ngarrka2nounsmall depression in rock in which water liesslightly deeper than a w̲a̲r̲r̲k̲u̲ but not as deep as a w̲a̲r̲n̲n̲gu̲Tjiinyakurlu nintitjuralpi walu ngaralanyangka, ‘Mapitja nyawa. Kapi-kulila ngarrirra-tjinguru ngarrkangka.’It’s like when a person shows someone a flat rock, ‘Go and look. Maybe water is lying in small depressions in the rock.’Tjiinya-ya yarnangu pirni kapilu pungku wantinyangka-ya yalatja mapitjayinma. Nyangka tjiinya wati kapiku nintilu watjalku, ‘Mapitja-la ngurra tjurra kapi ngarrkangka. Palunyalu-tjinguru-la kutju ngarrirra ngarrka kapi kurlunypa wiyarrinyangka yanku kapi pirti purlkanyakutu.’After it has rained a group of people go on a trip. Then a man who knows the waterholes says, ‘Let’s go and put our camp at the small rockhole. Then maybe after sleeping one night, when the water in that small rockhole dries up, we’ll go to a big rockhole.’See alsolawu-lawuwarrkuwarnngu

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