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Appendix:Tiwi word list

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Tiwi word list from Blake (1981):[1]

Blake (1981)

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No. English Tiwi
1 man awurrini
2 woman yimparliṉa
3 mother naringa
4 father ringani
5 head pungintaga
6 eye piṯara
7 nose yarrangantamura
8 ear mikaṉṯanga
9 mouth yarrapuntara
10 tongue yimitarla
11 tooth yingkana
12 hand yikara
13 breast pularti
14 stomach pitapita
15 urine pwaṯini
16 faeces kiṉirri
17 thigh karipayua
18 foot kintanga
19 bone pwaṯa
20 blood yimpulini
21 dog palangamwani
22 snake aruwuni
23 kangaroo ṯarraka 'wallaby'
24 possum nguninga
25 fish miputi
26 spider parraka
27 mosquito mimini 'type of mosquito'
28 emu
29 eaglehawk kutulakini
30 crow wakwakini
31 sun yiminga
32 moon ṯaparra
33 star ṯapalinga
34 stone waranga
35 water kukuni
36 camp tangarima
37 fire yikwani
38 smoke kumurripini
39 food yingkiti
40 meat puningkapa
41 stand inti
42 sit mu
43 see emani
44 go uri
45 get marri
46 hit pirni
47 I ngia
48 you ngiṉṯa
49 one yati
50 two yurrara

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Blake, Barry J. (1981) Australian Aboriginal languages: a general introduction, London: Angus & Robertson Publishers, →ISBN
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