walkal(pa)nounemu poison bushDuboisia hopwoodiigrows in spinifex country. Leaves are used to poison water in a rockhole to stupefy emus.Walkalpa parrka-ya yatulku-yatulku pulparruralpi mayurntulkulta kapikutu.They pound the leaves of the poison bush and after making them powdery, push them across to the water.Minyma palunyanya kawarnarrara walkalpa ngalkukitja yanu.That woman got confused and went to eat the poison bush.Walkalpa patjalku ngalku mirrirriku tirtu kuliltjakutarra.You might take a bite of the poison bush and eat it and die, so that you won’t keep on thinking (about your grief).See alsopuutjin(pa)Means the same askungkungu

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