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English:
A swamp wallaby stood listening in the long grass
Wamba wamba:
Tyerrikin nyernilang kama potykal kurrumbit.
Reference:
Description:
tyerrika - to stand, tyerrikin - stood
lit. stand-stood listen-ing swamp-wallaby grass-in tall
Phrase sentence:
phrase
Words Associated:
kama - wallaby, black swamp wallaby
tyerrika - to stand, to stand up
nyernila - to listen
poty, poəty - grass
kurrumbit, kurumbituk - big, tall
nyerna - to sit, to listen, to hear, to remember