Marládja Kánkarra Ngábarra-ba. Ndjébbana

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1 Marládja Kánkarra Ngábarra-ba Ndjébbana

2 Marládja Kánkarra Ngábarra-ba We Eat Turtle Meat A text in the Ndjébbana language of central coastal Arnhem Land, for use in the Ndjébbana bilingual program at Maningrida Community Education Centre. The original text was written during 1997 as a group-negotiated text. This version was edited by Leanne Girbbarra and Kate Miwúlkku during Checked and revised by Kate Miwúlkku, Daisy Naddjundánga and Millie Djamúddjana with Rebecca Green, Photographs by Ndjébbana Unit Staff NT Government Department of Employment, Education and Training, Maningrida Community Education Centre Reprinted February 2007 Produced at Maningrida Literature Production Centre Maningrida CEC Private Mail Bag 67 Winnellie NT 0822 ISBN

3 Marládja Kánkarra Ngábarra-ba Ngúddja barra-róddjiba barra-míyibana Ngúddja nga-nakkúrrngarnawa barra-ngódjbana Nja-kamárrang Leanne Girbbarra, Nja-búrlanj Kate Miwúlkku, Nja-bangárda Daisy Naddjundánga, Nja-ngárridj Millie Djamúddjana.

4 Yídja marládja ka-mánga. 2

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6 Yúrnka-na ka-bbóna. 4

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8 Márdba ka-rénjdjeya ka-kkónjdjanga. 6

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10 N-búrrbba ka-wárrbba ka-nóra, 8

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12 karlómerr ká-rawo. 10

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14 N-búrrbba n-barrábarra ka-wárrbba, karlómerr ka-ddjáma, ká-rawo kómabba. 12

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16 Barrébba n-búrrbba barra-ddjáma barra-nóra. 14

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18 Ngardabbámba ka-mánga. 16

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20 Yaláwa ka-kkónjdjanga ka-múyuwana. Ka-rénjdjiyiba ngárrngarr karrówa. Kayáka-ma kanbelíbala wúlud. Ki-yirríya ka-ddjórrbara. 18

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22 Yúya ka-ngárawana, waléykkarra ka-warrabúra. 20

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24 Yídja marládja barra-kkákkaya, baka-kkónjdja karnangarróngarra. 22

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26 Waléykkarra n-djánama barra-wéra, yaláwa baka-kkónjdja ba-rnarnawárraba, márnabba ka-rénjdjeya. Yaláwa wánja, múli baka-bbánjdja baka-rénjdjeya. 24

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28 Makkúkka n-djánama barra-wéra. 26

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30 Yaláwa marládja barra-ddjórrbara. 28

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32 Márnabba ná-marnabba barra-bbánjdja yúya, barra-ddjórrbara. 30

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34 Yaláwa ka-warrabúra ka-yóra. 32

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36 N-kárddja, barra-ngaladdjáyibara, yaláwa kánkarra ngabarra-mángka ngábarra-ba ngabarra-nóra. Yaláwa. 34

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38 English translation: We Eat Turtle Meat 2 A man caught a Green Turtle. 4 He broke its neck. 6 He slit its throat open. 8 He is pulling out the intestines, 10 discarding the seagrass. 12 He pulls out the large intestine, (and) cleans out the seagrass, discarding all of it. 14 They are washing the intestines. 16 He has got the liver. 18 At last he has finished the butchering. There is lots of offal (this is cooked separately). He ll get the blood for turtle soup. (No part is wasted.) The cooking is under way. 20 The fire has been lit, the rocks are heating up. 22 The men drag the turtle (to the fire), they will cut open the guts. 24 They put the (hot) rocks into the stomach cavity, after they have split (sections) off the chest. Then they put the upper arm meat, the thigh meat (on the fire). 26 They insert grass into its throat (to prevent the juices from leaking out). 28 Then they cook the turtle. 30 They put fire on top of the chest cavity for cooking. 32 At last it lies cooking. 34 Once it is cooked, they get it out of the fire, and we all get the meat (and) eat it. 36

39 Glossary: Ndjébbana English baka-bbánjdja they will put it Male baka-kkónjdja they will cut it Male baka-rénjdjeya they will stand; be baka-rénjdjeya they will be (doing something; an activity) baka-bbánjdja baka-rénjdjeya... they will be putting it Male ba-rnarnawárraba they will sever it Male; they will cut it Male off barra-bbánjdja they put it Male barra-ddjáma they wash it Male barra-ddjáma barra-nóra they are washing it Male barra-ddjórrbara they cook it Male barra-ngódjbana they made It Male barra-kkákkaya they drag it Male barra-míyibana they related; told; discussed barra-ngaladdjáyibara they get it Male out of the fire barra-nóra they sit, they are (doing something) barra-róddjiba the children barra-wéra they put it Male into (something) barrébba they ka-bbóna (someone) hit it Male; broke it ka-ddjáma (someone) washes it Male ka-ddjórrbara (someone) cooks it Male 37

40 ka-kkónjdjanga (someone) cut it Male ka-mánga (someone) got it Male ka-múyuwana (someone) finished it Male kanbelíbala blood ka-ngárawana (someone) lit it Male; it has been lit kánkarra (Male) meat ka-nóra he sits; he stays; he is ka-nóra he is (doing something) n-búrrbba ka-wárrbba ka-nóra.... he is removing the guts ká-rawo (someone) discards it Male; throws it ka-rénjdjeya it Male stands; it is; there is ka-rénjdjeya his or its Male (body parts) ka-rénjdjiyiba lots of it Male stands; lots of standing ka-rénjdjiyiba ngárrngarr karrówa. there is lots of offal karlómerr seagrass (this is food for green turtles) karnangarróngarra intestines karrówa much; many; lots ka-warrabúra (something) burns it Male; it is heated up ka-warrabúra ka-yóra it Male is cooking ka-wárrbba (someone) removes it Male kayáka-ma (someone) will get it Male ka-yóra it Male lies; it sleeps; it is ka-yóra it Male is (undergoing a process) 38

41 ki-yirríya it Male goes; it progresses ki-yirríya ka-ddjórrbara the cooking is underway; in progress kómabba both (of them); all (of it); everything makkúkka grass márdba throat márdba ka-rénjdjeya its(male) throat marládja sea turtle (generic); Green Turtle (specific) márnabba chest márnabba ka-rénjdjeya its(male) chest múli (meat around) the upper thigh -na his, its Male yúrnka-na its Male head ná-marnabba on top of (lit. on the chest ) márnabba ná-marnabba on top of the chest n-barrábarra Male-large n-búrrbba Male-guts n-djánama Male belly; internal cavity ngábarra-ba we all eat it ngábarra-ba ngabarra-nóra we are eating ngabarra-mángka we all get it ngabarra-nóra we all sit; we stay; we are ngabarra-nóra we are (doing something; an activity) ngardabbámba liver nga-nakkúrrngarnawa Male-straight 39

42 ngárrngarr offal ngúddja language; story; word(s) ngúddja barra-míyibana they told a story Nja-búrlanj name of a skin group - Female Nja-kamárrang name of a skin group - Female n-kárddja it Male is cooked waléykkarra rock(s) wánja (meat around) the upper arm wúlud soup-soup ; juices from cooked meat yaláwa the end; final(ly); after that; so then yídja man; men yúrnka head yúya fire 40

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