| Warlmanpa lexeme |
meaning |
| jijily-paka-ka | split |
| jilpinti | right hand |
| jinali | leaf |
| kalyarr-paka-ka | swim |
| -kanyanu | other |
| karlajara | spear (noun) |
| kinja-ka |
to wetten# |
| kipirrij | turn, turn over |
| kujukuna | father's father |
| kurra | lightning |
| lampu | back (bodypart) |
| lanngari |
ghost gum |
| lijinpa | sick |
| lirriki | elbow |
| luly-pan-ka | to swell |
| lurt-ka-rra | to be in hiding |
| manya | blunt* |
| mijakurla | cold† |
| ngalya | penis§ |
| -nganja |
like, similar |
| ngart-kiya-ka | to breathe |
| ngaruku | blood |
| nungu | black |
| panka ~ pannya ~ |
to go |
| ta(rra)warlwari | white |
| walapanpa | throat |
| wanpaka | grass |
| warangarra | blowfly |
| wila-ka-rra | to laugh‡ |
| wirri | neck |
| yimpa | this |
| yiwirti | tree |
# possibly PNy *kuńca- 'drink', as in derivative 'drench'; * Warlpiri and Warumungu manya 'soft', Wik Mungknh mań ‘small, narrow’, etc; † Warlpiri mijarrku 'cold weather', *mica|ra elsewhere; ‡ Warumungu wilya(rr)-ja-nta; § Jaru ngalya 'testicle', Nyininy ngalyarr 'testicles'
Note: There may be other Warlmanpa lexemes with the given meaning; and the above words may have additional senses.
Compiled with assistance from Barry Alpher, and from Claire Bowern's
'Pama-Nyungan cognate judgements: 285 languages' (2018) DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1318309
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Created 19 March 2019
Last changed 21 March 2019
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