yimpinoun1silken vertical tubeof the larva of the hepialid moth or trap-door spiderTjutangka yangkuwayingka maku ngarripayi manta kaninytjarra yimpingka.Under gum trees in the creek, grubs lie underneath the ground at the bottom of a silken tube.Yimpinguru mapitjaku kapi tjikilku. Palunyatjanu marlaku pitjaku.From the silken tube (the grub) goes up and drinks water. Then it comes back.Taalku wantinyangka yimpikutju ngarama.When (a grub turns into a butterfly) and has burst out from the ground, only the silken tube is there.2trap-door, lid of trap-door spider’s holeKa waarrpungku yimpi ngalyayangatjunku marapuultu.Then the (trap-door) spider quickly closes the lid of its hole.Marapuulpa pirtingka ngarripayiku ngurra yimpitjarra.The spider that lives in a hole has a home with a trap-door.3dried mucus in the noseMulya yurrkalytju yangatjunku. Ka watjalku, ‘Mulya yimpi mantjila warni yangatjura kanyiranyangka. Ka parntila.’A cold might block (a child’s) nose. Then someone will say, ‘Get that dried mucus and throw it away. Then he’ll be able to smell.’See alsokapitjikil(pa)

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