Cardinal directions
kinymalkpa muwarn���phrase. 1�•�sunrise, literally: the sun is coming out. See:�kimalkpa�‘arrive, come out’. Category:�Daily.
2�•�east. See:�kinyuryi muwarn�‘sunset, west’. Category:�Cardinal directions.
kinyuryi muwarn���phrase. 1�•�sunset, literally: the sun is going into the water. Kinyuryi warak jita muwarn. ‘The sun is going down, setting.’ kinyuryi ‘sun set’. Usage:�Sometimes used without muwarn See:�kiwryi�‘swim, bath, wash (self).’; kimalkpa�‘arrive, come out’. Category:�Daily.
2�•�west. Muj mannyutpan arka kapawi kinyuryi ‘He turned his ear to the west’. See:�kinymalkpa muwarn�‘east’. Category:�Cardinal directions.
mantanti akut���phrase. South, South side (literally: the direction of the mainland). Pulikang wumarrk kinyjangali la leopard mantanti akut. ‘The cow is below and the leopard is on the south side.’ Category:�Cardinal directions.
Manguluwirrk���noun. place name. Category:�Cardinal directions.
walem���noun. further south than Gunbalanya, Oenpelli, from Warruwi. Includes Beswick, Daly River, Oenpelli. Nuka ja nuwuran Walem. ‘He comes from further south than Gungalanya.’ See:�imurlk�‘east’; atjirr�‘west’. Category:�Cardinal directions, Landscape.
Weyirra akut���North, North side (literally: the direction of North Goulburn). Category:�Cardinal directions.
wungijalk���noun. 1�•�centre or main part of an area named by a particular place name, or centre or main part of any other Land gender thing. Mawng wungijalk. ‘Real Mawng, the way old people spoke.’ See main entry: ingijalk. Category:�Land features, Location and distance.
2�•�deep water, ocean. Awuran warranyngiw la ja marryun yuran wungijalk iniwunyan wurnkurrk. ‘The children went (to the beach) and one boy went out (to where it was) deep and a jellyfish stung him.’ See:�mapakapak�‘the ocean, the sea, the 'deep'’. Category:�Water bodies.
3�•�north. Anth: The deep ocean is to the North of Goulburn Island and thus wungijalk is to the north. Category:�Cardinal directions.
wungijalk kapukpaga���the North wind, which blows from the direction of the deep ocean. Category:�Wind.
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