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Hey!

wartayi

Who xxx this one?

Ngantu-warla nyawa xxx dijan

Yeah shall I start speaking?

Yeah, wayi-rna malu jarrakap-parla?

His mother took him.

nganta-rla kangani ngamayi-lu-ma.

She gave some ant eggs to him.

jayingani ngu-rla karu-wu-ma yalu-wu-ma, nyampayila yarrkurla.

Something from termite mound you know, ant eggs.

tamarra-ngarna yu nou pirna.

"I'll take it to my father".

+"kangku ngu-rna-rla ngaji-wu ngayiny-ku.

"You should send something to him Mum".

+"ngu-nku-rla yuwarru ngama.

"You should send something to him. I'll take it to him".

+"yujuk parru ngu-nku-rla ngu-rna-rla kangku.

You should send something to him.

ngu-nku-rla jalak yuwarru.

He took it for him but half-way there he ate.

kangani ngu-rla kamurra-rni ngarnani.

What his mother had sent him to give it to his father.

ngamayi-lu-ma nyanuny-ju nyamu-rla jayingani-ma ngaji-wu-ma nyanuny-ku-ma.

But half way there he ate the bush yams and terimite eggs.

kamurra-rni wayita-ma nyampayila-ma ngarnani, tamarra-ngarna-ma nyila-ma yirrpan-ma.

He ate it all up half-way there.

ngarnani jartkarra purrp, kamurra-rni.

After that he went up to his father.

yala-nginyi-ma ngu-rla yanani, ngaji-wu na nyanuny-ku.

"Dad!"

+"ngaji.

"Dad, I'll deliver some honey to my mother".

+"ngaji, ngu-nku-rla yujuk parru, ngamanti-wu, ngamayi-wu ngayiny-ku, nyampayila namawurru.

"Yeah, wait a minute, wait for me".

+"yeah, liwart karra kutini liwart karra-yi

"I'll cut some".

+"ngu-rna parru nyawa.

He chopped some then put it in a bark dish, the father did.

tikap nganta yuwanani ngu-rla parnngirri-la, ngaji-ngku-ma nyanuny-ju-ma.

He put it in the bark dish and then took it for his mother.

parnngirri-la yuwanani, kangani ngu-rla ngamayi-wu.

He should have taken it to his mother (but he had it half-way)

kata-nga ngamayi-wu ngu-rla kangani.

But half-way there that kid finished it all off.

maiti kamukamurra-rni purrp-karra nganani, yalu-ngku-ma karu-ngku-ma.

He went up to his mother.

yanani ngu-rla ngamayi-wu.

When he finished the food half-way there.

nyamu-nga nganani purrp-ma kamurra-ma, namawurru-ma nyila-ma.

He asked his mother.

ngamayi na yangki panani.

"I want to take something for him Mother."

+"kangku ngu-rna-rla ngamayi.

"Mother, I want to take something for him."

+"ngamanti, kangku ngu-rna-rla.

"I'll deliver bush yams and potatoes to father".

+"ngaji-wu ngu-nku-rla, jalak yuwarru, wayit an nyampayila, yangunungku.

"And termite eggs, you know temite mounds which have white stuff in them.

yirrpan, nyanawu tamarra-la nyamu-wa pilykipilykiya karrinyana.

So he took it to his father.

nyila-ma-rla kangani ngaji-wu-warla nyanuny-ku.

But he didn't take it to his father.

kula-rla kanya ngaji-wu.

The kid finished it all half-way.

kamurra-rni purrp ngarnani, yalu-ngku-ma karu-ngku-ma.

Then it was the evening.

yala-nginyi-ma purinyjirri-la na.

The husband and wife met up.

ngu-wula-nyanu nyampayila na meet-up-ma manani ngumparna-lu-ma nyantu-ma nyanuny-ju-ma, kirri-ngku-ma yalu-ngku-ma.

And they asked each other.

yangki na ngu-wula-nyunu pani.

The two of them listened to the kid's stomach rumbling.

ngu-wula karu-ma yala-ma kurru nyanya, majul-ma turlurlup-karra.

"Did you get the things this one brought you?"

+"wayi-ngku kangani-warla, murlu-ngku-ma?

No, not at all. He ate it all half-way.

+"lawara, kamukamurra-rni purrp nganani..

The woman asked his father.

ngaji nyanuny-ma yangki pani yalu-ngku-ma kirri-ngku-ma.

After that he asked the woman.

yala-nginyi-ma kirri na yangki pani.

"Did you get the honey he brought - which I sent for you?"

+"wayi-ngku kangani namawurru-ma nyamu-rna-ngku jalak-ma yuwani.

No, he finished it off half-way.

+"lawara, kamurra-rni nganani purrp.

That's all.

marntaj, kuya na.

Finished

purrp na

What's it called - like the bush bus

nganayirla-la bush bus-marraj