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vegetable food

tjanmata
wild onion, onion grass (Cyperus bulbosus)

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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

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

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Iḻi puḻingka ngaṟapai puṉu puḻkanya, munu kuṟuringkula mai wiṟuringkupai.
The wild fig is a large tree found on hillsides, and when it ripens it becomes nice fruit.
nyiṟunypa
nyinkiṉi
type of mistletoe (Amyema maidenii)

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Nyiṟunypa tjuḻpuku mai uṉinypa piṟantjara.
Amyema maidenii is food for birds – it’s a pale coloured seed.
ngaṉtja
type of mistletoe (Lysiana exocarpi)

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Ngaṉtja nyiṟunpa puṟunypa palu mai kala tjuṯatjara tjitjingku ngalkupai.
Lysiana exocarpi is like Amyema maidenii but it has an assortment of coloured fruit that children eat.
uṉṯurngu
utiṟalya
bush banana (Marsdenia australis)

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Uṉṯurngu kulkungka paunnyangka kaṯakatipai, kaya unngutjalta ngalkupai.
When the bush banana is cooked in the coals it breaks open so (people) can eat the flesh inside.