tjuratja, wama

sweet things

tjaḻa
honeyant (Camponotus sp.)

id:9913 order:459

Tjaḻa manta unngu nyinapai piṯi puḻka tjawaṟa urantjaku tjuratja wiṟunya.
Honey ants live under the ground such that one has to dig a big hole to get them, those lovely sweet things.
mintjinyka
ngaṟankuṟa
native fuchsia (Eremophila latrobei)

id:9905 order:444

Mintjinykangka tjuratja ngaṟapai inuntjingka mantjiṟa kuuntjankunytjaku.
There is nector in the native fuchsia flower such that, having picked (the flower), one can suck it out.
utjanypa
tjau
ironwood (Acacia estrophiolata)

id:9906 order:446

Tjitji tjuṯangku puṉu utjanypanguṟu tjau mantjiṟa anytjulpai lali puṟunypa.
Children get gum from the ironwood tree and lick it like a lolly.
itaṟa
apaṟa
piipalya
river red gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis)

id:9907 order:448

Apaṟa mipurpatjara tjuṯaya karu winkingka ngaṟapai.
There are lots of river red gums with mistletoe growing in all the creek beds.
ngapaṟi
apaṟuma
lerp scale from river red gum

id:9908 order:451

Tjuratja apaṟuma itaṟa tjuṯangka nyaḻpingka ngaṟapai kapuṯuṟa ngalkuntjaku.
The sweet lerp scale is found on river red gum leaves for collecting and eating.
wanaṟi
kurku
mulga (Acacia aneura)

id:9909 order:453

Watingku miru, kaḻi, tjaṟa kuḻukuḻu wanaṟinguṟu palyalpai.
A man makes his woomera, boomerang and shield from mulga.