tjuḻpu mungatja

night birds
piiwi
tawny frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)

id:9850 order:371

Piwi panya puṉu piḻṯi puṟunypa nyinapai puṯu nyakunytjaku.
A tawny frogmouth sits looking like a dried bit of wood so that it won’t be seen.
pinytjantjara
paṯupiri
bat

id:9845 order:364

Pinytjantjara tjuṯa mungangka kutju para-ngaṟapai kaḻaḻa wiya.
Bats only fly around at night, not in the daytime.
wiṟatju
tjalku-tjalku
barn owl (Tyto alba)

id:9846 order:366

Wiṟatjungku mungangka kutju kuka wakalpai munu kaḻaḻa kumpiṟa nyinapai.
The barn owl only kills its prey at night and in the daytime it hides away.
kuur-kuurpa
mopoke, boobook owl (Ninox novaeseelandia)

id:9847 order:368

Kuurkuurpa kaḻaḻa puṉungka tjungu puṉu puṟunypa uriwiya nyinapai.
In the daytime the mopoke owl sits perfectly still in a tree as if a part of the tree.
wiḻu
curlew, bush stone-curlew, thick-knee (Burhinus grallarius)

id:9848 order:369

Wiḻu putingka para-ngaṟapai aṉangungka utiringkupai wiya.
The curlew walks around in the bush and never appears around people.
kuunkutakuta
spotted nightjar (Eurostopodus argus)

id:9849 order:370

Iriti kungkangku kuunkutakuta pungkunyangka watingku tjunta wakalpai.
Long ago if a woman killed a spotted nightjar a man would spear her in the thigh.