A N IN D ILY A U G W A A YAGWA

J URRA 13

BY: GULA LALARA

JUDITH STOKES

A N I N D I L Y A U G W A A Y A G W A

J U R R A 13

Mijiyelya manja

agwa

Ningwa nu-ngaruguminuma langwa agwalya.

Agarragarra: Gula Lalara agwa Judith Stokes

Angurrgwalangwa Groote Eylandt

1974

yingarnanga

a

a i u enga ngi ngu nge

ngangingunge

*-T- - '

nga ngi ngu ngega gi gu gena ni nu ne

nga la ja ngalaja

nung gwa ja nunggwa ja

nge ni ye rri ya ngeniyerriya

ma rru nga marrunga

nga wa ngawa

nga ya ngaya

nga yu wa ngayuwa

e ne ja ene ja

je ya jeya

li ga ja ligaja

gu rru- li ga ja mu rra gurru-1iga jamurra

nara a li ga ngu ma nara aliganguma

?Ngambuwa? Angalyawa

gurru-ligajama

?Ngambuwa nungguwa gu-ligajama?

?Ngambuwa nungguwa gu-ligajama?

?Ngambuwa nagina nu-ligajama?

Angalyawa.

Agwalyawa.

Awurugwawa.

Nunggurruwa gurru-ligajama angalyawa.

Nunggurruwa gurru-ligajama agwalyawa.

Ngayuwa gu-ligajama angalyawa.

Miiiyelya mania

"?Ngambuwa gurru-ligajamurra ?' yingi-yema

Dingarna.

Ngalaja Dilaburnda yingi-yema, "Gu-

mungguliyama marrunga ngaya yelagwa angalya

manja," yingi-yema. "Nara aliganguma agwalyawa," yingi-yema.

"?Umba nunggwaja, ngambuwa?" yingi-yema

Dingarna Ningwawa.

Eneja Ningwa ni-yema, “Agwalyawa ngaya.”

“Jeya ligaja agwalyawa ngeniyerriya,”

yingi-yema Dingarna.

Ningwa nu-manga amuwara Naraja langwa

agwa nu-ligarna agwalyawa aragba.

Ena ngawa.

mu nga ru gwa mungarugwa

ni nge na ningena

mi yu gu ji ya miyugujiya

nga yu wa ngayuwa

ma ngi yu wa nga mangiyuwanga

gu- nga ru gu mi na wa

nu- nga ru nga ru gu ...wa

gu-ngaruguminawa

nu-ngarugnaruguminu.

nu- nga ru gu mi na nu-ngarugumina

Ningwa nu-ngaruguminuma langwa agwalya.

Ningwa nu-manga amuwara agwa mungarugwa

Naraja langwa agwa nu-ligarna agwalyawa.

Ngalaja Dilaburnda yingi-yema, “Ngayuwa

gu-mungguliyama yelagwa angalya manja. Nara

aliganguma agwalyawa ningena, " yingi-yema.

Ni-yema Ningwa, "Gu-ngaruguminama ngaya

Malarra langwa."

Nu-ligarna gembirra malarrawa agwa nu-

ngarugumina malarra langwa aragba.

Nu-ngaruguminu...wa.

Numa-gwara miyugujiya mangiyuwanga

mungarugwa murra. Wu-ngarungarugunumu...wa.

Nu-manga agwala agwalya ayugwayuwa,

amunggwa murriya agwa yagarra, agwa nu-

ligarna angalyawa aragba.

Ena ngawa.

New Sound: ng

New Words:

ngalaja she

yelagwa here

nunggwaja you

ngeniyerriya expression of feeling towards a person

marrunga sleep

eneja he

ngawa completed

jeya go on, g o !

ngaya I

gurru- you (all) will

gurru-ligajamurra you will go

gu- I/you will

gu-mungguliya I will sleep

nara aliganguma not going

ligaja go!

nunggurruwa you all

nungguwa you

ngayuwa I

*ngambuwa where to?

*angalyawa (to) home

* Sight words only

New Words:

gu-ngaruguminama I am fishing (with a line)

gu-ngaruguminawa I will go fishing

nu-ngarugumina he is fishing

nu-ngarungarugunumu...wa he kept on fishing

numa-gwara he caught it

mungarugwa fishing line

ningena I

murriya ... and company/friends

ngayuwa I

mangiyuwanga shark

amunggwa type of fish

yagarra type of fish

Naraja man's name

miyugujiya little

malarrawa to the rocks

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