pakalanarrikufrompakalan(pa)intransitive verbbecome hard, become stiffKapilu pungkunyangka lupurlpa tjutiku wiyarriku parnangka palunyatjanu pakalanarriku.When it rains the transparent blobs of honey dew all drip down onto the ground and go hard.Pakalanarriku parnangka nganytjalku.(The blobs of honey dew) go hard and stick to the ground.Ngurrpatjanu mungangka pitjaku warntu patalku ngarritiku ngarriku. Palunyalu katurringku nyinarra kulilku, ‘Nyaatjanu-rni ngaanya wirtapi pakalanarringu?’ Ka kutjupalu watjalku, ‘Wiya, pinirntan pitjangu ngarringu mungangka ngurrpatjarra.’You might come along during the night and unknowingly spread your blanket and lie down and sleep the night. Then you’ll get up and sit there and think, ‘Why’s my back got so stiff?’ Then someone else might say, ‘Oh, you came along and unknowingly lay down on an underground termite nest during the night.’

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