nyutjinoun1barrier of dirt behind hibernating goannasoft at first but gets hard after rainNyutji walykumunu nyarrkara-wanalku yarlapungku.(In order to get a goanna) you gouge out the nice (soft) barrier of dirt and break through it.Tirnka pirtingka tjarrparralpi nyutjitjunku. Nyangka-tjinguru kapilu rawalu puyilku-puyilku. Palunyangka-tjinguru nyutji palunyanya witu-witurriku ngarama.After digging a hibernating hole, a goanna blocks off the burrow behind itself. Then if it rains for a long time, sometimes that barrier of dirt gets hard and stays like that.Means the same asyurlpi2dark-red core of earthformed by worker honey ants going up and downNyutji nyakulalpi pukurlarriku. Palunyalulta tjawara-wanalku yarlapungkulalpi nyaku kartilyka yutirriku ngarrirranyangka kuru pirninya yurrara ngalkunma.When you’re (looking for honey ants) and see the dark-red core of earth, you’re pleased. Then you keep digging in the same direction and when you’ve made an opening, you see the worker honey-ant larvae lying there. Then you gather and eat the ripe honey ants.

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