Wakinŋu Borum Mala

Bush Fruits

Gawatjark

gawatjarktja - Borum ŋuli ŋuthan bawalamirrikurr ga miny'tjiny nhanŋu miku'. Ga borumdja ŋayi dhuwal mirithirr nyumukuṉiny' balanya nhakun munydjutj.

Gawatjark is bush fruit it grows anywhere. The colour of the fruit is red, it's a small fruit it's like a green plum. The scientific name for this fruit is Drypetes Lasiogyna.

Gumbu

gumbuny - Dhuwal borum yurr nyumukuṉiny' ga ŋuthandja ŋuli marrtji dhirrimuk. Ga dharpany nhanŋu ŋuli ŋuthan dhirrimuk ga wiripuny gaḏawaḏa. Malŋ'maraŋuny limurr ŋuli borum gumbuny baralakurr ga gumurr-retja. Ga dhäkaynydja nhanŋu mirithirr latju dhika.

Gumbu are small little white fruits it grows along the open flood plains and rain forests. It tastes good. The scientific name for this fruit is Securinoga Virosa.

Munydjutj

munydjutj - Ŋuli marrtji borumdhirr rarranhdharryu, yurr ḻuku-nhäranhamirriy. Ŋunhi ŋuli nhuma nyaŋ'thurr ḏikuny munydjutj, nhuma ŋuli mathany baṉḏanydhin. Ḻukiny nhuma ŋuli borum yan. Munydjutjŋur dharpaŋur ŋayi ŋuli ga ŋuthandja, yurr garrwar.

Munydjutj ripens at rarranhdharr when the ground is hot to walk on. If you eat the fruit when it's still not ripe, your tongue gets dry, the fruit grows high in the branches. The scientific name for this fruit is Buchanania Obvata.

Dhaŋgi

dhaŋginy - Dhuwal dhuḏi-wiyin' borum. Ga ŋapany nhanŋu mulkuminy ga ŋathany nhanŋu djinagany buthalak. Dhäkaynydja nhanŋu manymak ga wiripuny yaka.

Dhaŋgi is a fruit and it is green, but inside the fruit is yellow. We can eat the fruit and sometimes we don't. The scientific name for this fruit is Planchonia Careya.

Genydja

genydjany - Borum nhuma ŋuli maḻŋ'maraŋ baralakurr yurr galki retjaŋur. Dharapany nhanŋu mirithirr yindi ga borumdja nhanŋu balanya nhakun munydjutj, yurr märr yindin. Ga ḻukiny nhuma ŋuli maŋutji manapul, bili ŋunhi maŋutji genydjany mirithirr buḻŋu' ga nyumukuṉiny'.

Genydja is a fruit you find along the sand dunes and the rain forests. The tree is very big and the fruit is the size of a king marble, you eat the fruit and the seeds, it tastes good. The scientific name for this fruit is Ficus Virens.

Rripipi

rripipiny - Borum dhuwal nyaŋ'thunamirr yurr yaka nhanŋu dhäkaynydja manymak, ŋany gäŋga. Ŋuthandja ŋayi marrtji ŋuli bawalamirrikurr.

Rripipi this fruit is good to eat and it grows everywhere. The scientific name for this fruit is Ficus Platypoda.

Djäpa

djäpany - Dharpany mirithirr yindi, ga ŋuthandja ŋuli ga djinaga retjaŋur yan. Ga borumdja nhanŋu mirithirr nyumukuṉiny' nhakun gumbu. Dhäkaynydja nhanŋu latju mirrithirr. Ga miny'tjiny nhanŋu mol.

Djäpa grows in the bush, the fruit itself is small. It tastes sweet and the colour of this fruit is black.

Ṉarraṉi'

ṉarraṉiṉy' - Borum dhuwal miku' miny'tji ga gorrumany ŋuli ga garrwar dharpaŋur yäkuŋur ṉarraṉi'ŋur. Ga dhakalnydja nhanŋu nhakun wapuḻ, ga dhäkaynydja nhanŋu rapiny ga wiripuny ḏamurruŋ. Ŋuthandja ŋuli marrtji gumurr-retja, djinaga retjakurr ga wiripuny bam'palakurr.

Ṉarraṉi' grows in the rain forest and along the sad dunes or open plains, the fruit is red and it's size is like a tennis ball or sometimes much bigger. It tastes sweet and sometimes sour. The scientific name for this fruit is Suborbicularis or Eugenia Suborbicularis.

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