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Ngirramini Ngini Pilatipuji

Details:

Title

Ngirramini Ngini Pilatipuji

Other title

The platypus - a special animal; Pilatipuji

Creator

Ellis, Jean A.

Illustrator

Tipiloura, Immaculata

Translator

Kerinaiua, Magdalen

Collection

Living Archive of Aboriginal Languages Project; PublicationNT; E-Books

Date

1986

Location

Nguiu; Wurrumiyanga

Provenance

This material was collected by the Living Archive of Aboriginal Languages Project between 2013 and 2021. The project was led by Charles Darwin University in partnership with the Australian National University and the Northern Territory Government and funded in part by the Australian Research Council.; Efforts have been made to identify and contact the person or people responsible for creating these materials to request permission to include them in this archive. If you have any concerns about materials being made public on this site, please contact us and we will remove the item from display until any concerns have been addressed.

Notes

Reprinted with permission from Shakespeare Head Press 1986

Language

en; Tiwi; Tiwi language N20

Subject

Traditional; LAAL; Tiwi; Bilingual education resources; Tiwi people N20; Tiwi language N20; Tunuvivi; Diwi; Nguiu; Nimara; Wonga:k; Wongak; Woranguwe; Wunguk; Wunuk; Yeimbi; Ni mara

Publisher name

Nguiu Nginingawila Literature Production Centre

Place of publication

Nguiu; Bathurst Island

File type

application/pdf

Other identifier

cdu:36396; LAAL_ID:tw0089

Use

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial International 4.0 (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Copyright owner

Nguiu Nginingawila Literature Production Centre

License

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/880614

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/880637

Page content

Karri parlingini, yanamurluwi kapi wurumuwu murrakupuni nimarra purruwujingimani. Ngaji wutawa yanamurluwi kapi wurumuwu murrakupuni, kakinukurluwi arrami kakirijuwi, awungarruwu piripiti awunganuwanga. Awarra Anjorra ngarra alawura yimuwu kapi wutawa ngini nimarra yimi. "Ngawa warntirrana ngawila, tani kapinaki yanamurluwi wurumuwu murrakupuni amintiya mirripaka," yimi Anjorra. "Ngawa ngarukuturumi amintiya pingintagamuwi tani kapinaki tokwampuwi amintiya miputuwi." Kawaluwi amintiya jipwajirringuwi amintiya mannyuwi, wuninguwi amintiya yingwampa yanamurluwi kuwa pirimi. 'Ngawa alawura kapinaki murrakupuni." Ngawa wiyi ngimpiriwayorri pilatipuji ngini ngawiyati yimatangilayi ngawa. Ngarra karluwu nginingaji ngawa, arramukuta ngawamani, pili kali arimi kapi murrakupuni amintiya awini yingarti yilima. Awuta yanamurluwi nimarra pirimani wangatajirri. 5