Nhä nhangu banya ḏilminyin'kum walu?
Ŋala nhan miḏawarr? Djaŋu bala ŋarri yaka.
Yow, djaŋu ŋalmaliŋguwayma gam' ŋaya ŋarru rakaram.
Ḏilminyin, ŋarru walum nhangu djinakum murraŋayinyawum borumdjim nhan ŋarru miḏawarr gäḻaŋuyu yara.
Djaŋum ŋalmaliŋgu borum Warramiriwum bäpurruwu, ḏilminyin, wäwuru, baḻkpaḻk, wuŋapu ga mulkmulk. Djaŋu malanynha nhan ŋuwakurrum.
Ga nhan ŋarru djaŋu waŋganyma ŋayaŋay baḻkpaḻkma gurindji nhan ŋarru, bala rettjin ga bominyan nhan banya gurrŋan'tjim nhan ŋarru.
Ga manymak djaŋu mala ŋalmaliŋgu ŋayaŋay ga borumma, ŋarru djaŋu yulŋum waŋganyŋam djanal djaŋu borum malanynha.
Ga waŋganyma nhan ŋatha ŋalma ŋarru gäliyan dhaŋalkum ŋorrtja, yow. Ga waŋganyma ŋatha nhan yaka gänaŋ'thunna djinakuru malanyŋuru ŋayaŋay'ŋuru ga borumŋuru.
Djaŋu malanynha ŋayaŋay ŋuwakurru mäwaya birrka'mi nhanany ŋarru djaŋuya nhan malany borumnhan goŋdhu ŋayathan ga ṉoka bawalamiyu birrka'miyu.
Ga djaŋum nhan ŋatha waŋganyma, banya ŋarru yakan nhanany ŋayathan ḏikunham. Ga gäliyan ŋarru ga gumurr nyena nhangu djinaku waŋganygum ŋathawu yakan.
Banya ŋarru dhaŋalkum ŋorrtja, ga gäliyanma ganana nhan ŋarru yarrkthuna, ga nyena yaka bärrku. Baya nhanbay ŋarru muryun ŋawulul djika nhä dhoṉuktji ŋarru ṉoluŋdji gäna yara nhanbay räwaktji rerriwulyi warrpamnha nhan ŋarru ŋultjiyin.
Bala nhan ŋarru ŋarrin yolŋum galitjin, bala yaw'yuna garminydjarrkma, bala dhalkaraman nhanany ga liŋgun. Ga baya nhan ŋarru garminydjarrk yalyun warrpam.
Bala warrkthuna bala ṉokan ḻiyu'ḻiyuna ŋarri. Bilanya nhan dhuwurrma bitjan rumbal nhäpa gätjinat.
Ga waŋgany ŋaya waripum meṉguwan ŋatjaŋaḏal. Djaŋum ŋatjaŋaḏalma yäku ŋatha yumurrku. Ŋunha Yirriŋa yaka ŋoya. Ga milwiṉi nhän ŋatha djaŋum barka' mäypa.
Nhangu djinaku ŋatjaŋaḏalwu märi'miŋu nhan djaŋu milwiṉi.
Glossary
miḏawarr gäḻaŋuyu – yindi miḏawarr
bominyan - gurrŋandji dhoṉuktji
ṉoluŋdji - ŋawululmi gurtha
rerriwulyi - gurtha ŋuli nyumukuṉiny'thirra wo bulŋuyyukthirra marrtji
dhalkaraman - yaw'yun bala dholkuman
ganyawu - maŋutji ŋatha
ŋatjaŋaḏal - Wurrawu (Barripaŋ 1 - yäku)
milwiṉi - wiripu yäku ŋatjaŋaḏalwu
Fruits and food of the bush
What's the time for redberries?
Which direction is the wind coming from, East-South-East?
Yes, it's on its way. Ok, this is it, I'm going to tell you about redberries.
The time for redberries to ripen is Miḏawarr, around about the time the ESE wind blows.
The redberries, the roundberries, the treenuts, the blackberries and mulkmulk all belong to the people of the Warramiri clan. These fruits all taste good. The treenut becomes green, after that it becomes red and then it becomes black, and we call it Bominya. These are all our fruits and our nuts and food.
And with the other one, the wild cashew, we don't touch the orange part.
We make a fire and cook the nut. This food, the nut is different from the other fruits and nuts.
These other foods and nuts are better, and good for us to eat anytime. But this one food or nut, we can't touch it when it is raw (i.e. uncooked). We have to sit close by and wait for it to be cooked.
When the fire is lit and while the nuts are being cooked, we have to move away from the fire and sit at a distance until the nuts are cooked, the smoke is gone, the fire has burned down and the nuts are all dried and cool.
Then we can move closer to the fire, dig a hole in the sand, put the nuts in then cover them with sand and wait till the sand has cooled down. Then we take the nuts out and eat them. The nuts look like cashew nuts.
And I forgot to mention the other root called ŋatjaŋaḏal. These roots are very small. They are found at Yirriŋa. Another name for this food is Milwiṉi. It has lots of small off-shoots.
This Milwiṉi is the grandmother of the ŋatjaŋaḏal.
