Guwaabal 12 Wuulaa, Gilaa / Frilled Lizard and Galah

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00		Wuulaa, Gilaa frilled lizard galah The Frilled Lizard and the Galah
01		Wuulaa-gu guwaa-y nhalay gilaa: frilled.lizard-doerto tell-Past this galah This Wuulaa (Frilled lizard) said to the Gilaa (Galah):
02		"Ay, baayamba, baayamba, gaba-bala ngay barran; ay friend friend good-contrast my boomerang "Hey, mate, mate my boomerang is better;
03		ngay nhama-nha barran; my that,the-that.there boomerang that's my boomerang there;
04		barran-bala ngay gaba, nginu-bala gagil. boomerang-contrast my good your(1)-contrast bad my boomerang is better than yours."
05		Gilaa-gu-bala guwaa-y, galah-doerto-contrast say-Past But the Gilaa said:
06		"Garriya, garriya, gaba-bala ngay barran." don't, don't good-contrast my boomerang "Stop it, stop it, my boomerang is better.
07		[Wuulaa:] "Ngaan, Gaba-bala ngay barran." what? good-contrast my boomerang "Come on, my boomerang is better."
08		[Gilaa:] "Wana-nga-badhaay baayamba, wana-nga!" throw-command-might friend throw-command "How about you throw it then, mate, throw it!"
09		[Wuulaa:] "Waal, nginda waanda, nginda waanda wana-nga." no,not you[1] first you[1] first throw-command "No, you first, you throw it first."
10		[Gilaa:] "Ngaayaybaay." okay! all right! "Okay!"
11		Giirr wana-nhi-nga Gilaa-gu. really throw-Past-then galah-doerto So that Gilaa threw it then.
12		Ngaarrigulay, yalagidhaay nhama dhurra-y, over.there right around that,the come-Past Right out, right round it came,
13		yalagidhaay nhama dhurra-y, barran, right around that,the come-Past boomerang that boomerang came right around,
14		ngaama-nga bundaa-nhi, guwiinbaa-ga dhina-ga. that.the-then fall-Past near-in,at,on foot-in,at,on and then it fell, close to his feet.
15		Gilaa-gu guwaa-y: galah-doerto say-Past And the Gilaa said:
16		"Ngaa, Wuulaa, nginda gaya-dha-nga wana-nga." yes frilled.lizard you[1] turn-in,at,on-now throw-command "See, Wuulaa, now it's you turn, throw!"
17		Wuulaa-gu guwaa-y: frilled.lizard-doerto say-Past The Wuulaa said:
18		"Warra-ya baayamba, banaga-ya baayamba, stand-command friend run-command friend "Stand back mate, run mate,
19		barran-du nginunha buma-li-nga." boomerang-doerto you[1] hit-Future-then the boomerang is going to hit you!"
20		Waal. Waal warra-nhi, waal banaga-nhi. no,not no,not stand-Past no,not run-Past No. He didn't stand, he didn't run away.
21		Giirr Wuulaa-gu barran wana-nhi. really frilled.lizard-doerto boomerang throw-Past So the Wuulaa threw his boomerang.
22		Ngaarrigulay nhama barran, ngaarrigulay, over.there that,the boomerang over.there yalagidhaay nhama, yalagidhaay. right.around that,the right.around Right out that boomerang went, right out, right round it came, right round.
23		Yalagidhaay ngaama dhurra-laa-nhi. right.around that.the grow-moving-Past It was going right around,
24		[Wuulaa:] "Warra-ya, banaga-ya barraay." [Lizard:] stand-command run-command quickly "Get up, run away quickly,
25		Ngaarrima-dhaay nhama, dhurra-l-uwi-nyi barran. over.there-to.here that,the come-l-back-Past boomerang From out there back to them, the boomerang came back.
26		Buma-y nhama gilaa dhaygal-i. hit-Past that,the galah head-circumstance It hit the Gilaa on the head.
27		Nhalay-bala ngaama gilaa yu-gi-la-nhi, this-contrast that.the galah cry-continuous-Past That Gilaa was crying there,
28		bamba-nha yu-gi-la-nhi ngaama gilaa, hard-that.there cry-continuous-Past that.the galah really crying loud, the Gilaa,
29		[Gilaa:] "Yagaay, yagaay." [Galah:] ouch! ouch! "Ow, hell!"
30		Yilaa ngaama-nga guway-bil. then that.the-then blood-with.lot And then he was covered in blood.
31		[Wuulaa:] "Giirr nginunha buma-nhi nhama, [Lizard:] really you[1] be.hit-Past that,the nginunha guway dhurraa-bama-ldaay." you[1] blood come-?cause-Rel.suff "Gee, that really hit you, making the blood run out."
32		"Ngaa, ngaya-bala gi-yaa-nha banaga-y yes I-contrast going.to run-Future dhuwinba-y-gu." hide.(self)-Future-purpose "Umm, I'm going to run and hide." [thought the Wuulaa]
33		Waama wuulaa-bala ngaama banaga-nhi, so frilled.lizard-contrast that.the run-Past And so the Wuulaa ran,
34		dhuwinba-nhi nhama-nga wuulaa, bindiyaa-ga. hide.(self)-Past that,the-then frilled.lizard prickle-in,at,on and that Wuulaa hid, in the prickles.
35		Ngiyarrma-nha dhuwinba-y-la-nhi. there-that.there hide.(self)-continuous-Past He kept hiding there.
36		Giirr Gilaa-gu wuulaa gayarra-gi-la-nhi, really galah-doerto frilled.lizard look.for-continuous-Past gayarra-gi-la-nhi. look.for-continuous-Past But the Gilaa was looking for the Wuulaa, he kept looking for him.
37		[Gilaa:] "Minyaaya-waa nhama Wuulaa, where.(at)?-some that,the frilled.lizard "That Wuulaa is somewhere,
38		minyaaya nhama Wuulaa?" where.(at)? that,the frilled.lizard where is that Wuulaa?"
39		"Giirr ngaya gi-yaa-nha nginunha really I going.to you[1] biyuurra-li bindiyaa-ga. roll-Future prickle-in,at,on "Hey, I'm going to roll you in the prickles.
40		Bamba ngaya nginunha biyuurra-lda-y." hard I you[1] roll-continuous-Future I'm going to really keep on rolling you there."
41		Giirr dhugay guway dhurra-laa-nhi, really always blood come-moving-Past dhaygal-i, bii-dja. head-from chest-in,at,on And still the blood kept pouring out, from his head onto his chest.
42		Wuulaa-bala dhanduwi-y-la-nhi, frilled.lizard-contrast lie(down)-continuous-Past But the Wuulaa was lying down,
43		dhuwinba-y-la-nhi, dhuwinba-y-la-nhi. hide.(self)-continuous-Past hide.(self)-continuous-Past he kept hiding, just kept hiding.
44		Giirr ngarra-y Wuulaa nhama Gilaa-gu. really see-Past frilled.lizard that,the galah-doerto Then the Gilaa saw the Wuulaa.
45		Yilaa-nga bayama-y nhama, biyuurra-y. then-then catch-Past that,the roll-Past Then he grabbed him, and rolled him.
46		Wuulaa biyuurra-y bindiyaa-ga Gilaa-gu, frilled.lizard roll-Past prickle-in,at,on galah-doerto The Gilaa rolled the Wuulaa in the burrs,
47		biyuurra-y, biyuurra-lda-nhi, biyuurra-lda-nhi. roll-Past roll-continuous-Past roll-continuous-Past he rolled him, rolled him, just kept rolling him.
48		Ngiyarrma-nga bindiyaa dhuwi-nyi, there-then prickle stick.into-Past The prickles stuck into him,
49		bawa-ga, nhan-da, wuyu-ga ngayagay. back-in,at,on back.of.neck-in,at,on throat-in,at,on other into his back, into the back of his neck, and into the front of his neck.
50		Yalagiirrma nhama yanaa-y-la-nha bindiyaa-biyaay, like.that that,the go-continuous-Present prickle-with ngaarrma Wuulaa, that frilled.lizard And so he's covered in prickles, that Wuulaa,
51		nhama biyuurra-ldaay bindiyaa-ga, Gilaa-gu. that,the roll-Rel.suff prickle-in,at,on galah-doerto because the Gilaa rolled him in the prickles.
52		Nhalay-bala-nga Gilaa guway-biyaay yanaa-y-la-nha. this-contrast-now galah blood-with go-continuous-Present And the Gilaa is covered in blood.
53		Guwaymbarra-nga-bala bii nguungu. red-now-contrast chest her/his His chest is red now.
54		Guwaymbarra bii nhama-nha 'naa-y-la-nha. red chest that,the-that.there go-continuous-Present He's always got a red chest,
55		Dhaygal-bala nguungu maayrr yadhaarr, head-contrast her/his no.none feather And there are no feathers on his head,
56		waal-bala yadhaarr dhurra-laa-nha gaburran-da no,not-contrast feather come-moving-Present top-in,at,on dhaygal-a. head-in,at,on the feathers don't grow on the top of his head. [Where the boomerang sliced them off.]