tjukutjuku tjuṯa
minibeasts
grasshopper
id:9872 order:401
Tjintilyka tjuṯangku puṉu nyaḻpi uwankara ngalkula tarkalpai.
Grasshoppers eat all the leaves of a tree totally stripping it.
dragonfly
id:9873 order:402
Wipuwatawaṟa manta tulykungka parpakaṟa katu para-ngaṟapai witu mulapa.
A dragonfly flies above muddy ground hovering around quite stiff.
blowfly
id:9874 order:403
Pupuliri ngku kukangka katilyka tjunkupai ka uṉaringkula katilykaripai.
A blowfly lays maggot (eggs) on meat and it goes rotten becoming maggot ridden.
mosquito
id:9875 order:404
Kiwinyi ngku aṉangu mungangka patjaṟa miṟi uwankara titjititjilpai.
Mosquitos bite people at night cause their whole skin to itch.
ant lion
id:9876 order:405
Kungka tjuṯangku lukupupu ipingka tjunkupai patjaṟa ipi puḻkantjaku.
Girls used to place ant lions on their nipples so that they would bite them and (thereby) make their breasts grow big.
Minga tjuṯa manta lipiwanu tjiwariwari ngaṟapai wiyaringkunytja wiya.
Ants are everywhere all over the ground never disappearing.
