tuurrmankufromtuurr(pa)make a ’tuurr’ soundKurrparulu tuurrmankupayi. Tjiinya-ya purtingka yarnangu pirni nyinapayi. Nyangka pitjaku wartangka nyinakatirralpi tuurrmanku. Nyangka-ya nintilu kulilku watingka ngaanya tuurrmankula tjinakarrpilpa-ya pitjayinkunyangka.A butcherbird makes the ‘t̲u̲u̲r̲r̲’ sound. A lot of people might be living in the bush. Then a (butcherbird) might come and after landing on a branch of a tree, it will make a ‘t̲u̲u̲r̲r̲’ sound. Then (the people) will know that it’s making the ‘t̲u̲u̲r̲r̲’ sound because feather-foot men are coming.
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tuurrngarakufromtuurr(pa)make a ’tuurr’ soundKurrparu tuurrngarala murrungaraku nyinakatiku warrmarla pitjanyangka.When revenge killers have come, the butcherbird makes a ‘t̲u̲u̲r̲r̲’ sound, puts its head down and lands.
tuurrpungkupush dirt into a hole with the feetthis was traditionally done to a grave at the second funeralPitjaku nyaku raapita pirtingka tjarrpanyangka kantura tuurrpungku wantiku nyinarra tjawalku yilalku pungku.When you come and see that a rabbit has gone into a burrow you stamp and push the earth into the hole and then sit and dig out the rabbit and kill it.Manta tuurrpungkukitjalu-ya yularrayilku raparringku. Palunyalu pakaralpi tjanpi manta tuurrpungku, tjanpitarrartu kartarntanku tjunku.(Long ago when the people who were responsible for the second funeral) were about to adjust the grave they’d cry until they felt brave. Then they’d get up and go and push the grass and dirt down the side of the grave, and then break off more grass and put it (along the side of the grave).
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