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yara makutjarra
Ikuntji School
Ngaatja watiya ilykuwarra.
Pintapintalu tjunanyi kuwata tjuta panangka watiya ilykuwarrangka ila.
Maku tjulyitjunanyi watiya ngaturungka yunngu.
Ngaatja Tjurikalu makuku ngurrini. Rita
Ngaatja taaltjarra panangka ngaranyi.
Tjurikalu, Tinitjalu kamu Malkamalu tjawani watiya ilykuwarra makuku.
Errol Vronitalu tjawani makuku. Errol
Tjupurrulalu kamu Tjurikalu tjawani makuku. Kyle
Napanangkalu mantjini kuna makuku. Edward
Tjurikula, Tinitjalu kamu Tjupurrulalu tjawani makuku. Tjana tjawani kurupatjarrangku watiya ilapatu.
Pinitjalu kamu Ritalu tjawani makuku. Paluru kutjarrangku maku tjuta mantjini watiya ilykuwarrangka.
Ngaatja Pinitjalu kamu Tinitjalu kilinamilani pana ilanguru. Malcom
Kungka kutjungku ngaturu kilytjuntananyi kurupatjarrangku makuku. Henry
Nakarralu mantjini maku ngaturungka. Kiranalu nintini. Keith
Tjampitjinpalu nyanganyi maku yunngu ngaturungka. Palunyatjanu paluru maku kanyini. Paluru nintini. Rita
Tjupurrulalu yilani maku ngaturungka. Palunyatjanu paluru kanyini maku kutju, paluru tjawara mantjinutja.
Tjupurrulalu maku kutjani waru iipangka. Palunyatjanu paluru maku ngalkuni. Malcom
Ritalu maku tjuta nintini, paluru tjawara mantjinutja watiya ilykuwarra.
Tjampitjinpalu mantarrangka kanyini maku tjuta.
Ngaatja Tjupurrulalu kamu Tjurikalu kaantamilani maku tjuta.
Maku tjuta tjampitangka ngarrinyi. Kiefer
Tjurikalu maku tjuta altangka kutjani. Sharika
Alatjanalu maku ngalkuni. Nathaniel
Ngaatja maku tjuta ngarrinyi panatjawalpangka. Nathaniel
Maku ngaangku palyanu taaltjarra panangka. Paluru pintapintarringkula parrpakani.
Ngaatja paluru pintapintalpi.
English Translation
1. This is a witchetty bush.
2.The moth is laying lots of eggs on the ground near the witchetty bush.
3. A witchetty grub is burrowing inside the root of a (witchetty) bush.
4. This is Sharika looking for witchetty grubs. This is the hole (cocoon) in the ground from which a witchetty moth burst out.
5. Sharika, Denise and Malcom are digging for witchetty grubs (near) a witchetty bush. Vronita is digging for witchetty grubs.
6. Tjupurrula and Sharika are digging for witchetty grubs.
7. Napanangka is getting witchetty grub poo.
8. Sharika, Denise and Tjupurrula are digging for witchetty grubs. They are digging with crowbars close to the bush.
9. Benisa and Rita are digging for witchetty grubs. These two are getting lots of witchetty grubs from the witchetty bush.
10. Benisa and Denise are cleaning dirt from close by.
11. This woman is breaking the root with a crowbar to get a witchetty grub.
12. Nakarra is getting a witchetty grub from a root. Kieran is showing it to us.
13. Tjampitjinpa is looking at a witchetty grub in a root. Then he is holding the witchetty grub. He is showing it to us.
14. Tjupurrula is pulling a witchetty grub from a root. Then he is holding one witchetty grub which he got by digging it out.
15. Tjupurrula is cooking witchetty grubs in the ashes. Then he is eating a witchetty grub.
16. Rita is showing us lots of witchetty grubs, which she got by digging them up from a witchetty bush. Tjampitjinpa is holding witchetty grubs in his shirt.17. This is Tjupurrula and Sharika counting lots of witchetty grubs.
18. Lots of witchetty grubs lying in a container.
19. Sharika is cooking lots of witchetty grubs in the ashes.
20. Alice is eating witchetty grubs. This is lots of witchetty grubs lying in a shovel.
21. This witchetty grub made a hole (cocoon) in the ground from which it burst out. It became a moth and will fly off.
22. This is finally now a moth.
© Ikuntji School, CSIRO & Tangentyere Council, 2011Written by teacher Vronita Multa and Ikuntji Upper Primary students with Vronita’s supportEdited and produced by Meg Mooney, Land & Learning Program, Tangentyere Council, who was funded by CSIRO Scientists in Schools.Luritja also edited by Ken Hansen.
The Pintupi/Luritja program at Ikuntji School in Term 3, 2011 was run by assistant teachers Vronita Multa, Benisa Marks and Alison Multa with the support of head and senior class teacher Dick Sheehan and Land & Learning project officer Meg Mooney. Eunice Napanangka came on the witchetty grub camp.
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