mai palyaṟa ngalkuntja

non-meat food preparation and eating

uḻu
flour

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Nganaṉa panya kuwari mai uḻu tjuwanguṟu mantjiṟa tampa palyalpai.
We now buy flour from the store and make damper.
tjutini
pour

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Minymangku uḻu pitingka tjunkula kapi tjutini uṟuṟa rungkantjikitjangku.
The woman having put flour in a bowl is pouring water in to make it damp so she can kneed it.
rungkaṉi
kneed

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Munu paluṟu rawangku rungkaṉi nyuma wiṟu palyantjikitjangku.
And she kneeds the (mixture) for quite a while in order to make a good damper.
pata-pataṉi
dust off

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Munu waṟungka tangkaringkunyangka mantjiṟa parkangka pata-pataṉi.
And after it has cooked on the fire she takes it off and is dusting off (the ashes) with some leaves.
tangka
uṉmi
cooked

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Palulanguṟu mai tangka mantjiṟa kaṯantananyi tjitji tjuṯa ungkunytjikitjangku.
Then, having picked up the cooked damper, she breaks it up to give to the children.
ngalkuṉi
eat

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Ka palulanguṟu tjitji panya kutjarangku mai wiṟulta pukuḻṯu ngalkuṉi.
And so the two children are happily eating the lovely damper.