tjaa nyantuly(pa)fromtjaa1quiet -- not talkingTjaa nyantulypa nyinama kutjupanya nyakula watjantjamaalpa.Be quiet and don’t talk about other people.Walypala ngaanya wangka Ngaanyatjarraku ngurrpa nyinarra tjaa nyantulypa.This white man doesn’t know the Ngaanyatjarra language and is sitting there quietly without talking.seenyantuly(pa)2in a soft voiceat special ceremonial times and with certain in-lawsWati minyma ngaanya-pula tjaa nyantulypa nyinarra yirrkapiri.This man and woman are (talking) in soft voices because their son is ready to become a man.Tjingurunku kurntili yungarra nyinama kungka wituntjatjanu. Nyangka-tjingurun tjaa nyantulytju watjanma, ‘Tjuyi, kungka-tju kurri ngaangka yaaltjirringu?’ Nyangka-tjingurunta yumarilu watjalku, ‘Ngurrpangka-tjinguru ngaatja mirrka payipungkukitja yanu.’Maybe your wife’s mother could live (near you), the one who sent the girl to you. So you always speak in a soft voice, ‘Psst, I wonder where my wife has gone? She was here just a while ago.’ Then your mother-in-law might say, ‘I’m not sure. Maybe she went this way to buy food.’seenyantuly(pa)See alsotjamayitjunkuMeans the same aswangka nyantuly(pa)

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