katjany(pa)noun1general term for worms, little snakes and baby snakes2worms, intestinal wormsTjiinya-ya kutjupatjarra katjanypa kapi pilkingka ngarripayi. Nyangka-ya tjurlpu kurrparulu luurntu puru kaarnkalu nyinatingkula kapi tjikiranytjalu nyakula pulupungkupayi kapingkatja. Pulupungkulalpi katiku ngalku.There are other worms that lie in the mud. When butcherbirds, kingfishers and crows see them and land (near the water) to drink, they pull them out of the water. They pull them out, take them away and eat them.Tjiinya-latju pitjalanku nyaku marlu nyinarranyangka tjutupungkulalpi tjuni wingarnpungku nyaku katjanypa pirni-ya yurrirranyangka, tjiinya marlungkatja katjanypa.We go along and see a kangaroo sitting there, shoot it, gut it and see lots of worms wriggling around, kangaroo worms.3earthwormParna kaninytjarra katjanypa ngarripayi.Earthworms lie beneath the ground.4legless lizardDelma spp. [?] Lialis burtonis5blind burrowing snakeRamphotyphlops spp.Puru-latju pitjalankula nyakupayi lirru kurlunypa katjanypa tjinatjarra tjiinya-ya yulypungkakutju tjarrparra ngarripayi. Tjiinya kuru wiya palunyanya yini katjanypa.Also we come along and see little snakes, blind snakes with (little) feet that go under dry leaf matter and lie there. You see, they don’t have eyes and the name of those is k̲a̲t̲ja̲n̲ypa̲.6spaghetti, noodlesSee alsolirru-lirru

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