ngaltjaadjective1greedy, gluttonousof childrenTjilku palanya ngaltja purlkanya.That child is very greedy.Kati nintila ngaltjamaaltu.Don’t be greedy, bring it and give it to him.2perpetually hungry and not thriving because mother is pregnant and milk supply is poorof small childNgunytju tjilkukitja nyinarranyangka tjilku ngaltja nyinama.When a mother is going to have another baby the (previous) child fails to thrive and is always hungry.Ngaarnmanku tjilku, palunyangkalta nyinama walykumunu pirnilpa ngaltjatjanu.When the baby is born, then (the older child) will be well after failing to thrive.See alsomanyu-manyungayarrkasounds likengalytja

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