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nyama       

particle
variant nyamu (PH)

 

also, too
• Ngigun nyama me-yebe nganung! 'You stay here too with me!' (HL)

 

see also ganya.

nyapbu       

nominal

 

water rat

nyar-ma-yi       

infl. verb (intr.)
root -nyar-ma-; past -yi; also nyarh n.f. pfv

 

to be tired
• Ngi-nyar-ma-n-ma woerrke-ma-gunda marluga. 'We're tired from working, old man.' (LM, text)
• Gahan-di nyarh ngi-yama-ny-guju. 'We got tired of that.' (LM, text)

 

see also barhbar-ma-yi.

nyayh-ma       

coverb (intr.)

 

to mumble
• Jahan-gu nyayh-nyay-ma gi-ya marluga? 'Why are you mumbling, old man?' (LM)

 

see also ngulugurr-ma.

nyelelh-ma       

coverb (intr.)
dialect PH

 

to rattle
• Hobble-garang, nyelelh mama ba-ya-ngga-jan-wu. 'With the hobble, they (the horses) used to go along rattling.' (PH, text)

 

see also belelh-ma, jelelh-ma.

nyenh-na       

coverb (intr.)

 

to be quiet
• Nyenh-na mu-yu warri-buga! 'You kids sit quiet!' (LM)

nyerrengh-nga       

coverb (intr.)

 

to make noise
• Nyerrengh-nga ga-ba-yu warri-buga gahan. 'Those kids are making a lot of noise.' (LM)

 

see also no-nyerrengh-nga.

nyerrp-ba       

coverb (intr.)
dialect HL

 

to rustle

nyimbur-ma       

coverb (intr.)

   1.

to cool down
• "Lamang mahan worrobobo ga-ni-ma!" "Gu-yobe gu-yobe, ngonong-nga nyimbur guu gorro!" '"This meat is too hot!" "Leave it, leave it, and it will soon cool down!"' (LM)

   2.

to calm down
• Nyimbur-ma ga-yu now gahan marluga meny-gunda. 'The old man has calmed down now from being angry.' (LM)

nyimoknyimok-ga       

coverb (intr.)

 

to wink
• Nyimoknyimok ga-yu nibulin. 'He's winking.' (LM)

nyinyi-ma       

coverb (intr.)

 

to shake, to tremble
• Nyinyi-ma ga-yu ngeyngey-gunda. 'He is shaking from the flu.' (LM)

nyirrng-nga¹       

coverb (tr.)

 

to rub
• Mornen nyirrng-nga ngan-bu-ng-ma, gurnagun-yi. 'She rubbed my back for me, with fat.' (LM)

nyirrng-nga²       

coverb (intr.)
dialect HL

 

to make little bubbles rise up through the water
• Nyirrng-nga ga-ya eh, langawarin nyirrng-nga ga-ya. 'Little bubbles, heh, maybe a turtle's making those little bubbles.' (HL)

nyombok-ga       

coverb (ambitr.)

   1.

to be soaking; to soak, to soften
• Nyombok-ga ga-yu danganyin, wah-laying. 'The tucker is soaking in the water.' (LM)
• Tea-ga ga-ba-ge-n danganyin nyombok-ga. 'They are softening the bread by dipping it in tea.' (LM)

   2.

to crush
• Nyombok-ga ga-bu-n nganku lamang weypbun. 'She is crushing the what's it, the mussels.' (LM)
• Gi-yu dup-ba danganyin-leying-ma. Nyombok-ga gi-bu-n. 'You're sitting on the tucker. You're crushing it.' (LM)

   3.

to melt
• Nyombok-ga bu-ji-ng wah-yiga ga-yu. Wahan gahan, gujirritj. 'The ice melted. Now it's cold water.' (LM)

nyongh-nga       

coverb (intr.)

 

to be sick
• "Ge-gobe-n gahan nyongh-nga gi-yu" yaha-ny nung mangaima-yi. '"You're pretending to be sick," the policeman said to him.' (LM, text)
• Lihwa-tjjondony-yi danganyin nyongh-nga gunyju-boro-n. 'Bad tucker makes you sick.' (HL)

nyonongh-nga       

coverb (intr.)
dialect HL

 

to be curled up
• Lamarra nyonongh-nga ga-yu. 'The dog is curled up.' (HL)

nyukgin       

nominal

 

sugarbag grass Alloteropsis semialata

 

note: The smooth basal stems can be pulled out of the ground. They are then used to dip honey out of sugarbag (native bee hives), hence the common name 'sugarbag grass'.