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Yol dhuwal ŋarra?


Mawuka 

Wiripu yäku mawukaw         baṉbalarra        ḏuyŋa          ḏuyŋambi
Mawuka dhuwal Dhuwa. Ga wiripu ŋayi yäku baṉbalarra,  ḏuyŋa ga ḏuyŋambi. Barr'yundja ŋayi ŋuli nhanŋu wurrkiny' Miḏawarryu. 
Dhärra'-tharrany marrtji ŋayi ŋuli ḏiltjikurr, gaḏayka'mirriwurr ga wiripuny warraga'mirriwurr. Ga yuwalk bawalamirriŋur. Latju nhanŋu dhäkay, bäydhi ḏiku wo wiripuny bathanhamirr.
 
Mawuka is a Dhuwa yam. It's other names are baṉbalarra, ḏuyŋa and ḏuyŋambi. It flowers near the end of the wet season. It grows in open bushland of the stringybark eucalypts gaḏayka', or near the cycad palms warraga', or just about anywhere. The yam has a thick edible root about the size of a small carrot that can be eaten raw or cooked.

Ŋarra dhuwal balanda.

Nhinanhany ŋarra dhuwal Galiwin'ku 30 dhuŋgarra. Ŋarraku gurruṯumirr Dhamarraṉdji.  Mälktja ŋarra dhuwal Wamuttjan. Ŋarra ga yuwalk yan buku-gurrpan Garraywal dhiyak waŋaw ga yolŋuw. Ŋayipi God Bäpa yuwalk limurruŋ Walŋamirr God-Waŋarr. Ŋayi märr-ŋamathirr limurruŋ bukmakku yolŋuw ga guŋga'yunamirr ŋayi limurruŋ märr limurr dhu ga nhinan rrambaŋin magayaŋurnydja romŋura. 

I am a White Australian

I have been at Galiwin'ku for 30 years. I've been adopted into the Dhamarraṉdji clan. My subsection is Wamuttjan. I give thanks to God for the opportunity to live and work on yolŋu land, knowing that we can share and learn together, with one Heavenly Father, the Living God, who loves us all so much, and gives us the courage to live together in harmony and peace.
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