minytjunoun1potatoMinytju-rni nintila ka-rna ngala.Give me a potato and let me eat it.See alsoputurtiwatja2gum from the bloodwood treeinedible red sap that comes out of trunkMuurr-muurrta-ya minytju tjitirn-tjitirnpa pakalpayi ngurtulypirinypa.Blobs of red gum come up on bloodwood trees. It’s like the sweet gum that comes out of wattles.See alsokilkil(pa)3feather-veined wattleAcacia dictyophlebaAlthough botanically the same species as n̲ga̲r̲r̲k̲a̲l̲ya̲ and growing alongside it on sandhills, it has shorter leaves and roots that are easily broken and unsuitable for making spears.Mapitjaku watilu-ya ngarrkalya parnalkitjalu nyaku tjiinya ngarrkalyapirinypa minytju parnalkitjamunu kurlartaku.Men go to dig up the roots of n̲ga̲r̲r̲k̲a̲l̲ya̲ and see the m̲i̲n̲yt̲ju̲ which is like n̲ga̲r̲r̲k̲a̲l̲ya̲, but they don’t dig it up for spears.See alsomulyartingarrkalya

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