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)
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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.
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.
wiriny-wirinypa
banana-flavoured bush tomato (Solanum cleistogamum)
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Wiṟiny-wiṟinypa mai wiṟu taḻi wiṟungka ngaṟapai tjiwuru-tjiwurungka.
The banana-flavoured bush tomato is good eating and grows in sandhill country where there is dead wood.
