yalah-bong
we went

yilah-bo-waninj
we were following the river

kanh bo-no yalah-waninj
we were following this river

nah-ngan
my mother

wurdurd-ngong
my children

wurdurd-ngan-ngong yalah-?wo?ninj
all my children, we were ?going along?

duway-ngan
my husband

nah-ngan djongok-ngan
my mother, my aunt

yalah-yawoh-boboni
we were following this river ?once again?

yilah-woykwoyk-minj dat
we were fishing (with a line)

kakkarda
for ?type of fish?

kenbo wurdurd-ngong balah--- kenh
then the children they-- well

kanh duway-ngan kah-yobbuninj
my husband was ahead

kah-yobbuninj kah-boboninj ngey wanggirrih-beh ngah-boboninj
he was walking ahead and I was walking last

wurdurd-ngong balah---
the children were...

balah-boboninj wangirrih-beh
they were walking behind

bulnu
?as for them?

nah-ngan djongok-ngan barrah-boboninj
my mother and my aunt were walking

wangirrih
behind

burrah--
they...

barrah-boboninj
they were walking

yongkih yongkih yongkih yalah-dja-bobon?g? yongkih yongkih
further, further, further, we were just going further and further

kenbokenbo
and then later

kenbo kah-worhdanginj
then he stood up

kanh duway-ngan kah-worhdanginj
my husband, he stood up

kah-worhdanginj
he stood up

kenbo njelng kah-marne-yin ?luk?
and he said to us 'look'

ngarrinj-no-yih
with his hand

wal ya-- ya--yalah-lng-narrinj-?? ?ngey?
??? we ??? me

nah-ngan
my mother

djongok-ngan
my aunt

kardu ke nganabbarru kah-ngalkanj
hey maybe he found a buffalo indeed

kardu kah-- ro-- kah-durdukiyan
maybe he-- he's going to climb

ngal-?kul?-ajawan? aunti-?ngong? imin sei ngal-koh-banj
??? my aunt mob, she said the old woman

djongok-ngan weh-no
my aunty, poor one [who has since passed away?]

ngale djah-dulh-durduka
come on, climb on a tree

djeh-dulh-durduka
let's climb on a tree [dis?]

djongok-ngan nah-ngan barrah-dulh-durdukang
my aunt and my mother climbed on a tree

dulh-wanjingh barrah-karlhminj
they climbed on one single tree

nunda wanjkih-?kah
like this

barrah-worrowkworrowk-minj
they were jumping

yelek ngeyh malung
wait me first

fren bukah-marnu-yininj nahdah
?they made friends there?

ngeyh malung ngeyh malung kenbo
me first me first then--

kenbo barrah-lng-waddinj kanh
finally they were high up these

tu ol leidi na
too old ladies indeed

kenbo ngah--
then I--

ngah-boledminj bulu ngah-nang kanh
I turned around and I saw the

wurdurd-ngong balah-lng-karra-rorrok-minj
all the children were ʝumping?

kenhbi-no-kah
to... this whatyoucallit

kenhbi-no ke
whatyoucallit come on

djulu-no ke kenhbi warnwarn kenh
this tree hey, whatyoucallit the fig tree

djuhbi
the black plum tree

balah-lng-burdikang kanihdja yirrh-walung
they entered inside

balah-warlkkarrinj ole wurdurd-ngong mahkih
and they all hid there as well, the children

wurdurd-ngong ke balah-warlkkarrinj
the children indeed, they were hiding

kenbo ngah-boledminj ngah-nang barrah-waddi
then I turned around and I saw that the two [old women] were up high [in the tree]

manj keninj-kun mah narrah-waddi kah-lng---
why are you up there, he...

nganabbarru ke kuhyin nulah-nang kurdu ai bin lat
you saw a buffalo hey true, jesus I said

kenh ? ai bin lat
am, I said! [Kriol]

balah-yininj
they said

kahke
not at all

kahke keh-ban kenhbi
no, them two can forget about this whatyoucallit

karlwan ngah-yininj boyenjboyenj-duninj
it was a goanna, I said, a really big one

dow kah-dulubong
bing he speared it

barna njel barrah-lng-karlkarl-keyhwong
and what it made us climb up

ngah-dja-redji ngah-redji ngah-redji
I was laughing and laughing and laughing

babolo-kun darran barrah-waddinj
they had climbed up [in a tree] for a buffalo

nganabbarru-kun ke barrah-lng-dorrung-waddinj
for a buffalo indeed these two had thrown themselves up the tree

djehneng babalo yilah-naninj kah-ke-no
we thought we'd seen a buffalo but not at all

ngarrah-lng-redjiredji ?dje?
we had a good laugh

bulnu ngah-marnu-redjiredjiginj munguyuh
? I was laughing about them ?for a good while

kenbo yilah--- yalah-dudjminj wadda-kah
and they we-- we went back home

kah-ke-no
not at all!

mah nganabbarru-dih
indeed there was no buffalo

kanh ke kalwan ke ?bulah-?kah-naninj kenh
it was really a goanna hey that they saw that whatshisname

weh-no kenbi duway-ngan weh-no
poor one whatshisname my poor husband [who since passed away?]

kanh ngalkohbanj-ko
these two old ladies

barrah-djong-?munj? barrah-dulh-kalhkalhrrinj kanh nukah
they got scared and they climbed all the way up the tree there

ngah-boledminj ngah-nang barrah-dorrungh-waddi dulh-kah
I turned around and I saw them all the way up in the tree

barrah-lng-dabburle-dinj
they stood ?

kenhbi wanjkih
kenhbi wanjkih

nalangak-wanjkih
like frilled-neck lizards

nalangak-wanjkih yuno laik
like frilled-neck lizards you know like...