TEXT 74. WIFE BESTOWAL.

Yuramura

74.1

nu-ru,	wa:-nun^g-gubuy,	wa:-nun^ggu-nun^g-gubuy	nu-ru,
we (ExPl)	Nunggubuyu people	Nunggubuyu people	we(ExPl)
wara=promise-dhi:-'	wuru=promise-dhi-n^yji:-na,
they bestow them	they promise (wives) to each other
nu=promise-dhi:-'	nu:-'ba-gi-yun^g	na:-'n^gi-yun^g,	na:-'n^gi-yun^g
he promises him	that (MSg)	father in law
nu:-'ba-gi-yun^g	nu=promise-dhi-n^y,	n^gar-uba-gi-yun^g
that (MSg)	he promised him	that (FSg)
niwa:-'-n^gu=bura:-'-yin^yun^g	ana-promise,	niwa:-'=jadha:-',
he who sits for it (ANA)	bestowal	he is promised for it
niwa:-'=jadha:-'	n^gar-uba-gi-yun^g,	ni-ga-wi-n^yin^yun^g	na:-'n^gi-yun^g
	that (FSg)	his	father in law
nu=promise-dhi:-',
he promises him

We, the Nunggubuyu people, bestow wives on each other. That one, the father in law (of the promised husband), he promised him (to deliver his daughter to him). That girl. The man who has been designated (as future husband). That girl. His father in law promises him (to deliver her).

Note: Actually, the bestowal itself is made by the girl's mother and mother's brother, who are in avoidance relationships to the future husband. The girl's father is obligated to raise the girl and see that she is delivered (traditionally, around puberty) to the pre-designated husband.

74.2

ni-yama=yama-na	yin^gga	n^gi-n^gari=n^gambara-ma-na,	adaba
he does that	nearly	she becomes adult	now
n^gu:='-yi:--,		nu:='-yi:	adaba	wini=ya-ra,
he gives her	(error)	he gives him	now	they (MDu) sleep
n^gi=wiri-ga:::j	wiri-gaj,	yin^gga	little-bit	n^gi=n^gambara-ma-na
when she is small	when small	nearly	slightly	she becomes adult
yin^gga	n^gi=run^ggal-ma-na,	adaba	n^gar-uba-gi-yun^g	n^gu=yuri:-'
nearly	she becomes big	now	that (FSg)	he transports her
a:-'n^ga-wuy,	nu:='-yi:	adaba	na:-'n^gi-yun^g	yuwa:-gu	adaba
to camp	he gives him	now	father in law	there	now
na:-'nn^gina-yun-duj	n^gu-wara:='radi-jga-na	wini-yara=ya-ra
at husband	he raises her	they (MDu) sleep
n^gi-yama=yama-na	yin^gga	n^gi=run^ggal-ma-na,	adaba	anga	wini=ya-ra,
she does that	nearly	she becomes big	then	camp	they sleep

He (father in law) does that. Then she is getting to be an adult (i.e. reaching puberty), and he gives (her) to him. When she is still a child, but becoming a little bit adult (full-grown). Then he (her father) takes her to the camp (of her husband-to-be) and the father-in-law gives her to him. She stays there at the camp of her husband. He (the husband) raises her (until she is a true adult) and the two of them sleep in the camp. She is getting bigger and they sleep in the same camp.

74.3

n^gijan^g	n^gar-uba-gi-yun^g	n^gi=lhamari:-'-yin^yun^g
more	that (FSg)	she who comes behind
ana-mal-gadha:dhari-yin^yun^g,	n^gar-uba-gi-yun^g	n^ga-nun-daga-ragi-jun^g
of time after	that (FSg)	first one (FSg)
n^gijan^g	n^gara:-'n^yba-jun^g	n^gar-uba-gi-yun^g	n^gara-n^gari-lhari-yun^g
more	other (FSg)	that (FSg)	sister
n^gu-ga-gari=wann^ga-na,	n^gijan^g	ni-ga-wi-wugij	n^gi=ya:-ri:
he begets her behind	more	(for) him only	she goes
bu-gu-ni-wugij	n^gijan^g,
only to there	more

Then that girl (younger sister of the first) who comes behind her, at a later time. That first one, then her other sister; he (the father in law) has another daughter. She (the second one) also goes to the same place (same husband).

74.4

n^gijan^g	n^gi=ya-ra,	an^ga,	wani=wulan^ybij-ga-na,	wuru=wulan^ybaj,
more	she sleeps camp	he makes three	they are three
wuru=wulalwulal	yagu	wuru-maran^g=an^yja:bugij	yagu	win^gi=wula-wa:,
they are four	but	they are one hand (=five)	but	they are two
war-ubu-ru-yun^g	wuru-ga-gari=wann^ga-n^yji:-na,	bu-gu-ni-wugij
those (pl)	they have more daughters	to there only
n^gar-uba-gi-yun^g	wirin^ga-ga-gari=yuri:-'	n^gi=raga:-'-na-yin^yun^g
that (FSg)	they transport her behind	she who is first

She (the second daughter) also sleeps (at the husband's camp). Then he has three. There are three, then four or five, or maybe just two. The girl's parents keep having more daughters. They all go to the same husband; they (the parents) take her (each daughter ) to where the first daughter is.