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She said to her not "Little child" but she said "Little child" (in a different way).

i bin jarrakap la im nomo +"yapakayi karu, bat i bin tok +"apakayi kawu.

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That child was talking, the little one.

nyila karu marni ngu yapakayi.

Actually was it Cecelia talking?

waku Nangari marni.

Yes it was Cecelia.

yeah yeah yeah Nangari.

Small child.

yapakayi karu.

That was "small child" that she said, was it.

nyila-ma +"yapakayi karu, jarrakap marni ngu wayi?

Hmm.

Hmm hmm.

It should have been called "jamana" (not foot).

nyawa-ma-nga tal parra +"jamana.

And.

an.

Foot.

jamana.

Foot OK, foot.

jamana marntaj hey, hmm jamana.

She should have said it like that, that child, foot is more correct.

ngu-nga manyja kuya na, nyila-ma karu-ma, jamana-pirak.

Yeah but it was said a bit different. She didn't say 'yapakayi' but she said 'apakayi'.

yeah but im little bit different. I bin tok not 'yapakayi' bat im tok 'apakayi'.

Yeah "yapakayi".

yeah +"yapakayi.

She should have said "yapakayi" which is more correct.

yapakayi-pirak manyja-nga kuya.

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Small child.

karu yapakayi.

Well that's all for that one.

wal marntaj, hey

But they all say to the kids "apakayi, abu', like that, don't they?

laik olabat jarrakap la im karu-walija-wu +"apayi, apu, kuya init?

Yeah those little one, you know, kids of that kind (size?).

yeah, nyarrulu yapayapa yu nou karu kuya kuya-ny-ma.

Because they don't know it properly.

kula-lu tumaji jaru-ma brobli ngarrka manana.

Like that.

kuya.

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&marntaj ngu-rna-rla marnana nyila-ma karu-walija-ma yapayapa-ma.

That's their way of talking.

nyurruluny jarrakap nyawa-ma-lu marnana, kuya.

As adults, we talk differently, we do.

ngantipa jangkakarni wi tok naja-wei ngantipa-ma.

We use proper words for everything.

laik, broba yini ngu-rnalu marnana nyampa-kayirnikayirni-ma nyila-ma, yunayunany-ma.

This isn't 'foot' but 'jamana'.

kula +"but nyawa-ma-rla +"but, +"jamana.

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And this is 'langa' OK 'langa'

an nyila +"langa-ma marntaj +"langa.

And we call cats 'ngaya', we do.

an nyila pujikat, ngu-rnalu tal panana +"ngaya, ngantipa-ma.

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What's another word for it?

nyampa nyawa na jintapa-kari-ma yini-ma?

Nyutinyuti.

nyutinyuti.

Hmm.

Hmm.

Cat.

nyutinyuti.

Cat.

nyutinyuti.

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Hmm we call it 'nyutinyuti.

hmm ngu-rnalu tal panana +"nyutinyuti.

They used to call it that in the old days.

ngu-lu tal panani kamparrijang-kulu.

Nyutinyuti.

nyutinyuti.

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What's another name for it?

nyampa nyampa nyila-ma yini-ma marnana.

But it's different even for Gurindji words. She says them differently. She said 'apakayi' not 'yapakayi' and she said, when she says not 'ngapulu' she says 'apu' like that, doesn't she.

bat difren laik even that Gurindji im jarrakap lidulbit difren-wei i bin tok laik 'apakayi' not 'yapakayi' an i bin tok laik wen im tok not 'ngapulu' im tok 'apu' kuya init?

Well Cecelia says 'ngapulu' to the child.

ngapulu, wal ngu-rla marnana Nangari jarrakap karu-wu yalu-wu na.

'Ngapulu' and whatsitcalled. She called it 'apu' when she was breastfeeding.

ngapulu an nyampayila, apu-ma tal pani ngapulu-karra, jayingka-rla, ngapulu kuya.

Yeah and what about 'ngawa'. How does everyone say it to the kids?

yeah an whatabout 'ngawa' wijei olabat jarrakap la im karu-wu, ngawa?

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Give a little bit to her. The child calls it water.

yapakayi na manta-rla, yapakayi-lu nyampayila-lu ngawa tal panana.

And adults call it that too.

an im kolim jangkarni.

They called it 'awa'.

dei kol-im +"awa".

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'Awa', they called it, 'Awa awa give me awa'.

+"awa awa gibit jayingka-yi awa awa.

Kids, 'Awa awa,' they say.

karu, +"awa awa, kuya.

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Children talk like that.

karu-ma kuya ngu-lu marnana.

As adults, we.

ngantipa, jangkakarni.

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In language, Topsy, in language.

jaru-yawung Nganyjal jaru-yawung.

She walks and says to her, "Give me some water".

yanana kalu na, ngu-rla marnana +"Ngawa jayingka-yi.

She said 'ngawa', didn't she.

ngu marni 'awa' im tok init.

As a slightly bigger child.

jangkarni-piya.

Why is her throat dry.

nyampa-wu ngirlkirri im.

When she has a sore throat she wants water.

wal dijan jas bikos wen i gat nyampayirla

Ah yeah yeah OK.

ah yeah yeah OK.

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When you're coughing, coughing.

kulyurrkkulyurrk-karra-la, kulyurrkkulyurrk-karra.

And what about some more like um.

and what about some more like um.

What's another one?

nyampa-warla jintapa.

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what's some more of these babytalk words, Gurindji ones.

Animal.

kakkak.

Yeah kakkak is a babytalk word too isn't it.

yeah kakkak that's a babytalk one too init.

'Animal', what's that for, 'bird'.

kakkak nyampayila olabat, jurlaka.

(They say) 'kakkak kakkak' for 'bird'.

jurlaka kakkak kakkak.

(That's for) bird.

jurlak.

Bird is 'kakkak kakkak'.

jurlak kakkak kakkak.

(The baby talk word is) 'kakkak'.

kakkak-ma kakkak.

When the mothers show (a bird) to them (they say) 'That's a kakkak,' like that.

nyamu-yinangulu ngamayi-lu wiyit jayingana +"kakkak nyila kakkak, kuya.

To little kids.

yapayapa-pun karu kuya.

Like this.

kuya-marraj-ku na.

Some sometimes she talks in abbreviated forms like 'awa' and 'apu'.

so sometimes lidulbit short-wei im tok +"awa, or im tok apu, kuya, lidulbit short-wei.

Bird.

jurlak.

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No 'jurlak' 's not baby talk.

Milk.

apu.

Yeah they're short forms, aren't they.

yeah lidulbit short-wei init.

Milk.

apu.

Water.

awa.

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awa.

Hmm like that.

hmm kuya na.

Why does she talk like that to the child?

laik nyampa-wu im jarrakap la im karu-wu.

The mother asks her.

yangki panana ngu ngamayi-lu.

Do you want to have some milk?

yu want-im, ngarlu ngu-n apu kuya apu.