Kunajarrayi-kirli yawulyu

Jungarrayiki Japaljarriki manu Nungarrayiki NapaljarrikiNyampuju yimi yirramu Jeannie Herbert Nungarrayirli manu Elizabeth Ross Nungarrayirli pamtumu pipa

kurra yawulyu kurlu, Lajamanu wardingkirli. Kuruwarri yirramu Elizabeth Ross Nungarrayirli.Lajamanu CEC 1999

Nyampuju yawulyu Kunajarrayi-kirli.

Jungarrayiki Japaljarriki manu Nungarrayiki Napaljarriki.Nyampuju yimi yirrarnu Jeannie Herbert Nungarrayirli manu

Elizabeth Ross Nungarrayirli parnturnu pipa kurra yawulyu-kurlu, Lajamanu wardingkirli.

Kuruwarri yirrarnu Elizabeth Ross Nungarrayirli.

Produced by Lajamanu CEC 1999 Job no. 99/2

WarlpiriISBN 0 86751 033 1

Printed by BR D U Yuendumu Northern Territory, 0 8 72

Bilingual

Job no 14/2000Unit

Nyampunya Yanjilpiri-jangkaju yanu karlarra yanu wurnturu nyayimi nganimpa nyanguju Kuruwarriji.Yanjilypiri tarra-tarra-rlu maninya Yanjilypiri tarra-tarra-rlu maninya Yanjilypiri jiwarru-warrurlu maninya Yanjilypiri jiwarru-warrurlumaninya

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Nyampuju ngulaju kujapala Napaljarrirli manu Nungarrayirli karlaja warm Kunajarrayirla ngalkirdi. Manu ngalkirdi-kirli yawulyu nyampuju.Kunaja rarra-wapa, Kunaja rarra-wapa Ngalkirdija rarra wapa, ngalkirdija rarra wapa

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Nyampu kujalu warangka kanjarla yirramurra matangku wardiji paturla yamangka.Kunajarrayili warangka manu, kiji warralu warangka manu Kunajarrayili warangka manu, kiji warralu warangka manu

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Nyampuju kuja pala Napaljarrirli manu Nungarrayirli pikirri Yinjirirla jaralyparra kujumu.Yinjirirlama jaralykujumu, pikirri jaralykujumuYinjirirlama jaralykujumu, pikirri jaralykujumu

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Nyampunya karnangkulu yirrami warangka kanjarla wardiji paturla, yamangka.Nyampunya kamangku yirrami wardiji kanunjumparra palapalarlulkuNyampunya kamangku yirrami wardiji kanunjumparra palapalarlulku

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Nyampu kujalu nyinajarra wapumungku paturla yamangka mata. Nyampu yawulyu kamalu yunpami.Wapuma wapumungku jakalpirri wangka Wapiirna wapumungku jakalpirri wangka

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Nyampuju Jungarrayi nyinaja manu kuyukulparla wardapiki kuna manu wapalkurlu. Jinta kari Jungarrayi yanurnu luwamu wawuljaju.Warrakarlu luwarninya wawulja luwaminya Warrakarlu luwaminya wawulja luwaminya

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Napaljarrirli manu Nungarrayirli pala karlanjala karrinja pardija. Nyangu pala yatijarra ngula pala yawulyu yunpamu.Nyiya ngalingkirla wapirlija puyukuyuku ngalingkirlawapirlija?Nyiya ngalingkirla wapirlija puyukuyuku ngalingkirla wapirlija?

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Nyampu palarla pakarnu Jungarrayirli Japaljarrirli ngarluku.Yapayampa pakaminya ngarluku wurrurlu pakaminya Yapayampa pakaminya ngarluku wurrurlu pakaminya

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Nyampu kujalu ngapalyilyi yaninjarla lurru lurru wantija kalarra wurnturu.Ngapalyilyi lurru lurru wantinya, malurlurlu lurru lurruwantinyaNgapalyilyi lurru lurru wantinya, malurlurlu lurru lurruwantinya

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Nyampu kuja kalu nyinami ngatijirri wurrkalirla ngulajurlu rdilyki katumu.Ngatijirrirli wurrkali wunpurr katumu Ngatijirrirli wurrkali wunpurr katumu

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Yardijarrarla ngula kuja palarla yawirilypiri jarrarlu warm yungkurnu palarla pakuruku kuyuku purdarlu.Yawirilypiri jarrarlu kapalarla kunjuru kunjuru yirrami Yawirilypiri jarrarlu kapalarla kunjuru kunjuru yirrami

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Nyampu Japaljarrirli Jungarrayirli yungkumu palarla warlu.Jamangka karla karri, yawirilypirirli karla kunjuru kunjuru yirrami pakuru karla kunjuru kunjuru yirrami Jamangka karla karri, yawirilypirirli karla kunjuru kunjuru yirrami pakuru karla kunjuru kunjuru yirrami

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Glossary Hard words - what they mean

Page 3jiwarru-warru: wumturu-nyayimi.

- a long way. They travelled a long way.tarra-tarra: - kurtu-nyayimi

- getting very closeyanjilypiri:Yawulyurla, yapangku kalu nyanyi yanjilypiri piya pirli-wiri-jarlu kujaka mirli-mirli-kari. Ngulaju karnalu yunpami yawulyurlu, yanjilypiri-kirli.

- literally, star. In this yawulyu it means big mountain, shining like a star. When the people are travelling, they look from a long way and see the big hill shining like a star.

Page 4kunaja: ngurrara, yapa-kurlangu

- a place, south o f The Granitesrarra-wapa: laju kalu rarra wapami

- all the witchetty grubs were crawling around everywhere- “rarra-wapa” means crawling around everywhere

Page 5warangka: jimantarla kanjayamurlu

- carry something on your shoulder, especially the things the women needed for dancingPage 6jaralykuju: kunkarla ngulaju mamangka yirrarnu kurtulku

- put things down in the grass

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Page 6yinjiri: marna

- spear grass, growing near the riversidePage 7palapala - mata: nyampu karnangku yirrarai, yamangkalku

- tired, the people are tired so they put their things under the treewardiji: manja

- tree, mulgaPage 8 jakalpirri:wapurnungku: watiya wiri, kankarlarra kirridimpayi

- ghost gum; tall tree with white trunkPage 9warrakarlu: - karlingki luwamu

-threw a boomerangPage 10wapirlija puyukuyuku: kunjuru palangurla wapiirlija

- smoke covering over the country, like a shower of rain.Page 11lurru lurru: yangka yapa-paturlu yukajarrarlu kuturlku ngurrara-kurra.

-when people have been travelling and they go in to a place.malurlurlu: - yapa yukajarrarlu

-the person went inside after travelling all the way

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Page 12ngapalyilyi: (also ngapilyilyi) - yangka wita wita ngapilyilyi kalu karru-wana.

-a young, new tree with healthy green leaves, lots of them grow beside the creek.Page 13wunpurr: watiya, rdilyki katumurlu

- tree bending with the weight of something in its brancheswurrkali: watiya, karrawari piya, kala jinta-kari

- tree, like the bloodwoodwurrkali wunpurr katurnu: ngatijirri wati panu-jarlu yangka kalu nyina watiyarla, ngulaju kalu rdilyki katumu

- the budgerigars were sitting in the tree and there were so many of them that their weight was breaking down the tree.

Page 14yawlrilypiri: ngarrka

- young man, not yet initiatedPage 15jarnangka: wati-jarra kapala karrimi nyanyi kapalarla kaju wilypi-pardimi

- the two men were standing facing the same way

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Nguru-kurlu kuruwarri-kirli

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