yitarn(pa)nounhalf-grown rabbitTjiinya-latju kuka yitarnpa tjapilpayi raapita warlangu.We call a half-grown rabbit a yi̲t̲a̲r̲n̲pa̲.Minymalu nyaku raapita pirni-ya pirtingka tjarrpaku purlkanyakutju. Palunyalu tjawalku pampulku nulungka puparranyangka tjulyara tjunku-tjunku. Pakalku nyaku palunyalu watjalku, ‘Wiya, kuka ngaanya kurlunypakutju purlkanyamaalpa yitarnpa warlangukutju.’A woman might see lots of rabbits go into a hole, only big ones. Then she’ll dig and when she feels them crouching in the end of the burrow and catches them (kills them), she’ll put them down. She’ll get up and look at them and say, ‘Oh, this meat consists only of little ones, not big ones, only half-grown rabbits.’See alsowarlangu

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