mai

vegetable food
puya
bush bean fruit (Rhyncharrhena linearis)

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Puya panya mai waṟatjara puṉu waṯangka karpi-karpiṟa ngaṟapai.
The bush bean which has long fruit winds itself around tree trunks.
kumpulpa
iṯunypa
tjantu
bush tomato, western nightshade (Solanum coactiliferum)

id:9901 order:435

Iṯunypa aṉangu miri tjuṯaku mai, mai wiṟunya.
The western nightshade was the food of people who’ve passed away, really good food.
wakati ungka
taproot of inland pigweed

id:9902 order:438

Iritiya wakati ungka tjawaṟa pauṟa ngalkupai mai wiṟu mayu potato puṟunypa.
Long ago they would dig up the taproots of inland pigweed, and cook it (before) eating it – it was good food tasting like a potato.
puuṉpa
urpa
pilyaḻi
wituka
tar vine (Boerhavia diffusa)

id:9903 order:439

Tjitji kutju nyinarala puuṉpa ungka tjawaṟa ngalkupai.
When we children are (left) alone we dig up the root of the tar vine and eat it.
tjanmata
wild onion, onion grass (Cyperus bulbosus)

id:9904 order:443

Tjanmaṯa kulkungka pauṟa rurupungkula nyiri waṉira unngutja ngalkupai.
Having cooked wild onion in the coals one rubs them (between one’s hands) and, discarding the skin, eats the insides.
tarulka
mulga apple

id:9895 order:427

Tarulka tjuṯa puṉu kurku parkangka nyinapai mai wiṟunya.
The mulga apple is (found) on mulga branches and is good tasting food.