kuka tjuṯa

animals

tjilkamaṯa
tjiṟilya
echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)

id:9772 order:266

Kapingka maḻangka tjiṟilyangku minga tjuṯa para-nguriṟa nyakula ngalkupai.
After rain echidnas search around for ants and eat them.
papa inuṟa
dingo

id:9773 order:268

Nyangatja papa inuṟangku ngaṟala kulini maḻu nyakula patjantjikitangku.
This dingo is standing there thinking that when it sees a kangaroo it will bite it (bring it down).
papa kuḻunypa
papa tjapu
pup

id:9774 order:269

Iritiya papa kuḻunypa tjuṯa mantjiṟa ngulytjulpai maḻu waṉaṟa patjantjaku.
Long ago they used to get young dingoes and tame them so they would bight (bring down) kangkaroos.
ninu
tjalku
maruṟu
bilby (Macrotis lagotis)

id:9775 order:271

Tjalku tjuṯangku maku munu tjaḻa kuḻu tjawaṟa ngalkupai.
Bilbys dig and eat whitchetty grubs and honey ants.
mala
rufous hare wallaby (Largorchestes conspicillatus)

id:9776 order:274

Mala tjuṯa iriti pilangka nyinapai munuya maḻu puṟunypa ma-waṟarakatipai.
Long ago lots of hare-wallabies lived in the spinifex plains and they jumped along like kangaroos.
tarkawaṟa
spinifex hopping mouse (Notomys alexis)

id:9777 order:275

Tarkawaṟa tjuṯa taḻingka nyinara piṯi tjawalpai palumpa tjanampa nguraku.
Rats live in sandhill country and dig tunnels for their home.