mai

vegetable food

puya

bush bean fruit (Rhyncharrhena linearis)

id:9900 order:434

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.

parka-parka

waṉakaṯakaṯa

bush currant, narrow-leafed native currant (Canthium lineare)

id:9888 order:419

Waṉakaṯakaṯa nyanganpa kaḻayaku aṉangu tjuṯaku mai.

These bush currants are food for emus and for people.

arnguḻi

wild plum (Santalum lanceolatum)

id:9889 order:421

Kutjupa-aṟaya arnguḻi minangka tjunyiṟa tjikilpai tjuratja wiṟu mulapa.

Sometimes they would mix the wild plum with water and drink it – (it made) a really nice sweet drink.