TEXT 163. A LONG TRIP

Ma:di

163.1

Toyota	ana:-'-ji:-'li,	nu:=ya-n^ggi,	nama=ya:rijgi:-ni,
	from here	we went_c	it (MANA) transported usc

jubiyan^gga	n^gani=wanaga:-',	mari	ga:bundu	n^gaya-waj,	ga:gadug
(man's n.)	he held me_c	and	(woman's n.)	it is me!	(woman's n.)

laran^gana,	gubindiyun^g,	nani=wanaga:-'	n^ga
(man's n.)	(man's n.)	he held usc	and then

ma=yululbi-n^y	alagala,	alagala	ma=yululbi-n^y,
it (MANA) got bogged_p	halfway

nirima:-'rga:='rgi:-ni:::	n^ga	girjag!	ma=wadawadan-ma-n^y,
we pulled it (MANA)_c	and then	no!	it (MANA) got strongP

We went from here in the Toyota, it took us (the Jubiyan^gga had me, also Ga:bundu, Ga:gadug (two women), Laran^gana, and Gubindiyun^g. He (Jubiyan^gga) had us all. But the Toyota got bogged in the mud on the way. We tried to pull it out but it was too strong (i.e. too deeply bogged).

163.2

araga	ba-gu	nu:=ya-y,	ama:-'ln^ga-ruj,	mari	nuru=n^gawi-'-n^y
suddenly	there	we sleptc	in mud	and	we died_p

ana:-gugu,	adaba	nu:-lhagara=n^gawi-'-n^y,	wa:='ri	ana-marya
water	then	we all died_p	not	food

ana-breakfast	na:mbu=n^gu-ni,	ana-n^gam ugijgaj,	wa:='ri
	we ate it	early morning	not

ana-tea	na:n^gga:-'r=na-n^ga:-',	nu:-yama=yama:-',
	we boiled liquid	we did thatc

We slept there around the mud. We were dying for water, all of us were extremely thirsty. We had no food, no breakfast the next morning. We boiled no tea. We were in that kind of situation.

163.3

"da-ji:-'la,	ama=lhamari:-'	muga,
there coming	it (MANA) will come behindc	indeed

na-magulguldha,	anba:li-wuy	ambu:=ya:-ri:",	nirima:-'ga:-'=garan^gga:-
(man's n.)	to (place n.)	they will goc	we looked for it (MANA)_c

ba-ma:-'la	ma=n^gururuwa:-',	ma=yululbi-n^y,	adaba
there it comes (MANA)	it (MANA) rumbled_c	it got bogged_p	then

wirima=buri-n^y	ba-gu-waj	"da-ju:-'-waj	nimbirima=bura-n^g",
they put it (MANA)_p	around there	around there	you (MDu) put it!p

n^ga:='di-n^y	n^gaya,	ba-gu-waj	wirima:='ru-n^y	yi:-yimbid-gaj,
I shouted_p	I	around there	they left itP	around cypress tree

(Someone said,) "(Sounds like) some vehicle coming behind us, the man Magulguldha (and others) on their way to the place Anba:li." We looked for it (vehicle). It came along with its engine roaring. "It (vehicle) bogged." They put it over .around there (by trees). I shouted to two of them, "Put it (vehicle) over there!" Near the cypress trees they left it.

163.4

mu-mun-gala	wi:-ran^ga-ran^ga=gulguldha-n^gi:::	wirima-mun=gayajari-n^y,
from feet (redup.)	they spread (it) out for tiresP	they cut the woodc

ana-ran^ga:::g,	wura:-'ba:-'=burdha-n^gi	ana-manjar
wood	they covered it up_c	branch with foliage

wiri-mada-mada=wan^yja:::-'	wura:-'ya:='yajara-n^gi
they uprooted grassc	they spread things out on roundc

wirima-mun^gu-mun=gayajara-n^gi,	wura:='yajara-n^gi,
they spread (it) out for tiresc	they spread things outc

wirima-mun=gayajari-n^y,

they spread (it) out for tiresp

On foot they (went and) cut off some wood (with hatchets). They covered up (mud), they pulled up some grass and spread it (along with some branches of trees with foliage on them) on the ground under the tires), they did that around the tires.

163.5

aba	ni=yaba-n^yji-n^y	na-magulguldha,	mari	n^ga
then	he put self inp	(man's n.)	and	and then

wirima=juri-n^y,	mari	n^ga	niwu=yardi-n^y	mari	n^ga	baj!
they pushed it_p	and	and then	he started it_p	and	and	then move

ma=balayidi-n^y	n^ga	<zigzag>ma-waya=wayama-n^gi</zigzag>	wu:=rulmurdi-n^y
it (MANA) slidp	and then	it (MANA) proceed_c	they ranp

n^ga	yuwa:-gu	arwar,	n^gijan^g	an-uwa-ga:-'la	ma:='gi-n^y
and then	there	on top	more	from there	it (MANA) returned_p

n^ga	yuwa:-gu,
and then	there

Magulguldha got in, they (the others) pushed it (vehicle), and he started the motor. It moved, it (vehicle) started to slide along and kept moving. They ran (with it) up a ways, then it fell back in (the mud).

163.6

"ya:-ni:-'li	nura:='gi:-na"	nu:=yama-n^y,	mari
here it (ANA) goes	we return	we did thatp	and

"an^gga:-'=badawadad	na:mbu=ya:-ri:",	nura:='gi-n^y	n^ga
it (ground) will be strong	we will goc	we returned_p	and then

ba-ga:-'la,	ma-gu-ra:-'yun^g	anba:li-wuy	nuru=balbin^yji-n^y
from there	as for it (NANA)	to (place n.)	we split up_p

ma=ya-n^ggi,	nura:='gi-n^y	n^ga	ya:-ji,
	it (MAMA) went_c	we returned_p	and then here

We said, "Let us go back this way." And: "It (ground) will eventually become hard (so we can drive the vehicle out of the bog)." We came back (to Numbulwar). As for it (the other vehicle), it went on the Anba:li (in the other direction), we split up. It (the other vehicle) went (that way), we came back here.

163.7

nu:=ya-y	nu:=ya-y	nu:=ya-y,	niri:-'=badawadad-ga:-',
we sleptc			we made ground strongc

nu:=ya-y	mu:='lal mu:='lal,	mu:='la-wa:	mu:='la-wa:,
we sleptc	four (MANA)	two (MANA)	two

mana-min^y n^gan^ga,	<zigzag>mana-wu:n</zigzag>	nu:=lalagi-'-n^y,
sleep	night	we got up_p

wa:-'dha:='dharwara-ma-n^y	adaba	nuru-wara=yaba:-',	nu:=lalagi-'-n^y,
it became duskp	then	we put it all inc	we got up_p

nuru-ways=wayama-n^gi:::	n^ga,	yirgamayi,	gada!	a:n^g,
we proceeded_c	and then	(place n.)	oops!	whatchamacallit

maraya,	nura:='ran^gga-n^y	da-ni	ama:-'di-ruj	wu=lha-y,
(place n.)	we looked_p	it is there	at. road	it stoodc

ba:bulug,	nuru=wa-n^g,	ma:gun	nu-ru,
buffalo (Eng.)	we hit it_p	(man's n.)	we (ExPl)

We spent three nights making it (i.e. waiting for it to become) firm ground. We slept (another night). Four nights, two and two. We got up and left late in the afternoon. We loaded everything in (the vehicle). We got up (set off) and kept going. (We stopped) at the place Yirgamayi--or rather, Maraya. We saw a buffalo there on the road. We shot it, Ma:gun (man's n.) and the rest of us.

163.8

n^gijan^g	nu:=rulmurdi-n^y	yirgamayi,	n^gijan^g	nu:=rulmurdi-n^y
more	we ranp	(place n.)	more	we ranp

yirgamayi,	n^gijan^g nu:=rulmurdi-n^y	mindhamurug	nura:='galawaji-n^y,
		(place n.)	we crossed_p

n^gija:::n^g	ma:='galawaji-n^y	a:n^g,	waragin^y,	awanban,
more	we crossed_p	whatchamacallit	(place n.)	(place n.)

ana:-'wanban-gala	nu:=rabali-n^y	ana-wumayamaya	nura:='dadi-n^y,
from (place n.)	we came outp	plain	we went up slopep

nura:='galawaji-n^y,	amanun^gga-ala,	an-uba-ni:-'la
we crossed_p	from (place n.)	from that

arwagarwar-ala-a:::j	n^ga,
along the top	and then

We drove along some more to Yirgamayi, then farther on to the place Mindhamurug and we went across. It (vehicle) went across (water) at Waraginy and Awanban. From there we came out into a plain and went up a slope (or shore). We went across and from Amanungga we went along on top, in the high country.

163.9

amadhardhi	nu:=rabali-n^y,	min^yn^gu-wugij,	ana:-'madhardhi-yala:::,
(place n.)	we came outp	only night	from (place n.)

nu:=rabali-n^y-gala:::	n^ga,	dharari	nu:=rabali-n^y,
after we came outP	and then	(place n.)	we came outP

"na:mbu=waran^gga-n^g	n^ga	da-ma	alburun^ggu",
we will lookP	and then	it (MANA) is there	bustard (bird)

ma-yan^gga=ya-n^gi	min^yn^gu	ama:-'di-waj,	du:!	nima=wa-n^g,	n^gijan^g
it (MANA) went_c	night	along road	bang!	he hit it_p	more

nima=wa-n^g	n^ga	ni=midhugan^yji-n^y,	man^gaj	man^gaj
he hit it_p		he speared (it) repeatedlyp	fat	fat

mana:-'-ma:::,

this (MANA)

We came out at the place Amadhardhi. Still at night. After we came out at Amadhardhi, we came out at the place Dharari. (The man Ma:gun said,) "Let's look out for bustards (bush turkeys)." A turkey went along the road at night. Bang! He (Ma:gun) shot it, then shot it again. He finished it off. Boy was there some good fat in that turkey!

163.10

nirima=yaba-n^y,	nuru-waya=wayama-n^gi:::,	wilili,
we put it (MANA) inp	we proceeded_c	(place n.)

nuru-waya=wayama-n^gi:::,	wuruwuryi,	nuru-waya=wayama-n^gi:::,
we proceeded_c	(place n.)	we proceeded_c

wuluyi,	nuru-waya=wayama-n^gi:::,	alhargan,	nu:=wayama-n^gi
(place n.)	we proceeded_c	(place n.)	we proceeded_c

nu:=rabali-n^y,	wu:=ya-Ø-ruj	o:-'ba-ni-yun^g-gaj	na-laran^gana,
we came outp	where they sleptc	long ago	(man's n.)

We put it (turkey) in and went along to Wilili, then Wuruwuryi, then Wuluyi, then Alhargan, then we came out (at a beach), where Laran^gana and the others used to sleep long ago.

163.11

ba-ni	aba	nu:=ya-y,	n^gijan^g	n^gaya	n^ga=buri-Ø
it is there	then	we sleptc	more	I	I sat_c

ba-gu,	wu:=yama-n^y	adaba	wara=ma-n^gi	wa:-dalma:ran^g,
there	they did thatp	then	they got it (WARA)c	tortoise sp.

wara-man^ga=ma-n^gi	wuru-warga=warga-n-di	n^ga,	adaba	wu:=yama-n^y
they got it (WARA)c	they got lotsc	and then	then	they did thatp

wura:='gi-n^y	an-uba-ga:-'la	na-jubiyan^gga-wan^g
they returned_p	from there	(man's name) and his bunch

ni-ni:-'yun^g	na-laran^gana	ba-ni	aba	ni:ni=buri-Ø,	mari
we (ExMDu)	(man's n.)	it is there	then	we (ExMDu) sat_c	and

gubindiyun^g,	nu-ru,	mari	ga:dij,	nuru=buri-Ø	ba-ni,
(man's n.)	we (ExPl)	and	(man's n.)	we sat_c	it is there

We slept there. I stayed there. Some of the others did that, they caught some long-necked tortoises, lots of them, and came back from there, Jubiyan^gga and his group. Laran^gana and I stayed there, along with Gubindiyun^g and Ga:dij.

Note: These are men of the Murun^gun clan.

163.12

nuru-bu=buri:::-'	n^ga,	adaba	ni=lhalagi-n^y
we sat_c	and then	then	he was eager to gop

laran^gana,	nima:-'ra:-'ra=aba:-'	mana-swag	n^ga
(man's n.)	he wrapped it (MANA) all up_c	swag (beddin^g)	and then

nima:-'ra:-'ra=maga:-'-ni,	n^ga:-'yun^g	n^ga=yi-n^ga-n^y	n^gijan^g
he had it (MANA) wrapped up_c	as for me	I sleptp	more

n^ga=lalagi-'-n^y	n^ga:='ran^gga-n^y	n^ga	ba-ma,
I got up_p	I looked_p	and then	it (MANA) was there

We stayed (there). Laran^gana got ready to go, he wrapped up his swag (bedding) and had it all wrapped up. I, for my part, went to sleep, then I got up, looked, and saw it (Laran^gana's swag) there.

163.13

n^ga-yan^gga=ya-n^ggi	"aliyun^g	ana-da-nu:-'	lharug",
I went_c	Q	that (ANA)	walkabout

"na:-'-gi	n^ga"	n^gi-ga:='yan^g	n^gi=yama-n^y	n^gara-ga:gadug,
this (MSg)	and then	as for her	she did thatp	(woman's n.)

"na:-'-gi	n^ga	lharug	adaba	ni=lhalagi-n^y	ni-yara=aba:-'",
this	and then	walkabout	then	he was eager to gop	he wrapped it_c

n^ga:-'yan^g	araga	adaba	n^gani=yanbi-n^y,	adaba	n^ga-ramar=lhalagi-n^y,
as for me	suddenly	then	he did it to me_p	then	I was eager to gop

n^ga:-'ra=ma:ndha-n^gi	a-gara-ruj	ana-an^ything	ana-marya	ana-sugar
I did it allc	in hole		food

mana-swag,	n^ga:-'ra=yaba:-',	n^ga:-'ra:='mbamadha-n^gi,
	I put it all inc	I covered it allc

I went along (and asked Laran^gana's wife, Ga:gadug): "Is there (i.e. are we going on) a walkabout?" As for her, Ga:gadug, she said, "This man (i.e. Laran^gana) was anxious to go on a walkabout (hike) and wrapped the things up." He (Laran^gana.) did it to me i.e. had an influence on me) and I too was anxious to go walking. I did all of the things in the hole (canvass)--anything, food, sugar, my swag. I put them all in and covered them up.

163.14

"n^ga=raga:-'-na",	n^ga-yan^gga=ya-n^ggi:::	wuluyi,
I am in front	I went_c	(place n.)

n^ga=bura-n^ga-n^y,	n^gijan^g	n^ga-yan^gga=ya-n^ggi:::,	wurugu
I sat_p	more	I went_c	later

n^ga=wiriwiri,	n^ga-yan^gga=ya-n^ggi:::	a:n^g,	wuruwuryi,
I was alone	I went_c	whatchamacallit	(place n.)

n^ga=bura-n^ga-n^y,	n^gijan^g	n^ga-yan^gga=ya-n^ggi:::	wilili
I sat down_p	more	I went_c	(place n.)

n^ga=bura-n^ga-n^y,	n^gi=yaladhi-Ø	anbana,
I sat down_p	it (NgARA) came acrossc	rain

"I am in front," (I said). I went along and stopped at Wulu yi. I went later, alone, to Wuruwuryi and stopped. Farther I went and stopped at Wilili. A rainstorm came up against me.

163.15

ama:-'rn^yal	n^ga-rigi=riga-n-di	n^ga=yabi-'-n^y,	araga
spinifex grass	I dugc	I went inp	suddenly

n^ga,	ana-mu:ri	wu=wandaragala-n^gi	ana-dharari,
and then	buffalo	they (ANA) were in a group_c	(place n.)

araga,	n^ga-dir=n^gawi-'-n^y	ba-ni	n^ga	n^ga-bu=buri:::-'
suddenly	I was afraidp	it is there	and then	I sat_c

n^ga	n^ga:='gi-n^y,	n^ga:='gi-n^y	n^ga	wuruwuryi,	adaba
and then	I returned_p	I returned_p	and then	(place n.)	then

ni-ga:-'yun^g	ba-gu	ni:ni-wurij=dhan^garma-n^yji-n^y	ni=lhamara-n^gi,
as for him	there	we (ExMDu) met each otherp	he was behindc

ni=lhamara-n^gi	adha:dhari,	na-laran^gana,
	behind	(man's n.)

I dug into the spinifex grass (to seek shelter from the rain). All of a sudden (I saw) a herd of buffalo at the place Dharari. I was afraid. I stayed there for a while, then went back. Laran^gana had been coming well behind me, and he and I met at Wuruwuryi.

163.16

adaba	nu:=ruma-n^y	nu:-yan^gga=ya-n^ggi:::	dharari,
then	we went_p	we went_c	(place n.)

nu:-yan^gga=ya-n^ggi:::	wurunbigi,	adaba	ni-ga	ama:yag,
we went_c	(place n.)	then	he	(place n.)

na-gubindiyun^g,	adaba	malgalha:lhir	algur-yan^gi	ni=wi-ni,
(man's n.)	then	black duck	all kinds	he hit it (NA)c

ba-ni	n^ga	aba	ni:-yigi-yiga=wa-n^ga:-',	nuru=wiln^gin^yji-n^y
it is there	and then	then	we (ExPl) burned firec	we built firep

aba	ba-ni	nu:=na-n^ga:-'
then	it is there	we burned it_c

We (all) went then to Dharari and Wurunbigi. At the place Ama:yag the man Gubindiyun^g shot some black ducks and other things. We made a fire and built it up, and we cooked those things there.

Note: 'he hit it' in the third line of this segment can be interpreted as having NA object ('black duck') or ANA(Ø) object ('all kinds') since these forms are homophonous. Later on 'we burned it' clearly has ANA(Ø) object.

163.17

na:mbu=ya-y,	n^gijan^g	araga	niwu=na-n^g,	dul!
we would have slept	more	suddenly	he burned it_p	burn
da-wu:-'	da-wu:-'	wuruj,	nu:-yan^ga=ya-n^ggi
they are there		human(s)	we went_c

nu:-yan^gga=ya-n^ggi	araga	niwu=na-n^g,	"n^gaya-waj	yagu",
we went_c	suddenly	he burned it_p	it is me!	but

nuru=wali-n^y,	nu:=ya-y,	n^ga	"n^gawa:='gi:-na	money,
we (ExPl) arrived_p	we sleptc	and then	I go and get it

n^ga-waran=dhalabi-n^y	n^gani=ra:-'-n^gun-magi	na-jibulun^gu",	"yo!",
I forgotp	lest he rebuke me	(man's n.)	yes!

aba	nu-ru	nu:=raga-n^g,
then	we	we were in frontp

We were about to go to sleep (there), but suddenly he (Gubindiyun^g) set a fire (as signal). Some (other) people were there (not far away). We went along (toward them), he set (another) fire. "It's me" he said (to the other party, when they met up). We arrived there and spent the night. He (Gubindiyun^g) said then, "I am going (back) to get the money (which) I forgot (about), otherwise Jibulungu (man's n.) will give me a hard time." "All right" (we said). We went forward (without him).

163.18

nu:-yan^gga=ya-n^ggi	almalhamig	nuru=bura-n^ga-n^y,
we went	(place n.)	we sat down_p

nu:-yan^gga=ya-n^ggi	malgayan^gu,	nuru=bura-n^ga-n^y,	aba	nuru=n^gawi-'-n^y,
we went_c	(place n.)	we sat down_p	then	we died_p

ana:-gugu,	aba	nu:-lhagara=n^gawi-'-n^y,	n^giwa:-'r=wudi-n^y	n^ga
water	then	we all died_p	she dug for water_p	and then

aligarbidhi,	nuru-wala=n^ga-n^g,	salty,	wu=salty,
salty	we drankp		it was salty

We went and stopped at Almalhamig. We went and stopped at Malgayangu. We were dying (of thirst). We were all very thirsty. She (Ga:gadug) dug for some water. It was brackish, (but) we drank it.

163.19

n^ga-yan^gga=ya-n^ggi	ayilalag	n^ga-yan^gga=ya-n^ggi,	walwaln^gu,
I went_c	(place n.)	I went_c	(place n.)

ba-gu	ni:ni=buri-Ø,	na-gugujina,	winiwa:-'r=anma-n^y
there	we (ExMDu) sat_c	(man's n.)	they (MDu) searched for water_p

a-wurugu,	ni=yalima-n^y,	n^gijan^g	wurugu	ni-yalima-n^y,	n^gijan^g
billabon^g	he got water_p	more	later	he got water_p

wurugu	ni-yala:='lima:-'	n^ga,	wiri:::g	ana-marya	ba-gu	adaba
	he got water_c	and then	small	food	there	then

nu:=na-n^ga:-',	ana-tea,	nuru-bu=buri-Ø	n^ga	adha:-'dharwara
we burned it_c	tea	we sat_c	and then	dusk

nu:=lalagi-'-n^y,	nu:=lalagi-'-n^y	a:n^g,	wurululu,
we got up_p		whatchamacallit	(place n.)

I went along, to the places Ayilalag and Walwalngu. Gugujina (a man, also name Ga:dij) and I stayed there. They (Laran^gana and his wife Ga:gadug) went looking for a billabong, for water. He (Laran^gana) got some water, and some more. We cooked just a little bit of food there, some tea. We stayed there. Late in the day we got up (and went to) the place Wurululu.

163.20

nuru=bura-n^ga-n^y,	n^gija:::n^g	nu:=lalagi-'-n^y,	a:n^g,
we sat_p	more	we got up_p	watchamacallit

alhuwara	nuru=bura-n^ga-n^y,	n^gijan^g	nu:=lalagi-'-n^y	n^ga
(place n.)	we sat_p	more	we got up_p	and then

Guliyararlyaj	n^ga	yuwa:-gu	wagay	wunumbi,	nuru=bura-n^ga-n^y,
(place n.)	and then	there	in south	in north	we sat_p

"adaba	ya:-ji	n^ga:mbu=ya-ra",	ba-ni	nu:=ya-y,
now	here	we (InPl) will sleepc	it is there	we sleptc

nu:=ya-y	wu=lalma-n^y,	aba	nuru=wuda=ja-y,	n^gijan^g
	it dawned_p	then	we were thirstyc	more

nura:='galawaji-n^y	an-uba-ga:-'la	ama:-'di-waj	ama-wulbala,
we crossed_p	from there	along road	old-fella creole)

nura:='galawaji-n^y	n^ga	wuruwuruyun^gin,	nuru=buri-Ø	ba-ni,
we crossed_p	and then	(place n.)	we sat_c	it's there

We stopped (there). We got up again and (went and) stopped at Alhuwara. Again we got up and stopped at Guliyarariyaj. We stopped there in the south (error), I mean in the north. (I said to the others,) "Now we will spend the night here." We spent the night there. At dawn we were very thirsty. We went across (river) coming this way on the old road. We went across and stayed at Wuruwuruyungin.

Note: Some of these rivers were tidal and did not provide drinking water. Most of this entire trip was near the coast north of Numbulwar.

163.21

nuru=n^gu-ni	tea,	n^gijan^g	nura:='galawaji-n^y	an-uba-ga:-'la
we ate it_c		more	we crossed_p	from there

anda:ni,	ana:-'nda:ni-yala	waramulali,	nuru-wala=n^gu-ni,
(place n.)	from (place n.)	(place n.)	we drank_c

waramulali-yala	arbul,	arbul	nuru=buri-Ø	ba-ni,
from (place n.)	(place n.)		we sat_c	it is there

nuru-wala=n^gu-ni,	an-uba-ga:-'la	ana:-'rbul-ala,	n^giwu=n^ga-n^g
we drank_c	from there	from (place n.)	it (NgARA) ate it_p

a-nuga-ruj,	ba-ni	nuru=buri-Ø,	n^ga:nig	nara=n^gu-ni,
in stone	it is there	we sat_c	honey bee sp.	we ate it (WARA)c

lagu	nuru=n^gu-ni	n^ga:nig,
honey	we ate it_c	honey bee sp.

We ate some tea. Again we went across (river), there at Anda:ni. From that place, to Waramulali. We drank some water. From Waramulali (we went to) Arbul and stayed there and drank. From there, from Arbul, we (went and) stayed in that stony area where it (Emu) ate the stone (in myth, cf. texts 6 and 7). We ate some honey from the nga:nig honey bee sp.

163.22

an-uba-ga:-'la	waran^yin^y	nu:=rabali-n^y,	ana-waran^yin^y-gala
from there	(place n.)	we came outp	from (place n.)

nuru-malga=malga-n-di:::	n^ga	miwul	nu:=ya-y,	n^ga
we went before morningc	and then	(place n.)	we sleptc	and then

ba-gu	nirima=lhan^garma-n^y	=murgulhi-Ø	mana-bus,	adaba
there	we reached it (MANA)_p	it (MANA) layc		then

n^gaya	ba-gu	n^ga:-'res-wada=wadi-n^y	n^ga	nin^gga:-'n^yji=nima:-'
I	there	I was hurtin^g all overp	and then	it held him withc

n^gani-wa:=barga:-'	n^ga	galiwuru n^ga=warga-n^g,
he mended (it) for me_c	and then	mainsail I sailed quicklyp

From there we came out at the place Waranyiny. From Waranyiny we set off before dawn, and spent the night at Miwul. We reached the bus, it was lying (there). I was sore and aching all over (esp. in legs). He (Laran^gana) got into the water and fixed up the sail (of a boat). I set sail.

163.23

n^ga-ways=wayama-n^gi:::	n^ga,	<zigzag>n^ga=warga-n^g</zigzag>	n^ga
I proceeded_c	and then	I sailed quicklyp

n^gara=nara-n^gi,	ama:laruj	n^ga	yuwa:-gu,	n^ga=bura-n^ga-n^y,
I waited for themc	(place n.)	and then	there	I sat down_p

an-uba-ga:-'la	nuru-man=jaba-n^yji-n^y	n^ga,	n^gulwun,
from there	we (group) put each other inp	and then	(place n.)

n^gijan^g	ana-n^gulwun-gala	n^ga	wulmun^g,	n^gijan^g	n^gamugijgaj
more	from (place n.)	and then	(place n.)	more	early morning

n^ga	yinin^gugararuj,	nuru=n^gu-ni,	anbana	nan^ggu=burdi-n^y,
and then	(place n.)	we ate it_c	rain	it pushed us aheadp

I kept going. I sailed (ahead) and waited for them at Ama:laruj, I stopped there. We got together there. (We went to) Ngulwun, and then to Wulmung. Early the next morning (we went to) Yiningugararuj and ate them (crabs). The rain drove us forward (bent over).

163.24

n^gijan^g	n^gaya	n^ga=raga-n^g	ba-ga:-'la,	n^ga=raga-n^g	n^ga
more	I	I went aheadp	from there		and then

amamarj,	n^gibagalharin^y,	n^ga=yi-n^ga-n^y,	n^ga:-'la:-'la=n^gu-ni
(place n.)	(place n.)	I fell asleepp	I drank_c

n^ga,	n^gijan^g	an-uba-ga:-'la,	amamarj,	ba-gu	n^gambi=lhan^garma-n^y,
and then	more	from there	(place n.)	there	they reached me_p

n^gijan^g	n^ga	landhurbiyaruj,	adaba	n^guru	nuru=warga-n-di,
more	and then	(place n.)	then	tree sp.	we got lotsc

wuru=warga-n-di	aba	n^ga:-'yun^g	n^ga=raga:-'-ni,
they got lotsc	then	as for me	I went aheadc

I went ahead, coming this way. (I went to) Amamarj, and fell asleep at Ngibagalhariny. I drank (water) . From there, they (Laran^gana and the others) caught up with me. We went to Landhurbiyaruj. We of lots of (fruits from) nguru tree (text 119). Or rather they (the others) got lots of them, and I went ahead.

163.25

wuru-man^ga=ma-n^gi:::	n^ga,	nuru=n^gu-ni	adaba ana-sup_per,
they got it_c	and then	we atec	then

adaba	n^gaya	a:n^g,	a:-gugu-ruj	n^ga-n^gamba=n^gambi:-ni
then	I	whatchamacallit	in water	I bathed_c

guluruj,	nu:=ya-y	guluruj,	n^gamugijgaj	nuru=malga-n^g,
(place n.)	we sleptc	(place n.)	early morning	we went at nightp

lharduj,	ana-lharduj-gala	amaraminiguya,	ana:-'maraminiguya-ala
(place n.)	from (place n.)	(place n.)	from (place n.)

ya:-ni,	nuru=wali-n^y	numbulwar.
it is here	we arrived_p	(place n.)

They got it (fruit) and we had sup_per. I bathed there in the water at Guluruj. We spent the night at Guluruj. Early the next morning, before dawn, we set off (to) Lharduj. From Lharduj (to) Amaraminiguya. From Amaraminiguya (to) this place, Numbulwar.