Language:                                Name                                     

Kriol:                                         Fish 

Marra:                                       Warlanyan

Ritharrŋu/Wägilak:                 Guya 

Ngandi:                                     A-jeny  

Wubuy:                                      Ngujija

Ngalakgan:                              Jeny

Alawa:                                      Aga; Barlgurr

Rembarrnga:                           Jeny 

English:                                    Fish           

Scientific:                                Osteichthyes  

Group name for fish

Alawa:                                    Aga

In water

Catching Fish

Spoken by Ruby (Wägilak)

Guya, djibukuna ŋanapu, märranha napu guyaya, djibukuna napu wurrdha'yuna napu, guyaya baypinŋaya, wäŋali'nu napu gänha ḻukanhanu napu.
Fish, we caught them. We got some fish. We caught them and threw them onto the shore, the fish, the Saratoga fish (Scleropages jardini). We took them to the camp then and ate them then.

Gudhaḻ'nanu baypinŋa ya, baypinŋa, gudhal' napu, ḻukanhanu napu guyaya, yolwatjgunu napu gurrupalara ŋukidhiya guyaya baypinŋaya, djiwukunaŋu ŋanapu.
We roasted the Saratoga fish in the oven, Saratoga fish, we roasted it. Then we ate the fish, then we gave that fish, the Saratoga, to the other people, the fish which we caught.

Maṯbuna, baypinŋa, djiwukuna napu wurrdha'yuna ŋanapu, wäŋali'nu napu raybaŋguḻna gudhaḻ'nanu, gothana djambaḻya napu nhanapara, guya-guya.
Black bream and Saratoga fish, we caught themand we threw them onto the shore. We took them back to the camp and roasted them in an oven. We roasted them,we built an oven.

Basic materials in Ritharrŋu p. 119