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t-   See main entry: p-. verb connective. LINK.

ta-   1 •  Variant: pa-; rra-; ja-.

verb prefix. EMPHATIC. Gram: 9th order of verbal prefixes - EMPHATIC Gram: following certain other prefixes, often with a feminine verb root

2 • verb prefix. COMMAND. Gram: 1st order of verbal prefixes – subject-imperative Gram: Old Tiwi: singular Modern Tiwi: singular or plural; This is a variation of the emphatic prefix pa-; in Old Tiwi (and in some well known forms in Modern Tiwi) the form with the plural command becomes rra-, following the subject prefix, nyi- tamuwu Sit! (to one person). nyirramuwu sit! (to more than one).

taka   1 • feminine noun. tree, log. general term. Syn: purinjirringa. Category: Plants, Trees.

2 • free form verb. carve wood. Syn: purinjirringa -kirimi. See: -kiringirri. Ngarra taka yi-kirimi ngini yirrikipayi yikiringirri. He carved the wood so that he made it like a crocodile. Note: Photo by Marie Godfrey Category: Art, Traditional religion, Things people make.

takampunga   Usage: Archaic ( old Old Tiwi ). Variant: takapinga. feminine noun. crocodile. Crocodylus porosus. Syn: yirrikipayi, tayuni, yirrinkipijuni. See: jikipayinga; joruwiyi; jarrikarliwiyi. Note: Photo from ‘Tiwi Plants and Animals’ p117 Category: Sea or mangrove or river life, Reptiles.

takamuli   From: Iwaidja. feminine noun. rounded throwing stick with flat end, short rounded throwing stick. Syn: kunjanga. See: arlukwa; jampurraringa; juwiyani; kirlimurrupunga; kunjanga; mujururruka; miyarruli; murrukuwunga tankuwu; timirrikimaka; yirriwala. Note: Picture from 'Ngawurranungurumagi Nginingawila Ngapangiraga: Tiwi-English Dictionary' Category: Weapons (including for hunting).

takapinga   See main entry: takampunga.

takaringa   feminine noun. 1 • mullet (fish). See: artipunga; pirrilani; tikimpali. Note: Photo from ‘Tiwi Plants and Animals’ p108 Category: Clan groups, Fish.

2 • female member of the Mullet clan.

takaringuwi   plural noun. Mullet clan. Syn: Arruwurtuwi. Category: Clan groups.

takawayini   See main entry: tokwayini. free form verb. laugh.

takawuta   Usage: New Tiwi. free form verb. Gram: May have auxiliary verb with root: -mi chew, bite. Gram: from command form of old Tiwi verb root: -wawuta, with the prefix ki-. See: -wawuta; -wirri. Takawuta yinkana! Bite it with your teeth. Category: Body functions or actions, Food and cooking.

takitapirri   See main entry: takutapurri. free form verb. hold in arms, hug, embrace;

takulurumi   free form verb/interjection. watch out! Syn: arrana. Arrarna takulurumi! Be careful, watch out! Category: Interjections.

takupula   feminine noun. stage in preparation of kwaka (Cycad Palm nut) for eating, the cracked nuts soaked in water. See: yijonga; ngilinya; mantakalinya; maripurimika; murrintika; kwaka; minta; yingarla; -kipartungi- -majornti-; -mwarrinjingi-. Piti-ri-kipa-mini angi pakinya api awinyirra piti-p-artigani kangi kukuni.Nyonga nyirratuwu angi takupula api jajirrima wumunga ju-wantingi-mili kapi kukuni api nyonga pi-ti-ri-kipa-mini. They would crack open the Cycad Palm nuts at first then they would soak them in water. The next stage of the preparation would lie in the water for three days, so they would prepare another lot(?). Note: Photo by Jennifer Lee Category: Plants, Plant parts, Food and cooking, Traditional food.

takurta   Usage: Archaic ( old Old Tiwi ). noun. shoulder. Syn: ngimpala, yimpirata. See: ngirntimukwanga; ngirntaya; ngirntipwaja -pirrata-. Note: Photo from Jennifer Lee Category: Body parts and products.

takutapurri   Variant: takitapirri. Usage: New Tiwi. free form verb. Gram: May have auxiliary verb with root: -mi hold in arms, hug, embrace; Gram: from command form of old Tiwi verb root: -wurtampirri, with the prefix ki-. Syn: fe Þ Old_Tiwi: -wurtampirri. See: -kitimigi. Ngarra takatapurri a-wuji-ngi-mi pulangumwani. He's hugging the dog. Category: Holding or transfer, Body functions or actions.

takwakija   Variant: tokokija. feminine noun. wasp. Syn: takwakijini, wantarrunga. Ques: It is difficult to determine just what the difference is between takwakija and takwakijini. One explanation is that the masculine form takwakijini refers to just one and takwakija refers to a swarm. See: muntamunta; milingirrima. Note: Photo from ‘Tiwi Plants and Animals’ p132 Category: Insects and spiders.

takwakijini   masculine noun. wasp. Syn: takwakija, wantarrunga. Ques: It is difficult to determine just what the difference is between takwakija and takwakijini. One explanation is that the masculine form takwakijini refers to just one and takwakija refers to a swarm. See: muntamunta. Note: Photo from ‘Tiwi Plants and Animals’ p132 Category: Insects and spiders.

takwayinga   See main entry: tokwayinga. feminine noun. goose feather ball.

takwayingari   See main entry: tokwayingari. noun. flower.

takwayini   See main entry: tokwayini. free form verb. laugh.

talali   Variant: jalali. free form verb. put in, tip in or pour in. as honey into basket, liquid or things like sugar, rice into a container. See: -angimurtigi; alali. Nyirra talali jiyimi kukuni kapi wulijinga. She poured water into the tin. Category: Holding or transfer.

talapijini   See main entry: talipijini. noun. television.

talayuwa   noun. 1 • upper arm. Syn: kurumuta, murtiyarirringa. Note: Photo from Jennifer Lee See: yirrimpunga; yirripita; -ipiti-; -ipungi-; -kutu-; -mutu-. Category: Body parts and products.

2 • branch of tree. Syn: ngimpala. Note: Photo by Jennifer Lee Category: Plants, Plant parts.

talingini   See main entry: jalingini. masculine noun. native bee, thick bush honey, sugarbag.

talipijini   Variant: talapijini. From: English. noun. television. Category: Introduced items.

tamanipawi   Usage: New Tiwi. free form verb. Gram: May have Auxiliary verb with root: -mi lift up, raise. Gram: from command form of old Tiwi verb root: -amarnipagi. See: -amarnipagi. Nyirra tamanipawi jiyimi awinyirra waranga kiyi tamukuri jiyimi yinkitayi kangi kurrampali. She lifted up the stone and put it near her house. Note: Photo by Jennifer Lee Category: Holding or transfer, Change of position or state.

tami   Variant: taami. interjection. isn't that so?, tell me!; Gram: tag question - really command form (to one person): ta- 'emph' + - mi 'say' 'say it!'. Category: Interjections.

tamingajiyi   Usage: New Tiwi. free form verb. Gram: May have Auxiliary verb with root: -mi put on clothes, dress, wear clothes. Gram: Command form of Old Tiwi verb root: -amungartigi See: -kiripwiya; -amungartigi. Category: Holding or transfer, Clothing and material.

-tamiyi   See main entry: -witamiyi. intransitive verb root 3. cause footprints, leave footprints, step.

tamu   Variant: tamuwu. Usage: New Tiwi. free form verb. Gram: May have Auxiliary verb with root: -mi sit. Gram: The command form from Old Tiwi verb with root: -muwu used as free form verb Syn: -miringarra, tangilayi. Category: Position.

tamulaja   Usage: New Tiwi. free form verb. Gram: May have Auxiliary verb with root: -mi eat. Gram: from command form of old Tiwi verb root: -mulaja See: -wapa; -mulaja. Ngarra yirrikpayi tamulaja yimi kiyijini. The crocodile ate the little boy. Category: Food and cooking, Body functions or actions.

tamulanjini   See main entry: jamulanjini. masculine noun. bush honey, sugarbag.

tamuni   masculine noun. grave post. Syn: turtini, ngampurruningiyiti. See: -irruningi; -ingipi-. Note: Photos (1) by Jennifer Lee and (2) and (3) by Joy Naden Category: Traditional religion, Ceremonial objects.

tamuwu   See main entry: tamu. Free form verb. sit.

tangara   feminine noun. fat, fatty tissue on meat. Syn: yimpwarla. See: yirrimanga. Category: Body parts and products, Food and cooking, Traditional food. Category: Body parts and products, Food and cooking, Traditional food.

tangara -kirimi   make one's first initiation. See: marikumwarni. Awuta wawurruwi tangara wu-ri-kirimi awuta malakaninguwi pangarrinara. The men will give the young men their first initiation soon. Nuwa ngwiyi yintagi ngimpi-ni-wungili-kuruwala awuta tangara ngimpi-ri-kirimi pangarrinara. Later on you will sing initiation songs, those of you making your first initiation soon.

tangarima   masculine noun. camp, home. Syn: japuja. See: -arumwi-; -ili-; -akiji-; -i-; -ma-; jampaka; kurrampali. Category: Direction or location, Living and housing. Category: Direction or location, Living and housing. Category: Direction or location, Living and housing. Category: Direction or location, Living and housing.

tangarima -ma   Usage: Old Tiwi. Gram: 'he' as subject camp, make camp, set up camp, make home, settle. Syn: -amukurigi, japuja -ma, fe Þ Modern_Tiwi: -kirimi fe:or -mi. Wuta tangarima yi-ma kapi Wurrankuwu. They made their home at Wurrankuwu.

tangarima -mi or -kirimi   Usage: Modern Tiwi. camp, make camp, set up camp, make home, settle. Morph: tangarima ’home’ + verb with root:‑mi ’do’ or –kirimi ’make’. Syn: -amukurigi, japuja -ma, fe Þ Modern_Tiwi: japuja -kirimi. Waya awungarruwu tangarima pi-ri-kirim-ani. There they would make camp. Wuta yuwurrara pu-rru-muku-muwu wutiyati, kiyi tangarima pi-ri-kirimi awungarruwu. There they were married and made their camp over there. Karri wuta papi pirimi kapi Tarnitpi api waya awungarruwu tangarima pi-ri-kirimi. When they got to Tarntipi they made camp.

tangarima -wurugi   camp for little while. Usage: Old Tiwi. Morph: tangarima ’home’ + + verb with root:‑wurugi ’put down . Syn: japuja -wurugi. Awungarruwu tangarima ju - wurugi. Over there he camped for awhile. Note: Picture by artist at Murripurtiyanuwu Catholic School

tangarritangarri   masculine noun. pearl. Category: Sea or mangrove or river life, Sea or mangrove or river life.

tangilayi   Usage: New Tiwi. free form verb. sit with, live with. Gram: from command form of Old Tiwi verb root: -wungirlayi 'camp with, live with'. See: tamu; -miringarra. Ngiya tangilayi (ngirimi) nginja? Can I sit near you? Category: Being, Position, Living and housing.

tangini   masculine noun. stick. See: purinjiti; manjanga; purtini. Category: Plants, Plant parts.

tangitangi   1 • noun. bell. Category: Introduced items.

2 • free form verb. ring (bell), knock or bang on something. can be used for clapping sticks. Syn: kangikangi -mi, tumitumi -kirimi. See: -kipunga; -amartungura; -amartunguni. Ngarra ngawa-rringani tangitangi a-ri-kirimi karri nga-wuriyi jurra. Our Father rings the bell when we go to church. Tangitangi ta-kirimi tawutawunga! Bang the sticks together! Category: Violence or impact.

tangoyi   See main entry: tangwagi. free form verb. pull out.

tangulaka   See main entry: tongulaka. feminine noun. wooden canoe.

tangwagi   See main entry: tangwayi. free form verb. pull out.

tangwagi   Variant: tangoyi; tangwayi. Usage: Modern Tiwi, New Tiwi. free form verb. Gram: May have Auxiliary verb with root: -mi pull out. Gram: from command form of old Tiwi verb root: -ungwagi Syn: -ungwagi. See: -igi; pulimat; -kitikimi; -urruwa. Nyirra tangwayi jiyi-mi ngiyatuwu tangini kangilawa milampwara. She pulled the stick out of my foot. Category: Holding or transfer, Violence or impact.

tangwayi   See main entry: tangwagi. free form verb. pull out.

tani   conjunction. but, however, (even) though. Tani ngini nginja arnuka pupuni jimatama, api arrarna takulurumi. But if you do not become good then take care! Tani ngini jirti ngimpirimuwu, api arnuka kuwa ngintimatami. However what we don't like we don't obey. Tani waya yingampa mijuwalini wu-p-angiraga yingampa jirti wu-pa-y-angiraga. Some talk nicely but others say awful things. Category: Particles or conjunctions or clitics.

taningurupuranji   predicative. with a good shape. Morph: taninguru + puranji 'good'. Ques: I have found no other examples of taninguru Category: Physical qualities, Describing people or animals.

tankuwu   masculine noun. flat throwing or fighting stick. used in dancing amparruwu 'widows' dance'. Syn: juwiyani, yirriwala. See: arlukwa; jampurraringa; kirlimurrupunga; kunjanga; mujururruka; miyarruli; murrukuwunga; takamuli timirrikimaka. Category: Weapons (including for hunting), Traditional religion, Ceremonial objects.

tapala   free form verb. cook on coals. Morph: tapala on coals + verb with root:‑wa ’burn’ or‑awumi ’cook’. See: -awumi; yirrungurni; mwanamwana; jangajikini; turna. Miputi tapala yu-wa. The fish cooked in the coals. Note: Photo by Jennifer Lee Category: Food and cooking.

tapalinga   See main entry: japalinga. feminine noun. star.

tapijapunga   See main entry: tapirtapunga. feminine noun. Crab’s Eye vine.

tapiliti   From: English. noun. tablet. Category: Sickness or injury and healing.

tapirtapini   masculine noun. firefly. Syn: kulumuni. Category: Insects and spiders.

tapirtapunga   Variant: tapitapunga; tapijapunga. feminine noun. Crab’s Eye vine. Abrus precatorius. vine with has red and black berries, which people do not eat. They use them for decorating some kinds of headdresses and armbands. Some people call this a small tree. Syn: kulamuni. Read: 'Towards an Understanding of the Tiwi Language/Culture Context' by Teresa A. Ward p60, 'Tiwi Plants and Animals' p20. Note: Photo from 'Tiwi Plants and Animals' p20 Category: Plants.

tapitapunga   See main entry: tapirtapunga. feminine noun. Crab’s Eye vine.

tapulini   Variant: japulini. Usage: Modern Tiwi. From: English. noun. tent, tarpaulin, groundsheet. See: wunini. Note: Photo by Marie Godfrey Category: Introduced items.

tapuwapuwa   free form verb. slap. See: -kurrawupura. Ngajiti nyimpajapirni nginja-mwaringa manjanga. Nginta wanga yikara tapuwapuwa. Don't hit your daughter with a stick. Only slap her with your hand. Category: Violence or impact, Body functions or actions.

tarati   masculine noun. large crab. Syn: numwakini. See: kirimpika; pujurripuka; pumwarninga; kirluwuka; nginama; tuwulingata; arijilani; arijilaka; kiriwurrini kiriwurrika. Category: Sea or mangrove or river life, Crabs.

taratinga   See main entry: jaratinga. feminine noun. rain.

taringa   feminine noun. snake. general term, though normally refers to poisonous snake.Plural: taringuwi. Syn: aruwunga. See: aruwuni; taringini. Category: Snakes.

taringari   noun. cramp in leg. Morph: taringa 'snake' +‑ari 'around, like'. Category: Body functions or actions, Sickness or injury and healing.

taringini   masculine noun. poisonous snake. smaller variety. Syn: aruwuni. See: taringa; aruwunga. Category: Snakes.

taringuwi   Usage: Modern Tiwi. plural noun. snakes.Masculine: taringini. Feminine: taringa. Category: Snakes.

tarni   noun. stabbing pain. in shoulder or chest may move to heart and indicate a heart attack. Category: Sickness or injury and healing.

tarnikini   masculine noun. flying fox, fruit bat.Plural: tarnikiwi. See: -marringi-; -wingirrati-; murrupungawama. Note: Photo from Kate's Photo Diary's Photostream Category: Animals, Mammals.

tarnikiwi   Variant: tarnikuwi. plural noun. flying foxes, fruit bats.Singular: tarnikini. See: -marringi-; -wingirrati-; murrupungawama. Yita wanga tarnikiwi tumuji-ngi-marringi-muwu. Ngawa piraya ngini nga-wuni-marringi-pirn-ami Look there are a lot of flying foxes altogether here (with food). We are lucky because we can catch them. [z - TXT - Old Tiwi Text 009 - L12-13] Note: Photo from ‘Tiwi Plants and Animals’ p113 Category: Animals, Mammals.

tarnikuwi   See main entry: tarnikiwi. plural noun. flying foxes.

tarninga   feminine noun. type of stingray. See: jilipujinga; kirluwarringa; maratuma; palironji; palironji; rutinga; wuranjaka; wuranjani; wuritinga wutiyarlingika. Category: Sea or mangrove or river life, Fish.

tarntuwu   Variant: jarntuwu. noun. From: Murrinpatha. large boat, ship. Syn: maratinga, kapalapipi, tipuwarninki. See: jipankuna; jipulinga; kapala; kirawarri; kupunyi; mampini; mampunga; marruwaka mutuputi; parra pukirrakiningiyi; tongulaka; wiyawunga. Note: Photo by Evgeni Dinev - http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/images/view photog.php?photogid=1256 Category: Introduced items.

tarruwula   plural noun. Iwaidja people. Syn: yiwaja. Category: People, Human status.

tartiwali   See main entry: tartuwali. masculine noun. shark.

tartiwiyi   masculine noun. Taipan. See: puwatingini; taringa. Category: Snakes.

tartuwali   Variant: tartiwali. masculine noun. 1 • shark. general term. Syn: kitirruta, kijankara. Note: Picture by artist at Murripurtiyanuwu Catholic School Category: Sea or mangrove or river life, Fish.

2 • shark dance. Ngarra tini yoyi yimi tartuwali kapi tingata api tayikuwapi tiwi yoyi pirimi tartuwali. The man danced the shark dance and then many people danced the shark dance. Note: Picture by artist at Murripurtiyanuwu Catholic School Category: Traditional religion, Ceremonies.

taruka   See main entry: taruwuka. feminine noun. beauty leaf tree.

tarukwa   See main entry: taruwuka. feminine noun. beauty leaf tree.

taruwuka   Variant: taruka; tarukwa. feminine noun. beauty leaf tree. Calophyllum inophyllum, Guettarda speciosa, Carallia brachiata. refers to a few different types of shady trees which grow on edge of beach and which have large leaves. The fruit is not eaten by humans. Note: Photo from ‘Tiwi Plants and Animals’ p57 Category: Plants, Trees.

tatukwa   See main entry: jartukwa. noun. paddle. Category: Tools or utensils.

tawala   From: Indonesian. noun. saucepan. Category: Weapons (including for hunting), Introduced items.

tawila   noun. skin. Syn: kurlugi, warlirra, mipurra, puliminta. Note: Photo from jazzia - Royalty Free License - Creative Category: Body parts and products.

tawilikamini   masculine noun. lots of skin ( e.g. buffalo skin), hide. Syn: warlirramini. Category: Animal parts, Physical qualities, Describing people or animals.

tawilimintinga   See main entry: tawilimitinga. feminine noun. blanket, rug, mat.

tawilimitinga   Variant: tawilimintinga; tawulimintinga; tawulimitinga. feminine noun. blanket, rug, mat. See: tawilika. Ngarra yi-p-urnukuwa tawulimaiinga kangi kuluwuni. He straightened out the blanket on the ground. Category: Things people make.

tawu   Usage: Modern Tiwi. particle. Not sure of meaning. This apparently is used by a person when that person suspects they are being talked about by another person. Nyirra jiyimi tawu She talked about me/us. Ngirimajawu awarra tawu. I know you are talking about me. Category: Particles or conjunctions or clitics.

tawuka   feminine noun. ball. See: purrupuli; yiloga. Category: Introduced items.

tawulika   feminine noun. From: Iwaidja. blanket, swag. See: tawulikamini; tawulimitinga. Category: Introduced items, Clothing and material.

tawulimintinga   See main entry: tawilimitinga. feminine noun. blanket, rug, mat.

tawulimitinga   See main entry: tawilimitinga. feminine noun. blanket, rug, mat.

tawunaluwa   Usage: Archaic ( old Old Tiwi ). noun. chest. Syn: pipwa, maripirampa. Note: Picture by artist at Murripurtiyanuwu Catholic School Category: Body parts and products.

tawuni   Usage: Modern Tiwi. From: English. noun. town. Syn: tipampunumi. Category: Environment.

tawuniyampa   feminine noun. meat. Syn: purnikapa, yinjulota. Note: Photo by Jennifer Lee Category: Food and cooking, Traditional food.

tawunuli   From: English. noun. town hall. Category: Buildings, Introduced items.

tawurati   masculine noun. bush honey sugarbag, introduced honey, sugar. Syn: yingwati, jamulanjini, tingati. See: jalingini; jipiyinkimi; kitirrala; mawungunya; ngartankula; payawankula; yinjuparrura; yoyinkimi yuwurama. Ques: yingwati is the general term and it is the one most people know and use. There are several other terms for various types of 'bush honey' or 'sugarbag'. I have not personally verified the meanings given for each word. Note: Photo by Jennifer Lee Category: Food and cooking, Traditional food.

tawutawunga   feminine noun. clapping stick. Tangitangi ta-kirimi tawutawunga! Bang the sticks together! Category: Traditional religion, Ceremonial objects.

tawutawungari   Usage: Old Tiwi. temporal word. season of year, near the end of the wet season jamutakari. the time of the clapping sticks as it is the time when the kurlama ceremony. Morph: tawutawunga ’clapping stick’ +‑ari ’time of’. Read: 'Tiwi Plants and Animals' p7. Category: Seasons, Time, Weather.

tayama   feminine noun. female dingo.Masculine: tayamini. Plural: tayampi. Category: Animals, Introduced animals.

tayamini   masculine noun. dingo.Feminine: tayama. Plural: tayampi. Note: Photo by Ian Morris from ‘Tiwi Plants and Animals’ p113 Category: Animals, Introduced animals.

tayampi   plural noun. dingos.Feminine: tayama. Masculine: tayamini. Category: Introduced animals.

tayariya   Usage: Modern Tiwi. From: English. noun. diarrhoea. Syn: malariti. See: kinyirri. Category: Sickness or injury and healing.

tayikuwanga   quantifier. many feminine things.Masculine: tayikuwani. Plural: tayikuwapi. Gram: In Old Tiwi it is normally used with things or non-domestic animals which are feminine. It is used with animals or people where feminineity is in focus rather than plurality. See: yingarti; wulamparni. Category: Pronouns, Number and quantity. Category: Pronouns, Number and quantity.

tayikuwanga -kirimi   marry a lot of wives. Morph: tayikuwanga 'many females' + verb with root:‑kirimi 'make'. Parlingarri wuta ngawa-ampi tayikuwanga pi-ri-kirimani. Long ago our grandfathers used to marry a lot of wives. Category: Human status, Kinship.

tayikuwani   quantifier. many masculine things, Modern Tiwi: everything.Feminine: tayikuwanga. Plural: tayikuwapi. Gram: In old Tiwi it is normally used with things or non-domestic animals which are Masculine. It is used with animals or people where Masculineity is in focus rather than plurality. Syn: yirringiloti. See: yingarti; wulamparni. Category: Pronouns, Number and quantity.

tayikuwapi   quantifier. many, all, everyone. used with people and animals (Old Tiwi : only domestic animals);Masculine: tayikuwani. Feminine: tayikuwanga. Syn: tinimankini, arralupuwi. See: yingarti; punjiwi. Category: Number and quantity, Pronouns.

tayim   From: English. noun. time.

tayinti   command verb. 1 • stand!, stand up! Gram: Command form of Old Tiwi verb with root -inti 'stand'. Karri ngarra yipakuluwunyi ngarra-mirani ngini yimajirripi yinkitayi kapi yikwani api kuawayi yimi kangatawa, yimi ngini, "Tayinti! Kali kangiya," yimi. When he saw his son lying near the fire he called out, "Stand up! Come to me!," he said.

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free form verb. stand. Gram: May have Auxiliary verb with root: -mi Gram: Command form of Old Tiwi verb with root -inti 'stand' now used as a free form verb. Kiyi awinyirra tinga ji-p-awuriji yilaruwu kapi awinyirra kurrampali kiyi ju-wuriyi kapi ngawa-yuwuni api tayinti jiyimi yinkitayi kapi ngarra malapwara. Then the woman went inside the house and went to Our Older Brother and stood near his feet. Kiyi ngawa-yuwuni tayinti yimi kiyi yimi kapi awuta, "Nuwa kapi karluwu jirti nginti-ri-kirim-ani api nuwa pakinya nyi-rra-nyawu waranga kapi anaki yimpalinya," yimi ngawa-yuwuni kangi awuta Pharisees amintiya awuta scribes. The Our Older Brother stood up and said to them, "You have not done any wrong, you be the first to throw a stone at this woman," said Our Older Brother to those Pharisees and scribes. [Modern Tiwi Gospel book Luke 7:38] Ngawa wiyi tayinti nga-ri-mi kangatawa awarra ngawa-rringani ngini kuriyuwu. We will stand before Our Father who is above. [Modern Tiwi Gospel book John 8:7] Category: Position.

tayipuli   From: English. noun. table. Category: Introduced items.

tayuni   Usage: Archaic ( old Old Tiwi ). masculine noun. crocodile. Crocodylus porosus. Syn: yirrikipayi, takampunga, yirrinkipijuni. See: jikipayinga; joruwiyi; jarrikarluwiyi. Note: Photo by Ian Morris from ‘Tiwi Plants and Animals’ p117 Category: Sea or mangrove or river life, Reptiles.

teasim   Usage: New Tiwi. From: English. free form verb. Gram: May have Auxiliary verb with root: -mi tease. Category: Talking or thinking.

tellim   Usage: New Tiwi. From: English. free form verb. Gram: May have Auxiliary verb with root: -mi tell. Category: Talking or thinking.

tenjiya   From: English. noun. danger, dangerous.

thru   Variant: jru. Usage: New Tiwi. From: English. adverb. through. Category: Adverbs.

ti-₁   Variant: nti-; tu-; ntu-. verb prefix. Gram: 1st order of verbal prefixes - 2nd part of some - subject-PAST tense prefixes when there is a feminine verb root or transitive verb root with feminine object. PAST.feminine. As in: piti- ‘they.PAST.feminine’. Ngangi ngiya kurrampali ngi-ri-pujirr-amiya wuta karluwu pi-ti-ma-t-ili-mwari ngiya-mamirampi The house in which I shelter, well my children shouldn't leave it.

ti-₂   verb prefix. Gram: 4th order of verbal prefixes - mood 2 - Ci- where C = t with feminine verbs or on transitive verbs with 'her' as the object. 1 • IRREAL.feminine. Syn: rri-.

2 • POLITE COMMAND. wati-ti-pa-y-angimpari wake up in the morning (polite).

ti-₃   Variant: nti-. See main entry: mi-. verb prefix. Gram: 6th order of verbal prefixes – indirect object him.

-tiga   See main entry: -wutiga. intransitive verb root 1. spread out (of people).

tija   noun. From: English. teacher. See: tijim. Nyirra ju-wayakirayi ngiya awinyirra tija ngini warntirrana ngimp-angiraga. The teacher taught me how to speak properly. Category: People, Working, Human status.

tijim   Usage: New Tiwi. From: English. free form verb. teach. Syn: -piliga, -mingirripiliga, -ajipiliga, -mingirrajipiliga, -waluwa, -wayakirayi, lernim -mi. See: -kirripiliga; -imungitiga; -ajilipiliga; -murripiliga. Yingampa wuta kapi kakunukuluwi karluwu tijim wu-ri-mi wuta-mwaruwi ngini waki wurimi ngini wutawa tangarima, kapi awirankuwi. Some of the older people don't teach their daughters how to keep house, some of those young ones. Category: Talking or thinking.

tijimi   See main entry: tijim. free form verb. teach.

tika   feminine noun. penis. Syn: tumurrara. See: japaja; jinikala; timutuwunga; -mumuwuli-. Category: Body parts and products.

tikimat   See main entry: tikimati. free form verb. take out, take off (as clothes).

tikimati   Variant: tikimat. Usage: New Tiwi. From: English. free form verb. take out, take off (as clothes). See: -ajimwantirrigi; -wujirri; skinim. Kiyi wuta tikimati pirimi angatawa kuluji amintiya mitaya pirimi ngini-ngatawa kunawuni. Then they took off his clothes and stole his money. Karri yinukuninara poyilim ampirimi ninkiyi wayit ampi-ri-ma awungarri ngawa tikimat ngarimi miyaringa wutiriyi tangini. Awungarri nga-p-amukuri kapi wupunga kiyi nyirra trayi ampi-ri-ma. Kiyi karri waya nginingaji kiyija trayi ampirimi awinyirra kiyi nga-ri-kirimi pajikiti. When it has boiled for some time it becomes white and we take the Pandanus out with a stick. At that time we put it on the grass to dry. Then when it is a little bit dry we make a basket. Category: Change of position or state.

tikimpali   masculine noun. small type of mullet. See: takaringa; artipunga; pirrilani. Category: Sea or mangrove or river life, Fish, Food and cooking, Traditional food.

tikinim   Usage: Modern or New Tiwi. From: English. free form verb. Gram: May have Auxiliary verb with root: -mi dig. Category: Change of position or state.

tilipi   Usage: Modern Tiwi. From: English. noun. tea leaf. Syn: fe Þ Old_Tiwi: malarri, tuniwuni. See: manguluwuni; mangarla; wiyini. Category: Food and cooking, Traditional food.

tilipiringa   feminine noun. broad-headed spear with barbs on both sides. Syn: arawinikiri, tongontilawu. See: arati; arawinikiri; jalikaraji; jukwarliti; jurroringa; kayartirri; kulinjila; kurninjila; kutinikarri; miputikimi mungarlaka; murrukuwunga; numwariyaka; numwariyani; nurningini; nyingitinga; pijiwaya; pingawini tortinga; walanka; wulingaringa; yirrinkirliyati; -ingwarlimi-; -kipi-; -pwatijingi-; -wumurtiji-. Note: Picture from 'Ngawurranungurumagi Nginingawila Ngapangiraga: Tiwi-English Dictionary' Category: Weapons (including for hunting).

tilitilinga   Variant: tititilinga. feminine noun. revolver, gun. See: yangarntuni; yirrinkirliyati; yangatukwa; jurruwarli. Category: Weapons (including for hunting), Introduced items.

tiliwini   Usage: Archaic ( old Old Tiwi ). noun. neck. See: miritiga; mirnitiga; muluwa. Category: Body parts and products.

timamintuwi   See main entry: timintuwi. kinship noun. mothers-in-law, fathers-in-law.

timanamini   masculine noun. headland. See: timani. Category: Land or ground.

timani   masculine noun. land, country. Syn: murrakupupuni. See: yakuluwuni; yarti; warta; pakitatiya; kimirrakini; pamparinga; mirrimparinga; mirrituwunga; yawurlama. Category: Land or ground.

-timarti   See main entry: -wutimarti. intransitive verb root 3. want desire or like.

timilaka   feminine noun. species of mosquito. See: miminga; mimini; rakuma; rakuwunga; wurrimpawini; timilani. Category: Insects and spiders.

timilani   masculine noun. species of mosquito. See: miminga; mimini; rakuma; rakuwunga; wurrimpawini; timilaka. Category: Insects and spiders.

timilawi   plural noun. Mosquito clan. Syn: wilintuwila, yuwiyangipila. See: timilani; timilaka. Category: Clan groups.

timilimpama   Variant: timilipama. feminine noun. seed inside the Pandanus nut tipilipama or wurranya. people roast them and eat them. See: miyaringa; miyarti. Category: Plants, Plant parts, Food and cooking, Traditional food.

timilimpinga   feminine noun. trumpet shell. Category: Sea or mangrove or river life, Shellfish.

timilipama   See main entry: timilimpana. feminine noun. seed inside the Pandanus nut.

timinipulika   feminine noun. mangrove tree. Brugueria gymnorrhiza. white skinny trunk. The name of the long part (hypocotyl) that sticks out from the fruit is karampalinga. people used to use the stems of young plants to make throwing sticks for hunting Magpie Geese and ducks. Syn: murrunga. See: nurninga; karampalinga. Read: 'Tiwi Plants and Animals' p31. Note: Photo from 'Tiwi Plants and Animals' p 31 Category: Plants.

timinti   kinship noun. father-in-law (husband's father). Ques: I am not certain if there are other meanings, corresponding to the meanings of timintinga. Anth: Term of address (when talking to the person) and term of reference (when talking about the person)Feminine: timintinga. Plural: timamintuwi, timintuwi. Anth: Reciprocal terms See: makamaka; ngimpinyuwa; ngimpirinyuwa. Category: Kin terms.

timintinga   Variant: timitinga. kinship noun. daughter-in-law (son's wife), mother-in-law, mother's brother's wife, husband's aunties; Anth: Term of address (when talking to the person) and term of reference (when talking about the person)Masculine: timinti. Plural: timamintuwi, timintuwi. Anth: Reciprocal terms Syn: makamaka. See: ngimpinyuwa; ngimpirinyuwa. Category: Kin terms.

timintumuni   See main entry: tumuntumuni. masculine adjective. blunt.

timintuwi   Variant: timamintuwi. kinship noun. mothers-in-law, fathers-in-law. Ques: I am not certain if there are other meanings, corresponding to the meanings of timintinga. Anth: Term of address (when talking to the person) and term of reference (when talking about the person)Masculine: timinti. Feminine: timintinga. Anth: Reciprocal terms See: makamaka; ngimpinyuwa; ngimpirinyuwa. Category: Kin terms.

timiranka   Variant: timuranka; tumuranka. feminine noun. witchetty grub. Xyluetes. found in tumukuka tree in mangroves. Syn: timirankini, yatukuwani. Note: I am not sure of the difference between timiranka and timirankini. timiranka is probably a larger, fatter variety. Note: Photo from ‘Tiwi Plants and Animals’ p132 Category: Insects and spiders.

timirankini   Variant: timurankini; tumurankini. masculine noun. grub, witchetty grub. Xyluetes. found in tumukuka tree in mangroves. Syn: timiranka, yatukuwani. Note: Photo from ‘Tiwi Plants and Animals’ p132 Category: Insects and spiders.

timirraringa   masculine noun?. Woollybutt tree. Eucalyptus miniata. inside bark boiled up and sores can be bathed in the mixture. Syn: pungimitiyarri, mantiyurlaka, pimuwurrantinga. See: mantiyurlani. Note: Photos from ‘Tiwi Plants and Animals’ p49 Category: Plants, Trees.

timirraringuwi   plural noun. Woollybutt clan. Syn: arikitoruwi. See: timirraringa. Category: Clan groups.

timirrikimaka   feminine noun. long thin fighting stick. Syn: arlukwa. See: jampurraringa; juwiyani; kirlimurrupunga; kunjanga; mujururruka; miyarruli; murrukuwunga; takamuli tankuwu; timirrikimaka; yirriwala. Category: Weapons (including for hunting).

timirrikimani   Variant: timirrinkimani. masculine noun. digging stick. cut from mangrove tree. Syn: arlukuni. See: milingani; alungwarrani; ampirlingwarra; mirriparingini. Category: Tools or utensils.

timirrinkimani   See main entry: timirrikimani. masculine noun. digging stick.

timitinga   See main entry: timintinga. kinship noun. daughter-in-law.

timuj-   verb prefix. Gram: 7th order of verbal prefixes - aspect See main entry: tumuji-. together.

timuji-   See main entry: tumuji-. verb prefix. Gram: 7th order of verbal prefixes - aspect together.

timukuka   See main entry: tumukuka. feminine noun. 1 • tree found in mangroves.

2 • floating log, driftwood.

timukukuni   See main entry: tumukukuni. masculine noun. floating branch.

timunji-   See main entry: tumuji-. verb prefix. Gram: 7th order of verbal prefixes - aspect together.

timuntumunga   See main entry: tumuntumunga. feminine adjective. blunt feminine thing.

timuntumuni   See main entry: tumuntumuni. masculine adjective. blunt.

timuranka   See main entry: timiranka. feminine noun. witchetty grub.

timurankini   See main entry: timirankini. masculine noun. grub, witchetty grub.

timurrara   See main entry: tumurrara. noun. 1 • penis.

2 • part of miparriyi (Fan Palm).

timurripa   See main entry: tumurripa. feminine noun. navel.

timutuwunga   feminine noun. 1 • type of tree. makes good firesticks. Syn: patinga. Category: Plants, Trees.

2 • penis. rude. Syn: tika. See: japaja; jinikala; -mumuwuli-. Category: Body parts and products.

tinayijuwi   From: English. plural noun. teenagers. Syn: awirankuwi. See: wurrikurrinyuwi; alalingiwi; malakaninguwi; yirrukurrunyuwi. Category: Human stages, People.

ting   Usage: New Tiwi. From: English. noun. thing.

tinga   feminine noun. woman. specifically Tiwi woman but extended to woman in general;Masculine: tini. Plural: tiwi. Syn: yimparlinya, arikutumurninga, jarrikarlaninga, mamirnikiwi, arikutumirrinjayinga. Category: People, Human stages.

tingata   feminine noun. beach. See: wurrungalama; yartila; tingati; pungamparna; kuluwunila. Note: Photo by Jennifer Lee Category: Land or ground.

tingati   masculine noun. 1 • sand. Syn: nampirrangini, wujuwujini. See: yarati; tingata. Category: Land or ground.

2 • sugar. Syn: tawurati. See: tamulanjini; jukukuni. Category: Food and cooking, Introduced food.

tingatinga   free form verb. go along beach. Morph: tingata 'beach' +‑inga 'along' + verb with root:‑mi ’do’ or‑wuja ’be going’. See: yintula; yintulinga; wartinga. Wuta pirri-p-angulimayi kapi tingata kiyi tingatinga pirri-yi-m-am-ani. They walked to the beach then they walked along it. Ngawa nginti-ri-mi 'Ngimini a-wuni-yi-ki-ja tingatinga.' We said 'Someone is coming along the beach.'. Tuwanga yintulala nyi-ma-j-ingi-mi, yingwampa tingatinga wu-rra-ma-j-akuji-ngi-mi. Again follow along the shore in the canoe, while some, in a big group, should walk along the beach. Category: Moving, Direction or location.

tingatingala   free form verb. go along beach a long way, keep going along beach. Morph: tingatinga ’go along beach’ +‑la ’CONTINUOUS’. See: yintulingala. Tingatingala jiyimi awinyirra kirijinga. That little girl walked a long way along the beach. Category: Moving, Direction or location.

tingatiyanginila   masculine noun. masculine things found on beach.Feminine: tingatiyankala. See: wartiyanginila. Category: Physical qualities.

tingatiyankala   feminine noun. woman staying at beach, feminine things found on beach.Masculine: tingatinginila. See: wartiyanginila. Category: Describing people or animals, People, Human status.

tingawa   noun. lip. See: yirrimpuntara; yirripuntikawa. Category: Body parts and products.

tingawini   masculine noun. beeswax. Category: Made by insects, Beliefs, Art.

tinginga   noun. type of tree. Terminalia microcarpa, Choriceras tricorne, Xanthostemon psidioides. This word refers to a few different trees, all of which have hard wood suitable for making digging sticks or the dancing sticks used by women during ceremonies. Read: ‘Tiwi Plants and Animals’ p38, 86, 90. Note: Photo from ‘Tiwi Plants and Animals’ p86 Category: Plants, Trees.

tingiwini   masculine noun. hollow log or tree. See: purinjirringa; taka; -majingipi-. Note: Photo from G kat26’s photostream (1,372) Category: Plants, Plant parts.

tini   masculine noun. man. specifically Tiwi man but often extended to all men, particularly in Modern Tiwi. Syn: arikutumurnini, arikutumirrinjayini.Feminine: tinga. Plural: tiwi. See: awurrini; jajingarti. Note: Picture - ABORIGC - Disc - 27 500 Vector Clip art Category: People, Human stages.

tinimankini   quantifier. lots of people. Syn: arralupuwi, tayikuwapi. Category: Number and quantity.

tinimurrula   noun. hair belt. made from long human hair, made only by men; worn by mourners. Morph: tini 'man' + murrula 'hair'. Syn: wurlirrima. Tinimurrula jiyi-muw-ani. She wore a belt made of hair. Category: Traditional religion, Ceremonial objects.

tiniwinga   See main entry: tuniwunga. feminine noun. black woman or feminine thing.

tiniwini   See main entry: tuniwuni. masculine noun. 1 • black man or masculine thing.

2 • tea leaf.

tiniwuwi   See main entry: tuniwuwi. plural noun. black people.

tinkamaga   See main entry: tinkimaga. feminine noun. nose.

tinkimaga   Variant: tinkamaga. feminine noun. nose. Syn: yirringintamura, jinimuli. See: -ungintami-. Note: Photo from Jennifer Lee Category: Body parts and products.

tinkuruwulingini   See main entry: jukuruwulingini.

tipampunumi   masculine noun. town. Syn: tawuni. Category: Environment.

tipatirringimawu   feminine noun. old woman. Syn: yinjula, wulikimaka, wulimaka. See: piluwaringa; pirrimaringa; yinkurlinga; parlika. Category: People, Human stages.

tipi-   Variant: tipu-. verb prefix. Gram: 8th order of verbal prefixes - STANCE all over ground, over big area. Yirringarni a-ti-pu-ngi-mangu-wu. There are puddles all over the place. arramukaminurlimayi ngini a-tipi-ngi-miringarra kapi murrakupupuni. all sorts of things which live all over the bush.

tipilipama   feminine noun. Pandanus nuts. People roast and eat the seeds inside (timilimpama). Syn: wurranya. See: miyaringa; miyarti. Note: Photo from ‘Tiwi Plants and Animals’ p71 Category: Plants, Plant parts.

tipu-   See main entry: tipi-. verb prefix. Gram: 8th order of verbal prefixes - STANCE all over ground, over big area.

tipurrukurluwa   Variant: tipurrukurtuwa; tipurrukutuwa. noun. type of fern. Drynaria querifolia, Dicranopteris linearis. Ques: It is possible that some people were able to distinguish between the two types of ferns but that knowledge seems to have been lost now. People sometimes may roast the base of the frond or the roots on the coals and eat them. Syn: jurntuma, waliminikima, jukula, mirrijikurlini. Read: 'Tiwi Plants and Animals' p43, 45. Category: Plants, Food and cooking, Traditional food.

tipurrukurtuwa   See main entry: tipurrukurluwa. noun. type of fern.

tipurrukutuwa   See main entry: tipurrukurluwa. noun. type of fern.

tipuwarninki   Usage: Archaic ( old Old Tiwi ). feminine noun. ship with funnel. Syn: kapalapipi, maratinga, tarntuwu. See: jipankuna; jipulinga; kapala; kirawarri; kupunyi; mampini; mampunga; marruwaka mutuputi; parra pukirrakiningiyi; tongulaka; wiyawunga. Category: Transport, Introduced items.

tirikwanga   See main entry: turukwanga. feminine noun. type of vine, native grape.

tirimurruka   Variant: turumurruka. feminine noun. woman who walks quickly, something quick (feminine).Masculine: tirimurrukuni. Plural: tirimurrukuwi. See: mirarra; murruka; kalikalinga; kirimurruka; kiriturrukunga. Category: Physical qualities, Describing people or animals.

tirimurrukuni   Variant: turumurrikini; turumurrukuni. masculine noun. male who walks quickly, something quick, fast.Feminine: tirimurruka. Plural: tirimurrukuwi. Syn: kalikalini, piyapiyawini. See: mirarra; mirati; murruka; kirimurrukini; kiriturrukini; yirrima. Ant: pulintini. Ngiya ngirrarimi ngampi-rra-m-ani ngimpi-ri-kirruwa pili ngiya yirrikarla yirrukuni, amintiya ngiya turumurrikini. Nginja pulintini. I mistakenly thought I would catch you up because my legs are long and I am fast and you are slow. Category: Physical qualities, Describing people or animals.

tirimurrukuwi   Variant: turumurrukuwi. plural noun. people who walk quickly.Masculine: tirimurrukuni. Feminine: tirimurruka. Syn: piyapiyawiwi. See: mirarra; murruka; mirati; kirimurrukuwi; kiriturrukuwi. Category: Physical qualities, Describing people or animals.

tiripuyini   See main entry: turupwiyini. masculine adjective. straight (masculine).

tiripwiya   See main entry: turupwiya. adverb. straight.

tiripwiyinga   See main entry: turupwiyinga. feminine adjective. straight (feminine).

tiripwiyini   See main entry: turupwiyini. masculine adjective. straight (masculine).

tiriwati   See main entry: tiruwati. masculine noun. bream.

tiriwurrikini   masculine noun. man with good brain, quick thinker, clever man. Gram: normally with pungintagaFeminine: tiriwurrikunga. See: tiriwurrikini; pungintagamini; arlanyawini; pupuni punyipunyi fe Þ or yingarti punyipunyi. Category: Physical qualities, Describing people or animals, Describing people or animals.

tiriwurrikunga   feminine noun. female with good brain, quick thinking or clever female. Gram: normally with pungintagaMasculine: tiriwurrikini. See: pungintagamini; arlanyawini. Category: Non-physical qualities, Describing people or animals.

tirnama   See main entry: tuwunama. feminine noun. 1 • feather ball.

2 • type of tree.

tirnima   noun. whiskers. Category: Body parts and products.

tirniwini   See main entry: tuniwuni. masculine noun. 1 • black man or masculine thing.

2 • tea leaf.

tirniwuwi   See main entry: tuniwuwi. plural noun. black people.

tirnumuni   See main entry: turnumuni. masculine noun. large salmon.

tirrika   feminine noun. Green Tree snake. Dendrelaphis punctulatus. See: kiraga; kirluwutingini. Note: Photo from ‘Tiwi Plants and Animals’ p121 Category: Snakes.

tirriki   Variant: tirrinki. free form verb. swear. Kama tirriki jiyimi ngiya? Why did you swear at me? Jirti a-ru-wayapija ngini tirrinki a-wujingi-m-ami. He is talking bad talk in that he is swearing. Category: Talking or thinking.

tirrikini   masculine adjective. sharp edged. Ques: not sure if there is a feminine form Syn: tirriwini. See: murrupuni; mitikani. Category: Physical qualities.

tirrinki   See main entry: tirriki. free form verb. Gram: May have Auxiliary verb with root: -mi swear.

tirrintirri   feminine noun. Burdekin Duck. Tadorna radjah.. Syn: arntirrintirringa, marliwarra. Note: Photo by Ian Morris in 'Tiwi Plants and Animals' p93 Category: Birds, Water birds.

tirriwinga   Variant: tirriwunga. feminine adjective. sharp feminine thing.Masculine: tirriwini. See: murrupuni; mitikani; tirrikini. Nginingaji kurrijuwa pirikirimani tirriwunga munkwanga. They made the stone axe sharp like a steel axe. Category: Physical qualities.

tirriwini   masculine adjective. sharp masculine thing.Feminine: tirriwinga. Syn: tirrikini. See: murrupuni; mitikani. Category: Physical qualities.

tirrukukuni   See main entry: jurrukukuni. masculine noun. Boobook Owl.

tirrutukwa   See main entry: jirrutukwa. feminine noun. type of fish.

tiruwati   Variant: tiriwati; fe Þ Modern_Tiwi: kiruwati. masculine noun. bream. Note: Photo from Kate’s Photo Diary’s photostream Category: Sea or mangrove or river life, Fish, Food and cooking, Traditional food.

tititilinga   See main entry: tilitilinga. feminine noun. revolver, gun.

tiwi   plural noun. people. specifically Tiwi people but often extended to all people, particularly in Modern Tiwi.Masculine: tini. Feminine: tinga. See: arikutumurnuwi; arikutumirrinjayuwi. Category: People, Human stages.

tiya₁   adverb. pretending, deceiving, in fun, acting. Tiya pi-rri-mini-kiyarri They tricked me in fun. Wuta tiya pi-ri-kunyani purru-wurtiyarra wuta-rringani, pirimi ngini, 'Nginta wanga ngawa pirlamarri nginti-ri-pirni nginja-mawanyini'. They lied to their father when they said to him, 'We killed your grandson by mistake.'. Ngarra tiya awarra yimanka, wu-ri-kiringirri. That film is not real, they are just acting. Ngarra tiya nginiyi yimanka mwani-kiyarri wu-ri-kiringirri awarra. It's just tricking us that picture. They are just acting. Tiya pi-rri-mini-kiyarri They tricked me in fun. Wuta tiya pi-ri-kunyani purru-wurtiyarra wuta-rringani, pirimi ngini, 'Nginta wanga ngawa pirlamarri nginti-ri-pirni nginja-mawanyini'. They lied to their father when they said to him, 'We killed your grandson by mistake.'. Ngarra tiya awarra yimanka, wu-ri-kiringirri. That film is not real, they are just acting. Ngarra tiya nginiyi yimanka mwani-kiyarri wu-ri-kiringirri awarra. It's just tricking us that picture. They are just acting.

tiya -pwalitiya   test someone. Morph: tiya 'pretending' + verb with root:‑pwalitiya 'test'. Wuta tiya awarra pirr-a-ri-polintiya, pili wuta karluwu kuwa pi-rri-ja-ami ngini ngawa-rringani yi-ni-p-angirri. They tried to test him because they did not believe that God had sent him. Category: Particles or conjunctions or clitics.

tiya₂   noun. growing point or cabbage at the top of some type of Palms, such as paliwuni or jora. Read: 'Tiwi Plants and Animals' pp35, 57, 61. Category: Plant parts, Food and cooking.

tiya₃   noun. sound made by crickets, cicadas etc. tiya a-p-angiraga they (the cicadas) say 'tiya'.

tiyari   temporal word. build up season of year, around mid-August to November, when the days are hot and humid. the time when the cicadas call out tiya; shorter seasons within tiyari: fv: milikatorinari, fv: pumwanyingari or kurukurari, pakitiringari. See: kumurrupunari; jamutakari. Read: 'Towards an Understanding of the Tiwi Language/Culture Context' by Teresa A. Ward p41; 'Tiwi Plants and Animals: Aboriginal flora and fauna knowledge from Bathurst and melville Islands northern Australia', Parks and Wildlife Commisiion of the Northern territory and Tiwi Land Council Darwin, 2001, p7. Note: Picture by artist at Murripurtiyanuwu Catholic School Category: Weather, Time, Seasons.

-tiyarra   See main entry: -wujiyarra. transitive verb root 3. tell, say to, talk to.

-tiyi   See main entry: -wurtiyi. transitive verb root 3. for woman to bear a child.

tiyoni   masculine noun. cheeky yam. Amorphophallus galbra. People dig up the tuber when the stem above ground has gone yellow in the early dry season. They then cover the tubers in ashes and coals and cook them from sunset to sunrise. They eat the tubers on the first night of the kurlama ceremony. People call tiyoni the 'husband' of wupwarna. Wallabies eat some parts of the plant. See: kurlama; muranga; murani; murrukawini; kutukuta; ngirawiyaka; wupwarna; wurtinyini; wulipiyawini kukuwu. Parta, pirr-ati-ri-ma-rri-ki-y-unukuga-mini muranga, tiyoni, jilarringa. After that they would line up the muranga and tiyoni yams and jilarringa roots. Read: 'Tiwi Plants and Animals' p24. Note: Photo from ‘Tiwi Plants and Animals’ p24 Category: Plants, Traditional religion.

tojilayit   See main entry: tojilayiti. noun. torch.

tojilayiti   Variant: tojilayit. Usage: New Tiwi. From: English. noun. torch, light. Syn: jurrimumikimi. See: layiti. Category: Light, Introduced items.

tokampari   See main entry: tokwampinari. temporal word. dawn, daylight.

tokampayi   See main entry: tokwampinari. temporal word. dawn, daylight.

tokampini   See main entry: tokwampini. masculine noun. bird.

tokampunga   See main entry: tokwampunga. feminine noun. bird.

tokampuwi   See main entry: tokwampuwi. plural noun. birds.

tokapayinga   feminine noun. canoe, floating log. Ques: I have only come across this in one story in which in one sentence it is translated as 'canoe' and in another as 'log', so it is not clear what the exact meaning is. It is probably a buoyant log (possibly made of the trunk of the mangrove tree jinjinga) which they used to hang on to in the water. See: kupunyi; mampini; mampunga; parra; tongulaka; wiyawunga; tumukuka; pirriyalinga. Ngampi naki awuta tiwi putu-wununguruga-mini awinyirra tokapayinga, api karrikamini yinkiti amintiya kukuni. The men who were hanging onto the canoe didn't have any food or fresh water. Karri japinari awinyirra jajirrima wumunga, awuta jajingaruwi kapi waya yinkitayi pirri-p-ingarti putu-wununguruga-mini angiwutawa tokapayinga, api jaluwuni yi-ma-rr-uriyi, api kapi ampi-ni-p-ukularri warnarringa. Then early in the morning of the third day, they went back into the water and held onto their and the tide took them to the east (Lit: where the sun rises). Category: Things people make.

tokapunga   See main entry: tokwampunga. masculine noun. bird.

tokapuni   See main entry: tokwampini. masculine noun. bird.

tokapuwi   See main entry: tokwampuwi. plural noun. 1 • birds.

2 • people of Bird clan.

tokayini   See main entry: tokwayini. free form verb. laugh.

tokuta   From: English. masculine noun. male doctor, nurse or health worker.Feminine: tokutinga. Plural: tokutuwi. Api ngawa-yuwuni, karri yi-pitingaya awarra ngini awuta Pharisees pirri-p-angiraga api ngarra yimi kangi wutawa, "Awarra tokuta karluwu awuriyi kapi awuta arikutumunuwi kapi yimpanguwi ngini pupuwi yi-ma-ta-kirimi awuta. Waya juwa ngarra a-wuriyi kapi awuta kapi purunjuwi," yimi. So our older brother, when he heard what the Pharisees said, well he said to them, "The doctor does not go to those people who are healthy to make them better. He only goes to those who are sick," he said. Note: Photo from gallery of Picture It! software Category: People, Human status, Working.

tokutinga   From: English. feminine noun. female doctor, nurse or health worker.Masculine: tokuta. Plural: tokutuwi. Note: Picture from 'Ngawurranungurumagi Nginingawila Ngapangiraga: Tiwi-English Dictionary' Category: People, Human status, Working.

tokutuwi   From: English. plural noun. doctors, nurses, health workers.Masculine: tokuta. Feminine: tokutinga. Ngini jana a-mani-nyayi nginingaji flu nga-wu-rru-wariyi kapi tokutuwi wu-man-t-akirayi tapiliti amintiya jakijini. If sickness strikes us (Lit finds us), like flu, we should go to the health workers and they will give us tablets and injections. Category: People, Human status, Working.

tokwampari   See main entry: tokwampinari. temporal word. dawn, daylight.

tokwampayi   See main entry: tokwampinari. temporal word. dawn, daylight.

tokwampinari   Variant: tokampari; tokwampayi; tokampayi. temporal word. dawn, daylight (when birds start to sing). following arawungari 'first light'. Morph: tokwampini 'bird' +‑ari ’time of’. See: murantikala; arawunga; wujakari; yirrimaningura; yartijumurra; japinari. Kipwapi kularlaga arikima yinkiti japinamini. Tokampayi awatipawuriji kangi tingiwini. The bandicoot hunts around for food at night. In the early morning it goes inside a hollow log. Read: 'Towards an Understanding of the Tiwi Language/Culture Context' by Teresa A. Ward p76. Category: Time.

tokwampini   Variant: tokampini; fe Þ Modern_Tiwi: tokapini; tokapuni. masculine noun. bird.Feminine: tokwampunga. Plural: tokwampuwi. Note: Picture by artist at Murripurtiyanuwu Catholic School Category: Birds.

tokwampunga   Variant: tokampunga; fe Þ Modern_Tiwi: tokapunga. feminine noun. bird.Masculine: tokwampini. Plural: tokwampuwi. Category: Birds.

tokwampuwi   Variant: tokampuwi; fe Þ Modern_Tiwi: tokapuwi. plural noun. 1 • birds.Masculine: tokwampini. Feminine: tokwampunga. Note: Picture by artist at Murripurtiyanuwu Catholic School Category: Birds.

2 • people of Bird clan. Syn: murrupiyangupila. Category: Clan groups.

tokwayinga   Variant: takwayinga. feminine noun. goose feather ball. Syn: pukupunawu, tuwunama, mantipunga. See: yilanjini; marinkwani. Note: Picture by Jennifer Lee Category: Traditional religion, Ceremonial objects.

tokwayingari   Variant: takwayingari. noun. type of flower. small and blue - looks like goose feather ball just flower or tree too. Syn: tuwunama. See: tokwayinga. Category: Plants, Plant parts.

tokwayini   Variant: takwayini; takawayini; tokayini. free form verb. laugh. Syn: pwakayini, wulinjini. See: -amirnangili; -ajirupwaga. Note: Photo used with permission Category: Talking or thinking, Feeling, Social behaviour.

tongayi   See main entry: tongwayi. free form verb. blame or accuse.

tongitongini   masculine noun. Little Bittern. Syn: longintongini. Category: Birds.

tongontilawu   feminine noun. broad-headed spear barbed on both sides. Syn: arawinikiri, tilipiringa. See: arati; arawinikiri; jalikaraji; jukwarliti; jurroringa; kayartirri; kulinjila; kurninjila; kutinikarri; miputikimi mungarlaka; murrukuwunga; numwariyaka; numwariyani; nurningini; nyingitinga; pijiwaya; pingawini tortinga; walanka; wulingaringa; yirrinkirliyati; -ingwarlimi-; -kipi-; -pwatijingi-; -wumurtiji-. Note: Picture from 'Ngawurranungurumagi Nginingawila Ngapangiraga: Tiwi-English Dictionary' Category: Weapons (including for hunting).

tongulaka   Variant: tongulanka; tangulaka. feminine noun. wooden or dugout canoe. Syn: parra, kupunyi. See: jipankuna; jipulinga; kapala; kapalapipi; kirawarri; mampini; mampunga; maratinga; marruwaka mutuputi pukirrakiningiyi; tarntuwu; tipuwarninki; wiyawunga; tokapayinga; kinuwu. Note: Photo by Jennifer Lee Category: Transport.

tongulanka   See main entry: tongulaka. feminine noun. wooden canoe.

tongwayi   Variant: tongayi; fe Þ Modern_or_New_Tiwi. free form verb. blame or accuse someone unfairly, pick on someone. Syn: -wungwayi (fe Þ Old_Tiwi). Kama tongwayi ngiya? Why are you picking on me? Wuta tongwayi pirimi ngiya. They picked on me. Category: Talking or thinking, Social behaviour.

torawu   Variant: tarawu. free form verb. 1 • for something to break or snap in two. as twig when trodden on. See: -marrartipiya; -makanya; -wawurra; -angintaya. Yu-wari-pukirimi api torawu yi-mi wurlani. He tried to cut into it (tree) but the axe handle broke. Category: Cutting or breaking or tearing.

2 • cut or break something into two, snap something. See: -marrartipigi; -purtuwa; -angintayamigi; -wawurrini; -wunungurra; -wunungurrini; -ilipurtuwa. Anaki ngiya-mantanga torawu ji-kirimi pinjili. My friend broke the pencil. Category: Cutting or breaking or tearing.

tornti   See main entry: torti. 1 • masculine noun. razor grass.

2 • adverb. well.

torti₁   Variant: tornti. masculine noun. razor grass. Scleria ciliaris. The sharp edges of this plant cut your feet and legs if you walk through it. So people try to avoid it when hunting or travelling. Read: 'Tiwi Plants and Animals' p77. Category: Plants, Grass.

torti₂   adverb. well. Gram: I have only one example of this so it is hard to tell the real meaning. Kiyija tornti wurimi. Kapi awirankuwi tornti wurimi tani papurraluw-apa, kiyija wu-p-angiraga. They speak it (English) not too badly. Those who are young speak well but the old ones talk only a little. Category: Adverbs.

tortinga   feminine noun. sharp- pointed steel-headed spear. with broad blade. See: arati; arawinikiri; jalikaraji; jukwarliti; jurroringa; kayartirri; kulinjila; kurninjila; kutinikarri; miputikimi mungarlaka; murrukuwunga; numwariyaka; numwariyani; nurningini; nyingitinga; pijiwaya; pingawini tilipiringa; tongontilawu; walanka; wulingaringa; yirrinkirliyati; -ingwarlimi-; -kipi-; -pwatijingi- -wumurtiji-. Note: Picture from ‘Ngawurranungurumagi Nginingawila Ngapangiraga: Tiwi-English Dictionary’ Category: Weapons (including for hunting).

toyilit   Usage: Modern Tiwi. From: English. noun. excrement, faeces. Syn: kinyirri. Category: Body parts and products.

trayi₁   Usage: New Tiwi. From: English. adverb. try. Category: Adverbs.

trayi₂   Usage: New Tiwi. From: English. adjective. dry. Karri yinukuninara poyilim ampirimi ninkiyi wayit ampi-ri-ma awungarri ngawa tikimat ngarimi miyaringa wutiriyi tangini. Awungarri nga-p-amukuri kapi wupunga kiyi nyirra trayi ampi-ri-ma. Kiyi karri waya nginingaji kiyija trayi ampirimi awinyirra kiyi nga-ri-kirimi pajikiti. When it has boiled for some time it becomes white and we take the Pandanus out with a stick. At that time we put it on the grass to dry. Then when it is a little bit dry we make a basket. Category: Describing things, Change of position or state.

trayim   Usage: New Tiwi. From: English. free form verb. Gram: May have Auxiliary verb with root: -mi dry. Category: Change of position or state.

tu-₁   See main entry: ti-. verb prefix. Gram: 1st order of verbal prefixes - subject-PAST tense- feminine Past.feminine.

tu-₂   See main entry: ti-. verb prefix. Gram: 4th order of verbal prefixes - mood 2 IRREAL.F.

tu-₃   See main entry: mi-. verb prefix. Gram: 6th order of verbal prefixes - indirect object to or for him.

tu-₄   See main entry: ta-. verb prefix. Gram: 1st order of verbal prefixes - subject-imperative; with certain class 3 verb roots where vowel of prefix and first vowel of root change place EMP. tu-wariyi go!

tuka   particle. stative. Gram: It is not clear from the examples of this just what it means. Tuka wurikirimi api wurikiringirri tini They make a carving like a man. Category: Particles or conjunctions or clitics.

tukatuka   See main entry: tukwatukwa. feminine noun. female bandicoot.

tukatukuni   See main entry: tukwatukuni. masculine noun. male bandicoot.

tukotanga   See main entry: jukwatanga. noun. back.

tukula   See main entry: jukula. noun. fern.

tukurrukwa   See main entry: jukurrukwa. feminine noun. small pieces left over from food, tobacco etc, crumbs, syllable, rubbish.

tukwatanga   See main entry: jukwatanga. noun. back.

tukwatuka   See main entry: tukwatukwa. feminine noun. female bandicoot.

tukwatukuni   Variant: tukatukuni. masculine noun. male bandicoot.Feminine: tukwatukwa. See: kipwapi; marinyi; jajurrukwa. Category: Animals, Mammals.

tukwatukwa   Variant: tukwatuka; fe Þ Modern_Tiwi: tukatuka. feminine noun. female bandicoot.Masculine: tukwatukuni. See: kipwapi; marinyi. Category: Animals, Mammals.

tulaka   feminine noun. boil. watery but not with pus. See: pirtajinga. Category: Sickness or injury and healing.

tulaka   See main entry: turlaka. feminine noun. small water snake.

tulimiya   See main entry: tuwulimiya. adverb. straight.

tulini   See main entry: turlini. masculine noun. Palm basket, Palm fibre.

tulituli   Variant: turliturli. predicative. hot, spicy, bitter, salty. This seems to apply to any strong taste. Syn: malakati. See: yikwanari. Awuta mamanakuwi pirlikitila pirimi api alali yimangimi kapi yirringarni api kiyi turliturli yimangimi. Those spirits kept crying and their tears ran into the lagoon and it became salty. Waya ningani turliturli arimangimi kukuni kapi kuluwaga. So it is today that those billabongs are still salty. Category: Physical qualities.

tuluwa   See main entry: tuwuluwa. masculine noun. head.

tumitumi   free form verb. knock on something. See: -kipunga; -amartungura; -amartunguni; kangikangi; tangitangi. Tumitumi ta-kirimi knock at the door Knock on the door! Category: Violence or impact.

tumopinila   See main entry: tumwapinila. feminine noun. Straw-necked Ibis.

tumpiyuka   See main entry: jumpiyuka. feminine noun. carpet snake.

tumpuka   Variant: tupuka. feminine noun. anchor, stone. See: waranga; yanka. Karri pi-ri-maji-rr-apurti maringarruwu, api tupuka purru-wunyawu, api kutupi pi-ri-mi kapi murrakupupuni. When they reached the other side they threw out the anchor and jumped out onto the land. Note: Picture from gallery of Picture It! Category: Transport.

tumpunari   Variant: tupunari. free form verb. 1 • sink down under water, for somebody to drown. See: -ungarti; -akupunarli; -akuparigi; -partingi-. Awarra yirrikipayi tumpunari yi-ma-j-ingarti awarra kirijini. The crocodile dived under the water with the boy. Ngajiti mwarliki ngimp-a-ja-mi kapi juwurti pili nuwa wiyi tupunari ngimpi-ri-mi. Don't swim in the deep water because you will drown. Category: Moving, Water.

2 • drown somebody. See: -ungartigi; -akupunarligi; -wuningiyartigi. Category: Violence or impact, Water.

tumpuni   masculine noun. large Long Tom (fish). Strongylura spp., Tylosurus spp.. Syn: wijinga, alapiyinga. Note: Picture from 'Ngawurranungurumagi Nginingawila Ngapangiraga: Tiwi-English Dictionary' Note: Photo from ‘Tiwi Plants and Animals’ p108 Category: Sea or mangrove or river life, Fish.

tumpurama   masculine noun. Ironwood tree. Erythrophleum chlorostachys. Anth: This plant has special totemic significance for some Tiwi people. People put the leaves on ashes to produce smoke which they use to cleanse areas after the pukumani funeral ceremony. Anth: People place young babies in the smoke from the leaves to make them strong and healthy. they used to get the inner red bark, dry it in the sun and then boil it in water and use the liquid as a medicine for skin sores. Anth: People would use the hard wood to make clap-sticks, fighting sticks and axe handles and the dry logs to make pukumani poles and ornamental carvings. Syn: kartukuni, pijitinga. Read: 'Tiwi Plants and Animals' p46. Category: Plants, Trees.

tumuj-   verb prefix. Gram: 7th order of verbal prefixes - aspect See main entry: tumuji-. together.

tumuji-   Variant: tumunji-; timuji-; timunji-; lumuji-; lumunji-; limuji-; limunji-; jimuji-; jimunji-; jumunji-; jumuji-. verb prefix. Gram: 7th order of verbal prefixes - aspect together. Gram: There is a link between this form and a following root or incorporated form: ngi- for class 1, ng- for class 3 and rr- for class 2. The initial consonant depends upon the preceding prefix: the forms with l occur following wu- 'OBLIGATIONAL', the forms with j are a combination of the wuji- 'CONTINUOUS' and tumuji-. See: -aki-; -miki-; -akunji-; -majingurrari-. Nuwa kakirijuwi, nuwa ngajiti jurrumumi ngimpa-ja-kirimi wupunga kangi wuta japuja a-timuji-ngi-ma awuta Tiwi. A story to children well you children, don't you torch the grass where people are living close together. Yu-wun-artingi-nyayi yilaruwu kangi kurrampali purri-jimuji-ng-apa yinkiti. He found them inside a house eating food together. Manya, kalikali nga-wu-limuji-ngi-makirri-nguriyi. Alright, we should run together in fright.

tumukuka₁   Variant: timukuka. feminine noun. tree found in mangroves. timirankini grub found in this tree. See: timirankini; timiranka. Category: Plants, Trees.

tumukuka₂   floating log, driftwood. Syn: pirriyalinga. See: tumukuni; wantanga; tokapayinga; -ati-. Wuta piti-p-ajapurn-ani awinyirra tumukuka kangi winga, amintiya awinyirra putu-wuni ngini mwarliki pi-ri-ma-rri-mi kapi Yirripurlingayi. They turned the driftwood over in the sea and they used it to swim to Yirripurlingayi. Category: Plants, Plant parts.

tumukuni   Variant: timukukuni. masculine noun. floating branch, driftwood. See: tumukuka. Category: Plants, Plant parts.

tumulangini   masculine noun. sap from Bloodwood Gum tree. Syn: kuwuti. See: wurringilaka. Read: 'Tiwi Plants and Animals' p49. Category: Plants, Plant parts.

tumulupuluka   feminine noun. mangrove tree. Ceriops australis, Ceriops tagal. People hit the trunk hard with an axe or stick to make the bark soft. Then they took off the bark. They put the sticky inside bark into water and boil it. Then they used the water as a wash to treat scabies. They used the stems of young plants as digging sticks and the straight stems of older plants to make spears. People often find wakatapa, the cheeky mangrove worm in the wood of this tree. Some people know tumulupuluka, which has clusters of pods, as the 'wife' of marrakali, 'Ceriops tagal', which has single pods. See: marrakali. Read: 'Tiwi Plants and Animals' p37. Category: Trees.

tumunji-   See main entry: tumuji-. verb prefix. Gram: 7th order of verbal prefixes - aspect together.

tumuntumunga   Variant: timuntumunga. feminine adjective. blunt feminine thing.Masculine: tumuntumuni. See: wiga. Category: Physical qualities.

tumuntumuni   Variant: timuntumuni; timintumuni. masculine adjective. blunt.Feminine: tumuntumunga. Ant: tirriwini, tirrikini. See: wiga. Ngarra yu-wunyirri awarra yilati pili tumuntumuni. I sharpened the knife because it was blunt. Category: Physical qualities.

tumuranka   See main entry: timiranka. feminine noun. witchetty grub.

tumurankini   See main entry: timirankini. masculine noun. grub, witchetty grub.

tumurrara₁   Variant: timurrara. noun. penis. Syn: tika. See: japaja; jinikala; timutuwunga; -mumuwuli-. Category: Body parts and products.

tumurrara₂   part of miparriyi (Fan Palm). Category: Plant parts.

tumurripa   Variant: timurripa. feminine noun. navel. Syn: jinunkwa. Category: Body parts and products.

tumuruma   See main entry: jumuruma. noun. dust.

tumwapinila   Variant: tumopinila. feminine noun. Straw-necked Ibis. Threskiornis spinicollis. Note: Photo from ‘Tiwi Plants and Animals’ p106 Category: Birds, Water birds.

tuna   See main entry: turna. masculine noun. red coals, charcoal.

tunga   feminine noun. bark basket. Syn: wangatunga, yangali, yimwarlini. See: tungwari; wangatuni; turlini; pajikiti; wulirrika; yirrupula; yirrupuringa. Note: Photo by Jennifer Lee Category: Things people make, Baskets and bags.

Tunganapila   plural noun. N.W. Melville Island regional group. Syn: Munupula. Category: Clan groups.

tungari   See main entry: tungwari. feminine noun. basket.

tungwari   Variant: tungari. feminine noun. basket, shoulder bag. See: pajikiti; turlini; wangatunga; wangatuni; wulirrika; yangali; yimwalini; yirrupula; yirrupuringa. Category: Things people make, Baskets and bags.

tuninga   Variant: turninga; turnunga. feminine noun. Blue-tongue Lizard. Tiliqua scincoids. See: tuningini. Note: Photo from ‘Tiwi Plants and Animals’ p118 Category: Reptiles.

tuningini   masculine noun. Blue-tongue Lizard. probably used for small skinny ones. Tiliqua scincoids. See: tuninga. Category: Reptiles.

tuniwa   Variant: turnuwa. predicative. dark. Category: Colour, Describing things, Physical qualities.

tuniwunga   Variant: tiniwinga; turniwunga. feminine noun. black female or feminine thing.Masculine: tuniwuni. Plural: tuniwuwi. See: tuniwa. Category: People, Describing people or animals, Colour.

tuniwuni   Variant: tirniwini; tiniwini; tunuwuni; turniwuni. masculine noun. 1 • black man or masculine thing.Feminine: tuniwunga. Plural: tuniwuwi. See: tuniwa. Category: Physical qualities, Describing people or animals, Colour.

2 • tea leaf. Syn: malarri, tilipi. See: mangarla; manguluwuni; wiyini. Category: Food and cooking, Traditional food.

tuniwuwi   Variant: tiniwuwi; tirniwuwi; turniwuwi. plural noun. black people.Masculine: tuniwuni. Feminine: tuniwunga. Category: People.

tunkuka   Variant: tunkwuka. feminine noun. mangrove tree. Camptostermon schultzii. Syn: jinjinga, patiyalinga. Note: Photos from ‘Tiwi Plants and Animals’ p34 Category: Trees.

tunkurninga   Variant: tunkwununga. feminine noun. White Mangrove snake. See: wurupalangati. Ques: I am not sure if wurupalangati and tunkurninga refer to the same species of snake. Category: Snakes.

tunkuwanya   Variant: tunkwanya. noun. Kapok or cotton tree. Bombax Ceiba. Syn: pimpunga, wilika. See: pipijuruwupirninga. Note: Photos from ‘Tiwi Plants and Animals’ p29 Category: Plants, Trees.

tunkwanya   See main entry: tunkuwanya. noun. Kapok or cotton tree.

tunkwuka   See main entry: tunkuka. feminine noun. mangrove tree.

tunkwununga   See main entry: tunkurninga. feminine noun. mangrove snake.

tunuwuni   See main entry: tuniwuni. masculine noun. 1 • black man or masculine thing.

2 • tea leaf.

tupuka   See main entry: tumpuka. feminine noun. anchor, stone.

tupuluwu   See main entry: jupuluwu. masculine noun. playing card(s).

tupunari   See main entry: tumpunari. free form verb. sink down under water, for somebody to drown.

tupurra   Usage: Archaic ( old Old Tiwi ). noun. eye. Syn: pijara, minkika, japaluka, miliyika, -kili, -akirli-. Category: Body parts and products.

tupurtupuni   masculine noun. Nightjar. maybe white-tailed Nightjar. Category: Birds.

turlaka   Variant: tulaka; fe Þ Old_Tiwi: yinturlaka. feminine noun. small water snake. See: pajinga. Category: Snakes.

turli   free form verb. Gram: Old Tiwi: + verb with root: -mi or -wurtimi; Modern Tiwi: + verb with root: -wutimi or -mi stab, spear, shoot someone or something. See: -kupuri; -kijima; -aniligi; -milima; -palipa; -pukulonjigi; minga. Ngarra turli yu-wurtimi tuwawanga, tuwawanga, yirrajirrima pijara, awarra jarrangini. The buffalo was shot three times (with three bullets). Jakijini turli ngu-rru-wurtimi. I was given an injection. Lit: I was stabbed with an injection.. Yati tini yu-wunyawu numwariyaka api turli yu-wurtimi kangi kulanji amintiya wutatuwu yingampa piti-ri-pukupuri awarra Walitomi, kiyi pajiwani yi-mi. One man threw a spear and Walitomi was pierced in the side. The others then speared him and he died. 'Ngawa-naringa turli ju-wurtimi awinyirra jarrikarlani,' pirimi awuta yuwurrara. 'Our mother, Jarrikarlani, has been speared,' said those two men. Karri ngarra turli yu-wa-ri-mi awarra jupwajirringa api kaparli yi-kirimi. When he shot at the wallaby he missed. Modern Tiwi: Yingwampa turli wu-ri-mi kuwarripi kangawula. Some people stab us with a knife. Category: Violence or impact, Hunting or fishing.

turlini   Variant: julini; tulini. masculine noun. Palm basket, Palm fibre. People made the basket from part of a Palm leaf. People used to use it for carrying water, honey or mangrove worms. Syn: yirrupula. See: pajikiti; tunga; tungwari; turlini; wangatunga; wangatuni; wulirrika; yangali; yimwalini; yirrupuringa palaji; purrupurruka. Read: 'Towards an Understanding of the Tiwi Language/Culture Context' by Teresa A. Ward p53, 58. Note: Picture from 'Ngawurranungurumagi Nginingawila Ngapangiraga: Tiwi-English Dictionary' Category: Plants, Plant parts, Things people make, Baskets and bags.

turlungata   See main entry: tuwulingata. noun. 1 • soft-shelled crab, just after changing shell.

2 • soft, fat newborn baby.

turlungwata   See main entry: tuwulingata. noun. 1 • soft-shelled crab, just after changing shell.

2 • soft, fat newborn baby.

turna   Variant: tuna. masculine noun. red coals, charcoal. Syn: nurla. See: tapala; kuwunawini. Anta niyi turna Give me red coals (to make a new fire or light a cigarette)! Ninkiyi, nga-wuni-ri-marri-paningu-riyi japuja Nguyuwu. Ngamp-awumi turna. Karri kiyana, awungarri ngawapa. Then we bring the meat home to Nguiu. We cook it on the red coals. When it is cooked we eat it. Category: Food and cooking.

turnama   See main entry: tuwunama. feminine noun. 1 • feather ball.

2 • type of tree.

turninga   See main entry: tuninga. feminine noun. blue-tongue lizard.

turniwunga   See main entry: tuniwunga. feminine noun. black woman or feminine thing.

turniwuni   See main entry: tuniwuni. masculine noun. 1 • black man or masculine thing.

2 • tea leaf.

turniwuwi   See main entry: tuniwuwi. plural noun. black people.

turniyuwa   See main entry: turnuwa. predicative. black, dark.

turnumuni   Variant: tirnumuni. masculine noun. large salmon, threadfin. Polynemus sheridani, EleutHeronema tetradactylum. See: yirrikiripinyani. Note: Photo by Gary Lee with permission Category: Sea or mangrove or river life, Fish, Food and cooking, Traditional food.

turnunga   See main entry: tuninga. feminine noun. blue-tongue lizard.

turnuwa   Variant: turniyuwa; tuniwa. predicative. black, dark. See: yartijangini; tuniwuni. Api ningani awarra jirraka nga-p-akurluwunyi ngarra kurumuta turnuwa arima, amintiya karuwuni kurumuta, pili parlingarri yi-kuwurnama. Well today we see the wallaby with dark arms and arms which are short because long ago they were burnt. Category: Physical qualities, Colour.

turringini   See main entry: turrungini. masculine noun. clear place, plain, outside, open space.

turringiya   predicative. open country, clear (not forested); open plain; grassy area. See: turrungini; milimika. Category: Land or ground.

turrukukuni   See main entry: jurrukukuni. masculine noun. Boobook Owl.

turrungini   Variant: turringini; turrunguni; turruwini; fe Þ Modern_Tiwi: turruwuni. masculine noun. clear place, clearing, plain, outside, open space. See: turringiya; milimika. Note: Photo by Jennifer Lee Category: Land or ground. Category: Land or ground.

turrungini -warugi   speak openly, reveal. Morph: turrungini 'clear place' + verb with‑wa‑’words’ + root‑wurugi 'put down'. Lit: put words down in clear place. See: -wamwarri; -piyanginiga; -wapiyanginiga; -akupuringitigi; -wayortigi. Ngiya turrungini ngumpi-ri-warugi ngiya karluwu ngi-ni-wa-y-ajuwurtirri. I speak openly and don't conceal things.

turrunguni   See main entry: turrungini. masculine noun. clear place, plain, outside, open space.

turruwini   See main entry: turrungini. masculine noun. clear place, plain, outside, open space.

turruwuni   See main entry: turrungini. masculine noun. clear place, plain, outside, open space.

turtijika   See main entry: turtijuka. feminine noun. Black or Fork-tailed Kite.

turtijuka   Variant: turtujuka; turtijika. feminine noun. Black or Fork-tailed Kite. Milvus migrans.Plural:: turtijuwi. See: jankinanki; ngirrikati; kutulakini; yirrimiruwu; yimpirnika; jiringini; murtati; pirlipirlingini; paparanyini. Note: Photo from Astronomy Gal’s photostream (2,313) Category: Birds, Birds of prey.