Gulyjany! 
Nina Humbert Nawurla 
Ngarinyman language 
Yarralin, June 1995 

Katherine Regional Aboriginal Language Centre,  
P.O. Box 89, Katherine 0851. ph. (089) 711 233 fax. (089) 71 0561. 
Photos: R. Hoser 1989. Australian Reptiles and Frogs. Pierson & Co., Sydney. 

Jawulwara. 
Jawulwara guliyan. 
Gambarriyang-gurlu gambarni-lu ngarin jardgarra-wu. 
Gulyjany nyarruluny ngarin. 

Bulguwung. 
Bulguwung guliyan. 
Wagi yana, sometime-ma giigig yana. 
Nyila-ma guli, yana balgi, lunggurra-marraj. 

Walijabi. 
Walijabi ngarin bunyu. Ngarlaga nyanuny ngijburrang. 
Yana janyja-gurra. Jawindi baraj bungan girrawa-
nginyi. Walyag yana, ganyjug. Ngag ba-nyanu barrany. 
Nulung ba-lu mana. 

Jimurug. 
Jimurug walyag, yaljirrng-ga garrany. Yanirni ngawa- 
ngulung, jig, yanan bardaj, gambij-gu. Jawindi-rla birrga 
mana gambij. Jindagu gambij birrga mana. Murrgun 
nanda, yabawurru, garu nyanuny. 

Warnambi. 
Warnambi mulybu, mardumardu-rla. Walyag yana. 
Jagarr wa-nyanu barrany. 
Warnambi ngarina lunggura-wu, jungguwurru-wu. 
Jungguwurru-rlu garan mana jidji-rlu mardumardu. 
Lunggura-rlu wardan-du garan mana mardumardu. 

Snakes! 
Jawulwara -- King Brown. 
Jawulwara are "cheeky". 
Before, they used to cook the meat for eating. Snake was a meat 
they used to eat. 

Bulguwung -- Death Adder. 
Bulguwung are "cheeky". 
Sometimes they change cdlour to white, sometimes they turn red. 
When they're angry, they go flat like a Blue Tongue. 

Walijabi -- Black-headed Python. 
Walijabi is good tucker. Its head is black. 
It goes into the ground. It finds an old goanna hole. It goes down 
inside. It covers itself up. It coils up. 


Jimurug -- Water Python. 
Jimurug lies inside pandanus roots. It comes out of the water to lay
its egg on land. It lays its eggs in a hole. It lays just one egg. But 
that hatches four or five baby Water Pythons. 

Warnambi -- ?Stimson's Python. 
Warnambi is a "quiet one", that live in antbed. It goes inside. It 
covers itself (with antbed). 
Warnambi is tucker for lunggura (Blue Tongue Lizards) and 
jungguwurru (Echidna). Echidnas dig the antbed with their beak. 
Blue Tongues dig the-antbed with their claws.