.

akwerrkel-akwerrkel   little rain clouds. Kwaty akwerrkel-akwerrkelel artenhey-alpew. Little clouds appeared across the sky. Inpanem, akwerrkel-akwerrkel welhew-wety. I don't know, a big rain might strike. Kwatyarl akwerrkel-akwerrkel irrew-wetyaw! Look out, little clouds are forming (and so a big storm will follow)! = kwaty (kwaty akwerrk) ‘rain clouds’.

akwerrng   n. 1 • brain. Ampa akwerrng apmwa aneyel, akwerrng arwengk-arwengk. That child has no-good brains, mad brains. Artwel akapwert akwerrng atwew, ra apek akwerrng apmwarl aneyenh. The man hit her in the head and perhaps her brains will be no good.

2 • mind, thought, memory, 'idea' (local English). Nthakenh Akngey akwerrngelant apentey-angenh, arrangkw. Mwerr mpwaraynteyew ingwer-rnemew alpemelemel, rarl angkeyel-angkwarr-antey. (James 2:17) You can't follow God just in your mind, no. Do good to others and help them, the way he says. See also: iterreyel.

akwerrp   n. 1 • not knowing, inexperienced, ignorant. Akwerrp-anem ayeng irrek, ntang athayntetyek. Akwerrp-anem ayeng, iterl-areyang-anem. I became ignorant as to how to grind seeds. I'm ignorant, I don't know how to do it. Ilatweyel arlewatyerr kanty-they, akwerrpelan ilatweyel amwely. The goanna is hit against (something), holding it by the tail. Ignorant people do this to bearded dragon lizards. 'Arrkemel rlengk rntweynenherr-arey,' awelyan angkem, kwey-rnem akwerrp-rnem akalty-antheyneyel, arelhel-rnem. At the women's ceremonies (they) say, 'You people go along and dance, shaking your legs.' And the girls who don't know how to do it are taught by the women.

2 • an 'abstainer', particularly said of non-drinkers and non-smokers. Usage: This term also applies to not liking a particular food Akwerrp ayeng ngkwarl antyweyek. I don't drink grog. Arrangkw ayeng aneyel ngkwarl antywey-angenh-anem, akwerrp ayeng. No, I don't drink grog, I'm not a drinker.

akwerterrp   

akwerterrp   n. short cut, a bypass, an alternative route. Nhak rernem akwerterrp apeyarr-alpeyel apwert-angkwarr. Over there they're all coming back via a short cut through the hills. Akwerterrp alhey arlengel arrerelemel. You can take a short cut to make the distance shorter. See also: ltweper.

akwerterrpewelheyel   v.i. block the way. Artwa atyeng akwerterrpewelhew. The man blocked my way.

akwertneyel   See main entry: akwerneyel.

akwet-akwet   n. Spotted Nightjar. Eurostopodus argus. Akwet-akwet ahernel-then antywerel-then angkeyel weth altywenerl-anem akwet-akwet. Ingwelarlap ra angkeyel akwet-akwet. The nightjar crouches down on the ground and in the grass. At night it calls ['akwet-akwet'].

akwetyakweleyel   Usage: (N) Variant: akwetyakwileyel. Usage: (S) v.t. look after, watch over something. Ampernem mwanty akwetyakwelenherr-arey, kwey-rnemay. All you girls, look after the children carefully. Akwetyakweleyel apmer, arengkel arlkwewerr amern. Looking after the camp, in case the dog eats the food. Atyenh akwetyakwela amern arengk-wety, ayeng alhey-alkenh. Keep my food safe from the dogs, I'm about to go. = akareyel ‘look after something’; arntarnt-areyel ‘look after something’.

akwetyelheyel   See main entry: akwetyeyel.

akwetyenty   See main entry: akwetyeyel.

akwetyerr   n. a woman's young son-in-law. Usage: Respect language. When a woman's son-in-law becomes a young man he is called [mwerey], and must be avoided, and not spoken to Akwetyerr apetyay, amern ntwa arlkweyew. Come here son-in-law, so that you can eat some food. Kely atyeng tyety-ayerr aleperankwerliwaw, akwetyerrel atyeng aleperankwerliwaw. Tyety akwetyerr atyeng ankwerliwaw. Go and get me a bit of meat, tell my young son-in-law to get me some meat (said by a woman). See also: mwerey. Sounds a bit like: kwetyerr-kwetyerr 'a type of mouse'.

akwetyeyel 1   v.t. 1 • pick something up, collect things. Rwa atha akwetyeyel irrtywel atywerety. I'm picking up scraps of kindling wood, bean tree wood.

2 • find something. Arlengarr apmwamwam ra akwetyeyel. I found a broken coolamon. Arnkwa apek akwetyeyek arnkwa mwerr iwenty. (We) might find some good clothes that have been thrown away. Atha apek man akwetyenty, amernap atha ineyenh. If I find some money, I'll get some food.

3 • adopt, 'grow' someone up (local English), raise someone else's child. Atharl akwetyew ampa yanh. I grew that child up. See also: alkenh (alkenheleyel).

akwetyelheyel   v.i. go around collecting, picking up. Ilekew ngan akwetyelheyel? What are you going around collecting? Arwerl akely-akely ayeng akwetyelheyel, rwa atha arrtyeyew. I am going around picking up chips of wood, to make a fire with. [Welfare]-akerr alhenh-antey apekathew-rneman. Akwetyelhenh, akwetyelhenh, pwety-angkwarr. Akwetyemel-anem rernem inenh. The Welfare were going around looking for half-castes. They went around the bush looking for them. They picked them up and took them. Ayeng rwek akwetyelheyel. I am looking around for firewood.

akwetyerl-apeyel   v.t. pick things up while going along. Atha rwa akwetyerl-apeyel. I'm picking up firewood as I go along. Ampernemel pip akwetyerl-apeyel arrtyeyew. The children are going along picking up paper to burn. See also: +erl-ap.

akwetyenty   n. adopted child. Ampa akwetyenty athanem alkenhelew atyeng. Now I'm growing up this adopted child myself. Ampa akwetyenty atha atyeng arlkenheleyew ilkwatherr kwaty inpaynteyew. I'm growing this child up so that she can be company for me and (help) cart water for me.

akwetyeyel 2   Usage: (N?) v.t. do something over and over, repeatedly. Usage: When used in this way [akwetyeyel] is linked with another verb. See [+emel] Ampa yanhel akwetyemel ayerneyel, 'Ilek yanhan?' Alhengkerr-antheyel. That kid asks over and over, 'What's that?' (He's) making (me) tired. [Judge]-el akwetyemel ayerney-angker, iltywemerneyel apek. A judge is one who questions repeatedly, or maybe a policeman does. Artwa arwengkel ampwal-rnem akwetyemel akwetyerl-apeyel. The mad man keeps on going around picking up things.

ala   pr. they (two, same skin). Usage: [Ala] is a dual pronoun used when the people are of the same skin e.g., two [Kemarr], two [Petyarr] etc. They are both in the same patrimoiety and the same generation moiety, for example, a person together with their sister or brother, their father's father or their mother's mother. See Appendix 2 Ala alhew, angkwerenheng-atherr. Those two went, two sisters. See also: alak; alanth; ratherr. Sounds a bit like: ayla 'we two'.

alenh   pr. them (two, same skin). Usage: This pronoun is used for the object of the verb in the sentence Ampel alenh arew. The child saw them (two). See also: alenhak; alenhanth; renh-atherr.

alek   Usage: (S) Variant: alew. Usage: (N) pr. to them, for them (two, same skin). Usage: This pronoun is used for the indirect object of the verb in the sentence See also: alekak; alekanth; ikwer-atherr.

alekenh   Usage: (S) Variant: alewenh. Usage: (N) pr. their, theirs, belonging to them (two, same skin). Usage: The pronouns [ala/alak/alanth], [alenh/alenhak/alenhanth], [alek/alekak/alekanth] and their variants are going out of use in favour of the simpler forms [ratherr], [renh-atherr], [ikwer-atherr], [ikwer-atherrenh] and their variants. See Appendix 2 See also: alekakenh; alekanthenh; ikwer-atherrenh.

alak   pr. they (two, same patrimoiety, different skin). Usage: [Alak] is a dual pronoun used for the subject of the verb in the sentence, when the two people belong to the same patrimoiety, but are not of the same generation moiety, such as a person together with their father or father's sister, e.g. a [Kngwarrey] and a [Petyarr]. See Appendix 2 Alak alhew awangk aynenheng-atherr. Those two went, father and son or daughter. See also: ala; alanth; ratherr. Sounds a bit like: aylak 'we two'.

alenhak   Variant: alenhakenh; alakenh 2. pr. them (two, same patrimoiety, different skin). Usage: This pronoun is used for the object of the verb in the sentence See also: alenh; alenhanth; renh-atherr.

alekak   Usage: (S) Variant: alewak. Usage: (N) pr. them, for them (two, same patrimoiety, different skin). Usage: This pronoun is used for the indirect object of the verb in the sentence See also: alek; alekanth; ikwer-atherr.

alekakenh   Usage: (S) Variant: alewakenh. Usage: (N) Variant: alekak-kenh. Usage: (S) Variant: alewak-wenh. Usage: (N) pr. their, theirs, belonging to them (two, same patrimoiety, different skin). Usage: The pronouns [ala/alak/alanth], [alenh/alenhak/alenhanth], [alek/alekak/alekanth] and their variants are going out of use in favour of the simpler forms [ratherr], [renh-atherr], [ikwer-atherr], [ikwer-atherrenh] and their variants. See Appendix 2 See also: alekenh; alekanthenh; ikwer-atherrenh.

alakakey   n. they (people who belong to the opposite patrimoiety). Comment: People belong to the same patrimoiety as their fathers, fathers' fathers, and some of their grandchildren. One moiety or group consists of [Kngwarrey] and [Kemarr], and the other of [Pwerl] and [Petyarr] people. See Appendix 1. Alakakey alheyel, Pwerl-rnem-then Kemarr-rnem-then. They are going, [Pwerl] and [Kemarr]. Alakakey apmer Amperlatwatyew-artey yanh-rnem. Those people are the owners of Amperlatwaty country. See also: alanthakey; ayney (aynenheng); nywerrp.

alakapeltherrey (?)   Variant: lekapeltherrey. n. type of cricket. Alakapeltherrey rlwaylp-wenh. Akeleyterreyew ampernem, awelh-aynteyew, alakapeltherrey angkey-alhew-wety. The [alakapeltherrey] belongs to the kurdaitcha. All you kids, be quiet, listen, because the [alakapeltherrey] is making a noise. See also: arekelty; irrim; ltywelty; rlngarr-rlngarr.

alakaper   Variant: alekaper. n. Black Falcon, Collared Sparrowhawk, Chicken-hawk, Sparrowhawk. Accipiter cirrhocephalus. Alakaperel arlkweyel nyengk-rnem, nyengk arlkwenh-arlkwenh, nyengk irrepern. The black falcon eats zebra finches, a zebra finch eater, the poor zebra finches. See also: akakw; nyengk-rnternenh.

alakelheyel   v.i. 1 • run around, walk around fast. Ampernem alakelheyel, alakelherreyel arrkent. All the kids are running around for fun. Ampa alakelheyel pathekel-akert. The child rides around on a bike. Nanth-akert artwa alakelheyel. A man runs around on a horse. See also: anterreyel; iteranteyel.

2 • play around, muck around. Ywarn-antey. Arrkernelhenh. Rernemarl aylperl-aynenhant-anemarl warl-warley. Intem-antey-anem rernem alakelhew. They tried unsuccessfully. They entered the house. They were continuously playing around. Rernem irrentey-ayntenhant-anemarl. Arelh ikwer-rnem-wenhelan. Artwa renh-rnemey. Angkep-warl-anemarl aylpenyirrenh-anemarl ikwer-rnem-wety. Waylpelel-arleng-anemarl alakelhew intem-antey. Their women hunted those men away. They didn't want to go back to them because they were playing around with the whitefellers.

alakenh 1   n. like this, in this way, like that, that's why, thus. Akapwert akemel arrpem renh ipemel alakenh. The head is cut and the guts are squeezed out like that. Aylayl-then akngemel alany-then akngemel, alkwertel-anem, alkwert antwerrkemel alakenh. Carrying the boomerangs and the fighting picks and holding the shields like that. Alakenh atha ngkweng ingkwerneyel, ntwa arraty-angkwarr iterl-areyew-awaty. That's why I'm writing it for you, so that you will know the true story.

alakenh-anyem   n. just like that. Artep-angkwarr aperrtyilenh-atherr, yew alakenh-anyem, aperrtyileyew. You two, turn it over on its back. Yes, that's just how you turn it over. Aylpaty rlengkant ra ilkwerreyneyel, alakenh-anyem ileyel aylpaty akarnterrng. Breasts that have just started to get bigger, they are called [akarnterrng].

alakenh 2   See main entry: alak (alenhak).

alaleweyel   v.t. make camp, find a place to camp, find a good spot to camp, shift camp. Apmer atha alaleweyel anewantherr. I am finding a good camp for us all. Apmer mpwarey-alpeyel alalewey-alpem anaynteyew. Finding a good place to go back to and live. Lywenty atyeng alalewa, itwernel ayeng ampewerr. Find a good shade for me, because the sun is burning me. Apmer atha alaleweyel altherrp. I'll find a nice flat place to camp. Apmer atha anwekantherr alalewey-alhem. I am making a camp for us. Apmer arrwekel alalewey-alpa! Ya, arrwekel atha alalewey-alpey. Go ahead and make a camp! Yes, I will go ahead and make a camp. Alalewey-alpew-anem ra mwerr-anem. Aleyarl artelhem-anem Ammaroo. Mwerr-ampeny-warl-anem nhewarl-anyem apey-alpew ra. He shifted camp to a better (place). It's Ammaroo (station) now. He shifted here now to where it's a good place.

alamwerrk   Variant: ilamwerrk; lamwerrk. n. yesterday. Usage: Respect language Alamwerrkel ahanew tyety-warl. Yesterday (he) went hunting (said by a woman when talking about her son-in-law). = apmwerrkel ‘yesterday’.

alangkwileyel   v.t. give a small amount of something, underpay, give less than expected. Ngkwerlp akely ntwa ayenh alangkwilew. You only gave me a small amount of tobacco.

alanth   pr. they (two, different patrimoiety). Usage: [Alanth] is a dual pronoun used when the people belong to the opposite patrimoiety, such as a person together with their husband or wife, their sister-in-law or their cross cousin, e.g. a [Kngwarrey] and a [Pwerl] together. See Appendix 2 Yanhan alantharl alperl-anem. Those two over there are going back (e.g. a [Kemarr] and a [Petyarr]). See also: ala; alak; ratherr. Sounds a bit like: aylanth 'we two'.

alenhanth   Usage: (N) Variant: alanthenh. Usage: (N) Variant: alenhanthenh. Usage: (N) pr. them (two, different patrimoiety). Usage: This pronoun is used for the object of the verb in the sentence See also: alenh; alenhak; renh-atherr.

alekanth   Usage: (S) Variant: alewanth. Usage: (N) pr. for them, to them (two, different patrimoiety). Usage: This pronoun is used for the indirect object of the verb in the sentence See also: alek; alekak; ikwer-atherr.

alekanthenh   Variant: alewanthenh. Usage: (N) Variant: alekanth-kenh. Usage: (S) Variant: alewanth-wenh. Usage: (N) pr. their, theirs, belonging to them (two, different patrimoiety). Usage: The pronouns [ala/alak/alanth], [alenh/alenhak/alenhanth], [alek/alekak/alekanth] and their variants are going out of use in favour of the simpler forms [ratherr], [renh-atherr], [ikwer-atherr], [ikwer-atherrenh] and their variants See also: alekenh; alekakenh; ikwer-atherrenh; ikwer-atherr-kenh; ikwer-atherr-wenh; ikwerek-atherrenh.

alanthakey   n. people who belong to the same matrimoiety, e.g. those related as mothers and their children, those related to the speaker as mother. Comment: People belong to the same matrimoiety as their mothers, their mother's mothers, and some of their grandchildren. One moiety or group consists of [Kngwarrey] and [Kemarr], and the other of [Pwerl] and [Petyarr] people. Alanthakey awangk alhew aherr-warl. Mothers and children went hunting for kangaroo. See also: alakakey; amenheng; nywerrp.

alanthapakwey   n. people who belong to the opposite generation moiety. Comment: People belong to the same generation moiety as their brothers and sisters, their cousins, their spouses, and their grandparents, and to the opposite generation moiety from their children and their parents. [Kemarr] and [Petyarr] people call [Kngwarrey] and [Pwerl] people [alanthapakwey]. See Appendix 1. See also: nywerrp.

alanthenh   See main entry: alanth (alenhanth).

alanty-   pv. goes in front of a verb to indicate doing something without concern, without taking notice of others, heedless, regardless, 'anyway' (local English). See also: alhewer; ngwang.

alanty-alheyel   v.i. walk or go away from something, ignore. Ra artwa ahelengkw-rnem-wety alanty-alhew. He just walked away from the angry men. Mwetek alanty-alhew, rwaylpenhew. Ywarn ayeng arlkenh. The car went away, it went past. I was calling out in vain. Rernem nthekwern renh antwerrkey-angenh, arrangkw. Ran alanty-anperl-alhew ikwer-rnem-wety. They couldn't hold him, no. He just walked away from them. See also: ilarr- (ilarr-alheyel); ipmeyel.

alanty-aneyel   v.i. sit alongside someone as company. Alanty-aneyelpew-anem Perrtyeynerel. They waited around at Perrtyeyner. Ayeng ngkweng alanty-anayntem ilkwatherr. I will sit beside you as company.

alanty-antheyel   v.t. lend (whether others agree or not). Atha ngenh man alanty-antheyew ingwer-ingwerant ntwa atyeng antheyew. I'll lend you some money, and you can give it to me another day. See also: arlentheyel.

alanty-akngeyel   v.t. borrow (whether others agree or not). Mwetek ngkwenh atyeng antha atha alanty-akngeyew. Give me your car, I want to borrow it.

alanty-arlkweyel   eat without sharing. Inwanthemel alanty-arlkwem, ingwer anthey-angenh. Just eating without sharing, not giving to others. See also: inwantheyel.

alanty-ineyel   v.t. borrow (whether others agree or not). Atha ngkweng-they alanty-ineyew man ilkwa. I want to borrow lots of money from you.

alany   Variant: arlany. n. fighting pick. Alany ilep-apeny, kel renh ankerelarl mpwarenh. The [alany] is similar to the axe, and it was made with spinifex resin. Alany-akertel atwerrem ingwer-rnem. The ones with fighting picks are hitting the others.

alap-antheyel   v.t. drain water away, dig a trench or drain. Apmer-wety alap-antheyel. Kwaty tyarlewem alakenh. Drain the water away from the camp. Letting the water go like that. Intwemel-antey alap-anthem, wak-wety. Atnyerr ankalheyew wak-wety intwemel. Take the water away from the shelter with a drain. They used to make the water flow away from the bush shelter. See also: aheyt (aheyt-arrerneyel); aheyt (aheytarrileyel).

alapeltharr   Usage: (N) Variant: alepeltharr. n. spring. Kwaty alapeltharr-warl apey-alhenh-areyaw antyweyew, angkethakwerrew. You must all come and drink from the spring, because you've become thirsty. = apeynt ‘spring’; kwerrimp₂ ‘spring’.

alapeltharrerreyel   Usage: (N) v.i. seep out from (of water), flow (of spring). Kwaty alapeltharrerreyel. The water is seeping out. See also: ayterreyel.

alatay   n. holiday. From: English 'holiday'.

alatyeyt   n. soft spinifex, Gummy Spinifex. Triodia pungens. Comment: A grass with a sticky resin covering that grows in hummocks 0.5-2 m high. Alatyeyt anker-akert, ankerarl ikwer-penh mpwareyel. The spinifex has resin, the spinifex resin is made from the spinifex. See also: aywert. = iper ‘soft spinifex, Gummy Spinifex’; irrkwal ‘soft spinifex, Gummy Spinifex’.

alay   n. sea, ocean, large lake. Usage: This word is usually preceded by [kwaty] 'water' [Roll]-erreyelarl apelh-apelh intweyel rlkwerrp-rlkwerrperreyelarl kwaty alay, atha arerl-alpew mwerr-angker. I went and saw the lovely sea water rolling and frothing, the waves and the surf. Mwerr-anem ayeng pwerlperreyew kwaty alayel, arntety-penh. After being sick it's good for me to swim in the ocean.

alek   See main entry: ala.

alekak   See main entry: alak.

alekakenh   See main entry: alak.

alekak-kenh   See main entry: alak (alekakenh).

alekanth   See main entry: alanth.

alekanthenh   See main entry: alanth.

alekaper   See main entry: alakaper.

Alekareng   n. name of a community, formerly called Warrabri (also spelt Alicurung, Ali-Curung). Lit: 'belonging to the dog' (Kaytetye language) Comment: Referred to by Alyawarr people as [Arengk-wenh] ('belonging to the dog').

alekenh   See main entry: ala.

alekeyt   n. crocodile. From: English 'alligator'. Pety atha arew alekeyt-akert. Arrkay atnthapeny. Arengk artnwer apetyew, kwaty antyweyew. Alekeytan ikwer-warl artnarnpew, ahenty-theyap antwerrkewan. I saw a picture about crocodiles. They're pale, like mud. A dingo came to drink water. The crocodile pounced on it and grabbed it by the throat. Kerrikerr kanty ikert-ikert, alekeyt-apeny. Ranap akerarl. The [kerrikerr] lizard has a rough tail, like a crocodile. It's edible meat.

alekw   Variant: alwek. n. needle bush, Ellington Curse, Farnese Wattle, Thorny Acacia. Vachellia farnesiana. Comment: Shrub up to 5 m high, with fern-like leaves which have a spine at the base. The sharp leaves are used to treat warts. This is not the same as the introduced noxious tree [Parkinsonia aculeata], which is also known as 'needle bush'. Ilpayel rtneyel arwerl alekw, rltwa, arreylp-arreylp akngerr. The needle bush is a big tree that lives along the creeks and has lots of sharp spikes. See also: arlketyerr; neyl (neylpwety).

alem   n. 1 • liver. Ngkwarl-penh alem apmwerreyel. Ilwem-anem alem apmwerremel kwen. After drinking grog the liver becomes no good. And then, if the liver is no good inside, you die.

2 • stomach area in general. Alem ayeng angayakw awelheyel. I am feeling hungry.

alem ampeyel   become angry, 'get wild' (local English). Comment: The liver is considered the seat of certain emotions such as anger and jealousy. Morph: [ampeyel] 'burning'. Alem ampeyel atwerreyew. Angry and wanting to fight. = aha (ahelerreyel) ‘become angry’; ampeyel (alem ampeyel) ‘become angry’; ampeyel (atnert ampeyel) ‘become angry’; arlperteyirreyel ‘become angry’; arrenty (arrentyerreyel) ‘become angry’; pweth (pwetherreyel) ‘become angry’; rwenp (rwenperreyel) ‘become angry’.

alem angkeyel   v.i. be jealous. Morph: [angkeyel] 'talk'. Artwa yanhan ngkweng alem angkeyel, ahelerreyel ngkweng. That man is getting jealous and angry with you. Ilekew nga atyeng-antey alem angkeyel, amperr-warl alheyelew? Why are you getting jealous with me for going to the single women's camp? See also: alharlkweyel; arrarreth (arrarretherreyel); arwelth (arweltheneyel).

alem atherrk-atherrk   n. jealous. Morph: [atherrk] 'green'. Artwa anyent alem atherrk-atherrk angkem. A man is speaking jealously. = arwelth ‘jealous’; arrarreth ‘jealous’.

alem iyterrk-iyterrk   be married the 'wrong way' (local English), married to a person of the wrong skin for you. Alem iyterrk-iyterrk mpwelanth aneyel, alem iyterrk-iyterrkant atherr, apmarlikw-itwel aneyel. You two are living the wrong way, living with his uncle. = annga (annga atherrk-atherrk) ‘someone who marries the 'wrong way'’; iyterrk ‘be married the 'wrong way'’.

alem pwetherreyel   v.i. become angry, 'get wild' (local English). Morph: [pwetherreyel] 'become angry'. Alem ayeng pwetherreyel, menty-anem ayeng aneyew. I'm getting really angry, leave me alone. Alem pwetherreyel ahel atweyew. Getting angry enough to fight. = aha (ahelerreyel) ‘become angry’; ampeyel (alem ampeyel) ‘become angry’; ampeyel (atnert ampeyel) ‘become angry’; arlperteyirreyel ‘become angry’; arrenty (arrentyerreyel) ‘become angry’; pweth (pwetherreyel) ‘become angry’; rwenp (rwenperreyel) ‘become angry’.

alem rwenperreyel   v.i. become angry, 'get wild' (local English). Morph: [rwenperreyel] 'get hot, angry'. = aha (ahelerreyel) ‘become angry’; ampeyel (alem ampeyel) ‘become angry’; ampeyel (atnert ampeyel) ‘become angry’; arlperteyirreyel ‘become angry’; arrenty (arrentyerreyel) ‘become angry’; pweth (pwetherreyel) ‘become angry’; rwenp (rwenperreyel) ‘become angry’.

alemew   Usage: (N) Variant: alemek. Usage: (S) n. sweet, tasty, appetising, having contrasting taste, something eaten to round off a meal. Lit: 'for the liver' Alemew atha arwengalker arlkweyew, ayeng alheyew, aker-penharl atha arlkweyew. I'm going to eat sugarbag for the taste, I must go and eat it after eating meat. See also: +ek₂.

alemerr   n. type of frog, Water-holding Frog. Cyclorana platycephala. Alemerr atnyerr-itwew angkerreyel. The [alemerr] frogs make noise at flood time.

alemey   n. a term used by a woman to refer to her son-in-law's father's father ([arrengey]). Usage: Respect language

alemeyenheng   n. a group of two or more people related as grandparent and grandchild [arrengey] (said by a woman if one of them is her son-in-law).

alemeyenheng-atherr   n. a term used by a woman to refer to her son-in-law and his father's father ([arrengey]).

alempwer   See main entry: alwemper.

+alengkw   See main entry: +elengkw.

alenhakenh   See main entry: alak (alenhak).

alenhanthenh   See main entry: alanth (alenhanth).

-alenty   Variant: -arlenty. end. before something happens, before doing something. Usage: The ending [-alenty] is preceded by [+ew] or [+ek] when used on a nominal, and by [+ey], [+eyew], [+eyek] or [+etyek] when used on a verb. An exception is [arleng-alenty] 'long time' Amern arlkwey-alenty. Before eating food. Amern arlkweyel, awangk alheyew-arlenty. Eating some food before going hunting. Kel-antey [petrol] thelew, [town]-warl anperl-alheyew-arlenty. We've already filled up with petrol, before leaving for town. [Shopping]-ew-arlenty arratyela. Fix it before (going) shopping.

aleny   Usage: (N) n. 1 • tongue. Amern arlkwey-angenherrew aleny tywen-akert. With a sore tongue I wasn't able to eat food. = antyer.

2 • flood, floodwater. Kwaty aleny ilpayel alpeyel. The floodwater is going along in the creek. See also: anyerr; rwew. Sounds a bit like: arleny 'dry'.

aleny atnhwert   n. tongue-tied, can't speak properly. Morph: [atnhwert] 'curled up'.

aleny thapel   n. tongue-tied, unable to speak, speech impediment, stuttering. Morph: [thapel] 'weak, crippled'.

aleny thapelerreyel   v.i. become tongue-tied, unable to speak. Aleny thapelerrew, arntety apek thapelerrew aleny, angkey-angenherrew. (I) have become tongue-tied and unable to speak, maybe from sickness. See also: thapel (thapel-thapel).

alep   pa. and, also, What's up? What now? Alep? Ilekan rlengk atha arnwarneyel? What now? What am I going to do today? Alep? Nthenh-angkwarr aylak alhem? What now? Which way are we going to go?

alepelantyey   See main entry: ilepelantyey.

alepeltharr   See main entry: alapeltharr.

aleperankweyel   v.t. go and get something. Usage: Respect language Anaty atyeng aleperankwa! Go and get me some bush potatoes (from my son-in-law)! Kely atyeng tyety-ayerr aleperankwerliwaw, akwetyerrel atyeng aleperankwerliwaw. Tyety akwetyerr atyeng ankwerliwaw. Go and get me a bit of meat, tell my young son-in-law to get me some meat (said by a woman). Kwaty aleperankweyaw, arntwaly, ngkwerlpayew. Go and get some water from the creek (said by a woman in relation to her son-in-law). See also: ahaneyel (ahanelhileyel); ankwerliweyel; ankwerliweyel (ankwerl-alheyel); ineyel.

aleperlterrk   n. 1 • Maitland's Wattle, Spiky Wattle, spiny-leaved wattle, stiff wattle. Acacia maitlandii. Comment: Shrub up to 2 m high, with leaves which have a sharp spine at the tip.

2 • the edible seeds of the spiny-leaved wattle. Acacia maitlandii (edible seeds). Usage: The edible seeds are referred to as [ntang aleperlterrk] Ntang aleperlterrk arlkwenharl athenarl apwertel, akemel, arlengarrel aympernemel ilpemel aleperlterrk, ntang angayel arlkwenh kwetyilemel. The seed from the [aleperlterrk] was eaten by hungry people who collected it, grinding it with a stone, picking it up and winnowing it in the coolamon.

alepey   n. Hopping Mouse, Spinifex Hopping Mouse. Notomys spp.. Alepeyan apmwa akely-amperl irrkel kwen anew-aneyel. The [alepey] mice are little inedible animals that live inside a burrow. Ntelyakwelelan irrka ilkwarl arnwarnem ilpat-akert. Alepey warlelarl aneyel, amern arlkwaynteyew. The [ntelyakwel] makes a large hole with a cleared area in front. The [alepey] lives in houses eating our food. See also: alyem; kwetyerr-kwetyerr; ntelyekwel.

Alepey-wenh   Usage: (N) Variant: Alepey-kenh. Usage: (S) n. place name, outstation at Hatches Creek, 'Black Tank'. Morph: 'belonging to the Hopping Mouse'.

aler   Variant: alerey. n. 1 • child (a man's child); what a man calls his son or daughter. Kwey alerey kwaty atyeng akngetya! Daughter, bring me water!

2 • a person's brother's child; niece, nephew. Usage: This word is normally used with suffixes See also: ampa.

aleraty   n. my/our [aler]. See also: +aty.

alerengkw   n. your [aler]. See also: +engkw.

alerikw   n. his/her/their [aler]. Artwa ampwa ilwerl-alheyew-anew, rarl awewel, alerikw iyterrk-anemarl irrew. The old man almost died when he heard, that his son had married the wrong way. See also: +ikw.

alerenheng   n. a group of two or more people who are related to each other as [aler] and [awenhey] or [aler] and [aynaty](e.g. fathers and sons or daughters together, or aunties and nephews and nieces together). See also: +enheng.

alerl   adv. soon, in a minute, wait a minute, hang on! Tyampet atyenh arnangelew atha ineyew. Alerl-antey atha arnangeley ngkweng. I'll get my billycan first. Wait while I do it first. Alerl atha arrwantyeyel yerramp. Wait, I'm eating these honey ants. Alerl ayeng alheyel-tangkwel ankwew-athath. Wait, I'm going first, then I'll have a sleep. See also: rrwekatyakenh.

alerneyel   Variant: alertneyel. v.t. push against, prop up, to lean (something) up against something. Apwertelan alerneyel-wetyaw panty kweneng-they! Look out for the rock that's pushing up underneath the blanket! [Chair] yanhel [door] rwarr-wety alerna. Prop that door open with a chair because of the wind. [Bonnet] yanh alerna arwerlel. Prop up that bonnet with a piece of wood. Pwerlelan arrtyernenh alernenh inngart. Pwerl lit (the light) and stood it up. [Hose]-ant-anem ayntenhetyek-anek [petrol pump]-warlan, wetharl alerney-alhem [carburettor]-warl. The hose lies there nearly connected to the petrol pump where it joins up with the carburettor. Tayel apek alerneyel arwerl. There is a stick poking into that tyre. See also: ampek- (ampek-rtneyel). Sounds a bit like: lertneyel 'shake something', alherneyel 'shine'.

alernelheyel   v.i. lean up on something (self), lean on something for balance, prop against. Ampwethel artnerreyneyel ampa akely, iltyel atherr alernelhemel. Little babies crawl along on their knees, leaning on their hands. Ayeng iynwanyerr ayntayntey-alkenh. Alerl ayeng iynwanyerr amakel alernelhemel ayntayntey. I'm going to lie on my side. Wait while I lie down on my side, leaning on my elbows. Ampwethel alernelhemel. Squat down. Sounds a bit like: lertnelheyel 'drop, fall off'.

alerrey   n. Candelabra Wattle, Club-leaf Wattle, Halls Creek Wattle, Silver Leaf Wattle, Silver Wattle. Acacia cowleana, A. elachantha, A. hemignosta, A. holosericea. Comment: Trees up to 7 m high, with large, sickle-shaped leaves and cylindrical yellow flowers. The seeds are edible. Alerreyan akngerr Arrtyelerel rtneyel. Ilpayel. There are a lot of [alerrey] at Arrtyeler; in the creek. See also: aper-kwert-kwert.

alerrkw   Usage: (N) n. Variant: alwerrk; arlerrkw; arlwerrk. 1 • fragile, flimsy, easily broken, soft. Artwa ampwewenhan aylaylarl arlwerrk akelhew. The old man's boomerang was fragile and it broke. Ampa yanhey arwerl arlwerrk-warl nganenh rap arwerl akelhew-anem. That kid over there was climbing on a flimsy branch and the branch broke. Arrkarakw alerrkw arternaw ilepel. Cut the soft bloodwood with the stone axe. See also: althwalth; arrmaly-arrmaly; artaly-artaly; itwelh-itwelh.

2 • dry. Usage: (Anm) Sounds a bit like: alherrkw 'dirty water', arlerrk 'police'.

amern alerrkw   n. bread. Morph: [amern] 'bread' 'food'.

alerrkweleyel   Usage: (N) Variant: alwerrkeleyel. v.i. make soft. Amern arleny alerrkweleyew kwatyel, kwatyel apelyeleyew. Alerrkw-anem arlkwemel. Make the dry food soft in the water, by dunking it in water, and then eat it when it's soft.

alerrp akely-akely   See main entry: alwerrp akely-akely.

alerrp akeny-akeny   See main entry: alwerrp akely-akely.

alert-akngeyel   v.t. carry an animal in a pouch. Aker aherrel alert-akngeyel akwerrk ikwerenh aympel. The kangaroo carries its young inside its pouch.

alerterrperterrp   See main entry: alwerterrperterrp.

alertetherrkerr   n. in the middle of the night. Usage: Respect language See also: ampep (ampepeny); ingwa (ingwampep).

aleth   adv. 1 • always, forever, for good. Arnkwa aleth [wash]-emileyel rap arrkayarlirrem. If you wash your clothes all the time they fade. Ayeng alpeyenh intem aleth. I'm going back for good. Apmer ingwer-warl rernem alpew alethel. They left and went to another place for good. See also: intem.

2 • journey, long travel. Alethek-arelh. Pack horse. Ingwelarreng anwingkerr alpem arraty-antey nhel-anyem. Alethel-anem alpem ingwelarreng ingkerrewan. The next day we would go straight back. We would go back a long way, everyone. See also: alethang; iytatherreyel. Sounds a bit like: arleth 'testicles'.

aleth-antey   adv. for good, still, always. Artwa ran antelhew aleth-antey aker aherr ikwerel-arleng. The man followed the kangaroo for a long time. See also: -antey; intem (intem-antey).

alethalekwerr   n. type of large fly. Ahelengkw, irrweylk-apeny arrpem. Arrkngarl antyweyel atherr. It's vicious like a march fly. They both drink blood.

alethang   n. traveller, visitor. Alethang apetyeyel apmer ingwer-they. A visitor is coming from another place. See also: aleth; ingwer.

aletharr   n. eldest child.

aletharreleyel   v.t. make a child the eldest (by having a second one). Kweyel apek renh aletharreleyel. She might have a girl and then the other one will be the eldest.

alety   n. cut, wound. Alety-penh kwerrm-anemirrem, kwerrm ilkwanem aynteyel. The wound is now healing over, and there is a big scar. Sounds a bit like: arlety 'raw, uncooked', arlelty 'chrysalis, ignoring'.

-alew   Variant: -arlew. n.end. What about such and such? Where is such and such? Kwey, ngkweng apelty-alew? Girl, where's your friend? Kwey akely-aleway ngkwenh nthenharl? Where is your little girl? Alep ngalew? What about you? [Number] 30-alew? What about (singing song) number 30? Ingwer-rnem-alew? Where are the others? What about the others? Amern-alew? Where's the food?

alewak-wenh   See main entry: alak (alekakenh).

alewanth-wenh   See main entry: alanth (alekanthenh).

alewenp   Variant: alewinp; alewetnp. n. 1 • large, big. Iyleper alewenp. Big thighs. Arlewatyerr alewenp atha atwerl-alpew. I went and killed a big goanna. Ilkwangwel-angwel apetyeyel-wety, awa ilkwangwel-angwel yanh alewenp apetyeyel, atwewerr anwernantherrenh ilkwel. Look out, a really big (person) is coming, a really huge (person) is coming over there, and they might kill us. See also: alkenh; antyelty₁; artelh₁; ilkwa₁; rltwa.

2 • something large that's whole, not cut up yet, e.g. bullock, tree. See also: ampwerrk.

aley   pa. 1 • there, 'there now', now. Aley Petyarrel akngey-alpeyel anaty akwerrk. There, that [Petyarr] is bringing back young bush potatoes. Apmer Arekapengk aley altywenerl-anem. That is the place Arekapengk over there now.

2 • now, nowadays. Aleyan aylanth-atherr-anem warrkerreyel kwerlel-anem. Nowadays we two work at the school. Aleyaym anantherr ingwerenty-anem ileyel, arrwekeleny waylpel-wenyankel, anantherrantarl awew. Now we are telling other people about the early days that we have heard about, when there were no whitefellers. Atnemel arrwekelenyel iytnenh, aleyan kerwep-anemarl. The ancestors used yam sticks, nowadays we use crowbars. See also: ngwamp (ngwamp-ngwamp); ngwangk (ngwangk-ngwangk); rlengk (rlengk-rlengk).

aleyant   pa. first time. Lit: 'just now' Aleyant atha renh rlwatew. I met him for the first time. Aleyant ngwamp aherr arew. She just saw a kangaroo for the first time. Aleyant amern arlkwew. The first time she has eaten (for a while).

aley-anem   pa. only now (after some time). Awangkarl rernem angkerrenh, aley-anem ra ayntew. A while back they were talking about it, but only now has he died. Aley-anem warl renh arterl-arrernew, aherrety arrpanenhel angkenh ikwer. Only now is that house being built, that they were talking about for years. Aley-anem anperl-alhek Canteen Creek ikwer-warl, anperl-alhek aley-anyem. At that point we went on to Canteen Creek, we went from there.

aley-antey   pa. still (doing something). Kemarr aley-antey [town]-itwew aneyel. Kemarr is still staying in town. Aley-antey arntety aynteyel ra. He's still lying down sick. Kwaty ilkwa aley-antey rernem amek-areyel. That big flood is still preventing them from going. Aley-antey renh arwa atwarrenhew ngwangk wenh! He's still there (where he earlier) went down!

aley-anyem   Variant: aleyaym. pa. right there, right now. Aley-anyem [ring]-erreyel! Anterraw! There (the telephone) is ringing! Run! Ilpeyel-antey aley-anyem. Ara atyeng-itwew! Something's blocking (my eye) right there. Have a look! Rltar-angkeyel aley-anyem ngkwarl ra arterney-alhew. Tyampet-akert anterrenh-arey ampernemay! There now, there's the sound of the axe where he's chopping sugarbag. Kids, get a tin and run there! Yanh-angkwarr-anem anakerr rwaylpenhek. Aley-anyem Nuna ankwaynterl-apenh. We went past it. At that point Nuna was sleeping as we went along.

aleyak   n. young woman (not a mother yet), childless woman. Aleyak ngkwenh nhak mpweny inew. Your young girl over there has got a boyfriend. Akelty ampwa aneyel ampeweny aleyak. The old woman has no children, she is [aleyak]. See also: akarnterrng; amarl; arelh; kwey₁.

Aleylatherr   n. place name, MacDonald Downs.

aleytarr   n. burrow. Aleytarr ikwerenh angernek ra, aynteyel-anem ra. He dug his burrow, and now he's lying (in it). See also: inkwa; ipert; irrka; kwak. = alhweng ‘burrow’; anyeyt ‘burrow’; Sounds a bit like: leyterr 'fat'.

alha 1   n. 1 • nose. Kwey yanhey alha arrngwentenhey-alpeyel renharl alhantey apwertel wew. That girl over there, her nose is bleeding because she was hit in the nose with a rock.

2 • entrance to sugarbag or native bees' nest.

alha intyeng-intyeng   Variant: alha intyeng-intyerl. n. nasal cavity. Alha intyeng-intyeng atanthek arrngwentetyek. Poked in the nose till the blood started coming out. = intyeng-intyerl ‘nasal cavity’.

alha iylpwer   n. nasal cavity. Morph: [iylpwer] 'hollow'. = intyeng-intyerl ‘nasal cavity’.

alha nthat   n. blocked nose. Morph: [nthat] 'blocked'. Alha nthat wey-wenyerreyel. With a blocked nose you can't breathe.

alha 2   n. the dry fruit of the desert raisin. Solanum centrale [(dry fruit)]. Usage: Also referred to as [amern alha] Akatyerr alha rlwaneyneyel. Collecting dried desert raisin fruits. = akatyerr (akatyerr arleny) ‘dry fruit of the desert raisin’; akatyerr (akatyerr alha) ‘dry fruit of the desert raisin’.

alhalherl-alpeyel   v.i. go back quickly. Anantherr alhalherl-alpey anamarl ampa yanh artneyel-wety. We'll go back quickly because that child is crying. See also: alpeyel; +erl-alp.

Alhalker   n. the name of a place and of a country/estate on Mt Skinner and Utopia stations.

alhalker   Usage: (Anm) n. a hole made through the septum of the nose, hole through rock. See also: awenngarr; irrengernt.

alhamp   n. orphan, a child whose father has passed away. Awey yanh atherr alhamp atherr-anem aneyel. Those two boys' fathers have now passed away. See also: irrkwern; marteny.

alhanker   n. Silver Witchetty, silver witchetty bush, pirli (?) Acacia cuthbertsonii. Comment: Has edible grub in roots. Epenarra-angkwarr, alhankeran aneyel arwerl arlpenty arrpem, alhepalh-apeny. The [alhanker] are on Epenarra side, tall trees as well, like the [alhepalh]. = irley ‘Silver Witchetty’.

alhankerayt   n. grub from the silver witchetty bush. Usage: Also referred to as [tyap alhankerayt]. Tyap-akert atnyemayt-apeny ntwarlkerarl ikwerenh aneyel. Alhankerayt. It's grubs are white, like witchetty grubs, [alhankerayt].

alhareyel   Usage: (S) v.t. know someone, recognise. Morph: [areyel] 'see'. Alhareyel atha yanh. I know that person over there. See also: alhengk-aweyel. = alhengk-areyel ‘recognise’; Opposite of: athareyel ‘unable to recognise’; ywemeyel ‘not recognise someone’.

alharlkweyel   v.i. be jealous, behave jealously. Ilekew ntwan alharlkwew? Athan anthewan! Why are you jealous? I gave you some! Awayelikw arnkwa mwerr-angker arew-penh, rap alharlkwew ikwer-itwew. When his older brother saw his nice clothes he was jealous of him. Alharlkwey-awarrel arelh yanh-anyeman, ayernerl-aney-angenh. She's a jealous one, that one, don't keep asking her. See also: alem (alem angkeyel); alem (alem atherrk-atherrk); arrarreth (arrarretherreyel)); arwelth (arweltheneyel).

alharnteyel   v.i. be lonely, be homesick, miss someone or something. Apmer atyenh-they ayeng alharnteyel, apmer atyenh-ampeny-warl ayeng alpetyek. I'm getting homesick for my country, I must go back to my country. Ampernemek ayeng alharnteyel-anem, alhetyek-anem ayeng ampernem-warl. I am missing all the children, I must go back to the children. Apmer rwanng-warl ayeng alpeyew ayeng alharnteyel. I'm homesick and I want to go back to the country I love. = alther (althererreyel) ‘become lonely or homesick’; irrar-irrar (irrarerreyel) ‘get lonely or homesick’.

+alhelerr   v.end. shows that many are doing the action. Usage: This ending is only used with [artneyel] 'cry' and [arlkeyel] 'shout out', in conjunction with +err 3 Ampernemelan akarlirrkwely-irrkwelyant-anem alwernenh. Arelh-rneman arlkalhelerrenh ampew-rnemant-anem. Awangk alhey-angenhelew, ikwerant-theyap apeyarr-alpewan. The kids were chasing turkeys. The women were calling out after the kids. That stopped them going hunting, and they came home because of it. Ingkerrenh arlkalhelerrenh, 'Artwa yanh atwey!' (Luke 23:19) Everybody was shouting out, 'Kill that man!'. Ampa apek arntetyerrewew atayel artnalhelerrem. Maybe they're crying for the child who got sick. Arelh ampwernem artnalhelerrenh ikwer, artwa ingwer-rneman artnalhelerrenh, 'Amperrngelirrey wenh! Irrepern wenh!' The old women cried for him and another lot of men cried, 'Poor thing! We are sorry for him!'. See also: arlkeyel (arlkalhelerreyel); artneyel (artnalhelerreyel); +arr; +err₃; +ew₄; +ant-arey; +enh-arey; +erliw₂; -rnem.

alheleyel   v.t. promise. Arelh anyentel ayenh alhelew, arnkwa antheyew. A woman promised to give me some clothes. Artwel alhelew, artwa ingwerew mwetek antheyew. A man promised another man to give him a car. Ra ayenh alhelew-tangkwel, ament-anem ra iylperrey-alpew. He promised me first, (but) he forgot when he came back. Iylperrerl-alhew ra, akngeyew-tangkwel ra alhelewan ayenh. He went off, forgetting he had promised to take me. Amikwel-then aynikwel-then alhelek, kwey anyent itengirretyek artwa anyent ikwer-itwel. The mother and father promised a girl to be married to a man. = arretengeleyel ‘promise’.

alhelth-arrerneyel   v.t. eat quickly and hungrily, stuff mouth (with food). Amern alhelth-arrerneyel arrakert-warl. Stuffing the mouth with food. = alhenkeneyel ‘eat quickly and hungrily’.

alhengerr   n. good, well. Usage: Respect language Ngwarrengkw alhengerr anem, mwerrirremarl. Your husband is better now; he is recovering (said by a woman to her daughter). See also: alka; mwerr. Sounds a bit like: alhengkerr 'tired'.

alhengerrirreyel   v.i. get better. Usage: Respect language See also: mwerr (mwerrirreyel).

alhengk-areyel   v.t. recognise visually, recognise by sight, know that person or thing. Morph: [areyel] 'see'. Arelh-rnemelang arelh yanh alhengk-arenherr-arey? Do all you women recognise that woman over there? Alhengk-areyel atha inngerr yanh, awankarl arek apek. I recognised that face, maybe from seeing it a long time ago. Inngerr atha ngenh alhengk-arew innga. I really recognised your face. See also: alhengk-aweyel. = alhareyel ‘recognise’; Opposite of: athareyel ‘unable to recognise’; ywemeyel ‘not recognise someone’.

alhengk-aweyel   v.t. recognise the sound of, know someone's voice. Morph: [aweyel] 'hear'. Ingwel apek ra apey-alhem, angkerl-anenty ikwer-rnem-wenh ntwa alhengk-awem renh [voice] ikwerenh. He might come back at night, and amongst their conversation you recognise his voice. Atha apek alhengk-aweyel ngenh. I recognise your voice. See also: alhareyel; alhengk-areyel.

alhengkerr   n. tired, exhausted, 'weak' (local English). Usage: In local English 'weak' is often used to mean 'lazy'. 'Lazy' is often used to mean 'listless', 'tired' or 'lacking energy' Arlengarl alhew-penh alhengkerrerrew ayeng, [tea]-anem arrtya, alhengkerrarl ayeng aneyel arleng-penh. I've got tired after going a long way, now make some tea, I'm tired after a long journey. Sounds a bit like: alhengerr 'good, well'.

alhengkerr-antheyel   v.t. give someone a hard time, tire, wear someone out, annoy, irritate, nag, 'humbug' (local English). Morph: [antheyel] 'give'. Artwa ampwel ayenh alhengkerr-antheyel. The old man is giving me a hard time. Ampernemel alhengkerr-antherreyel. The kids are giving each other a hard time. Awey akely ngkwenh alhengkerr-anthey-angker. Your little boy is tiring. See also: arlkarerreyel (arlkareweyel); arwengk (arwengkeleyel); pwerep (pwerep-antheyel).

alhengkerrerreyel   Usage: (N) Variant: alhengkerrirreyel. Usage: (S) v.i. become tired. [Batik]-arl mpwareyel-penh ayeng alhengkerrerrew. I got tired from making batik. Alhengkerrerrew ayeng arlengelarl alhenh-penh, amernan ampernenh-arey arrantherr alhengkerr-wety, ayeng ltyerrey-alkenh. I've got tired after going a long way. You people cook the food, because I'm tired, I'm going to rest. See also: aylpeny (aylpenyerreyel).

alhenkeneyel   Usage: (N?) v.t. eat quickly and hungrily, stuff mouth (with food). Aker-then alhenkenem angayakwerrentyarl. Stuffing the food in when (you're) hungry. Arelh ampwel amentel amern alhenkeneyel. The old woman, on her own, is stuffing her mouth with food. = alhelth-arrerneyel ‘eat quickly and hungrily’.

alhenty-iperr   See main entry: alheyel.

alhepalh   n. Scented Wax Wattle, waxy wattle. Acacia melleodora. Comment: Shrub up to about 2.5 m high, with grey-green leaves with a whitish crust. Alhepalh-penh ntang inem athaynteyew. The seeds from the [alhepalh] are collected so that they can be ground up. See also: arterrk.

alhepalhayt   n. grub found in the waxy wattle. Acacia melleodora [(grub)]. Usage: Also referred to as [tyap alhepalhayt]. Tyap alhepalhayt tyerreyelarl artekerrel kwen aynteyel. The grub from the [alhepalh] is pulled out from where it lies inside the roots.

alhepalh-ayerr   n. grub found in the waxy wattle. Acacia melleodora [(grub)]. Comment: Also referred to as [tyap alhepalh-ayerr].

alher-alher   adv. slippery.

alhererreyel   Variant: arlererreyel. Usage: (N) v.i. slide, slip. Ampernem alyelk-they alhererrerl-alhewerr. The kids might slide over on the slippery surface. See also: alyelk (alyelkerreyel).

alher-alhererreyel   v.i. slip, slide, stagger, have a fit. Atnthepenh alher-alhererreyel mwetek. The car is sliding in the mud. Pwertay! Alher-alhererrewerr nga. [Floor] apely-antey! Look out! You might slip. The floor's still wet! Ngkwarl-penh alher-alhererrew-anem, aytnew-anem. He staggered around drunk, then fell over. See also: alyelk (alyelkelheyel); aytneyel (aytnelp-aytneyel); ilkweyel (ilkwelp-ilkweyel).

alherneyel   v.t. shine, illuminate, light something up. Rwel alherneyel arleng-they. The fire is shining from a long way. See also: alim-alimerreyel; amparrkeyel; antyarr (antyarr-antyarrerreyel); arrkeyel; arrtyerneyel. Sounds a bit like: alerneyel 'push against, prop up', lertneyel 'shake something'.

alhernelheyel   v.i. get warm (by the fire or in the sun). Artwa atheperrel alhernelheyel itwern-itwew. The man is warming himself in the sun because it's cold. See also: arrtyerneyel (arrtyernelheyel); tek- (tek-ampeyel); tek- (tek-aneyel).

alhernter   Usage: (Anm) n. 1 • white person, white people, European person. Morph: [alha] 'nose'; [rnter‑rnter] 'red'. Alhernter apetyeyel mwetek-akert. A white person is coming in a car. Alhernter arrwekeleny ahelengkwel-rnem irrentenh. The nasty whitefellers in the early days used to chase (people) away.

2 • any non-Aboriginal person. See also: arlter; arrerlker; metheth; rlwamp₂; waylpel.

alherreyel   v.t. 1 • scratch something. Kwey yanhel ampa akely atyenh alherreyel. That girl over there is scratching my baby. Artwernemay arwerlel alherrewerr, artnangkwarr alherl-anenty. All you men, the branches will scratch you when you are going through the scrub. See also: arreyneyel.

2 • scrape off, peel off. Arlewatyerr alherreyel yenp, akeran arlkweyek. Scraping the skin off the goanna to eat the meat. See also: aymperreyel.

alherrkw   n. dirty, muddy (water). Kwaty alherrkw apmwa iwey, aherninp antywenty ilwewerr, arntetyerrewerr. Chuck that muddy water away, drinking it with mud in it will kill you or make you sick. Sounds a bit like: arlerrk 'police', alerrkw 'fragile, dry'.

alherrkweleyel   Usage: (N) Variant: alherrkwileyel. Usage: (S) v.t. make muddy, make dirty. Pwelekelarl alherrkwelew. Alherrkw apmwa menty-ayntey. The bullocks muddied it. Leave that bad dirty water.

alherrp   Usage: (S) n. wind. Alherrp-anemarl pwey-alhek akngerrakw-they irrernt. Then a cold wind blew up from the south. Kwey! Alherrparl pwey-alhek-kety irrernt. Arnkwa ntywetyel aylpa! Girl! A cold wind has blown up. Put on warm clothes! See also: arrelang₁; arepal; aretharr. = awer ‘wind’; rwarr ‘wind’; Sounds a bit like: lerrp 'crippled, lame'.