- [1]
kati-jelbi end of a garment
kati-jelbi jera mapau, turujeli jerkiati
pull the corner of the garment a little way from the fire, lest it burn
- [2]
katu-jelbi end of a windbreak
katu-jelbi jerkiati turu jerra padakau!
take the fire over there, so that the end of the windbreak doesn't catch alight
- [3]
pitaru-jelbi extent of drought
Context:
e.g. limits of the rainfall.
naupara mita pitaru-jelbi parala wapaia nauta kuljakuljata
this country drought border is lying, he here green
in this area it has not rained, whereas here it is green
- [4]
kilpa-jelbi end of the cold weather; end of winter
Context:
also the beginning of winter.
kilpa-jelbi ngaiana matja mudana warai, karari ngaiana woldrakanjani
winter's end we already finished have, now we in summer
we already have the end of winter behind us; now we are having summer
- [5]
woldra-jelbi beginning or end of summer
Context:
as in paragraph 4.
Addition:
Entry 187 [8] is ditji woldrajelbi 'autumnal equinox', halfway between summer and winter.
- [6]
kantajelbi extent of grass
Context:
i.e. the limit of where the grass ceases and no more rain his fallen.
kanta-jelbi naupara jerra doku parai ngaiana naka wirarinanto kuljakuljani
grass-limit this yonder side lies, we there want to walk about in the green [grass]
the perimcter of the grass Iwhere the grass begins) is on the other side (of the hill); let us go over there to make camp ("stay")
- [7]
ngara-jelbi limit of water
Context:
as far or as high as the water has stood or is standing in a lake.
ngapa-jelbini ngato warukati nandrana warai
at the water's edge I emus killed
I speared the emus at the edge of the lake (water)
- [8]
manjura-jelbi limit of 'manjura'
Context:
where the manjura (a species of edible grass greatly sought after) begins or ends.
manjura-jelbi naka Ngarlangarlangalani ja Paruwalpani, naka ngarlajerra panila manjura
limit there at Ngarlangarlanga and at Paruwalpa, there further on that way nothing
there at Ngarlangarlanga and Paruwalpa the manjura ceases [to grow]; there is none further on
- [9]
billi-jelbi edge of a string-bag
jinka mati palpa jinkianau! ngato billi-jelbi nanaia wirdi ngankananto
give me some strong string; I want to extend (or enlarge) my string-bag
- [10]
Kunari-jelbi edge of Cooper Creek
Context:
on the banks, or at the end, or along the boundary of Cooper Creek.
Kunari jelbini pita mudai
Cooper Creek on the bank trees cease
trees cease to grow on the boundary of the Cooper Creek
- [11]
dako-jelbi end of sandhills
Context:
where the sandhills terminate and the stony plains begin.
- [12]
marda-jelbi edge of stony plains
Context:
where the stony plains begin or terminate.
- [13]
para-jelbi end of hair, hairtips
para-jelbi wokaribju! wata ngana wordu wokaribamai
cut off my hair, but don't: cut it off [too] short
- [14]
poto-jelbi trading border
Context:
limits of any district within which such things, as red ochre or stone for stone-knives, etc. may be obtained.
poto-jelbi nau ja parana wirila wapaia, wapanimai mamaterila
property boundary he to lie is approaching (coming nearer) go to get for yourselves
the area of the property is not far away now (for people are coming along with their goods); you go too, so that you acquire something for yourselves
- [15]
punga-jelbi edge of wurley
punga-jelbi jerra maru ngankau, punga maruni ngamala
push the wall of the wurley further out (build it bigger), so that we can live in a spacious [home]
Context:
wall of a hut
- [16]
makamba-jelbi extent of a large conflagration
Context:
limits of where a bushfire burnt itself out
- [17]
jama-jelbi end of a fishing net
jama-jelbi parai kajari wodajelu
the net is lying in the water from one creek-bank to the other
Context:
either end of a net.
- [18]
pungarla-jeli extent of shade
Context:
area of shade from one tree
- [19]
ngalpuru-jelbi verge of darkness
ditji matja wirina [warai] ngalpuru-jelbi karakarala
the sun has already set, and darkness is closing in
- [20]
kalka-jelbi verge of night
Context:
[period of] time that divides day and night.
kalka-jelbini wata turaramai, wokara pataiati
evening on the verge don't sleep, neck [will] hurt otherwise
don't immediately lie down to sleep as soon as night comes on, lest you develop a pain in the neck during the night
- [21]
muntja-jelbi point of sickness
Context:
point at which the infectious epidemic has just ended, or a current epidemic has started.
karari naka muntja-jelbi parana wirila wapaia, kanata muntjs marapu, nganako, bakana ninkida wokaraiati
now there point of sickness has arrived I to lie and enter, people sick many, who knows, also this way may come
the infectious disease has set in (arrived) over there; who knows whether it may not come this way also?
- [22]
ngura-jelbi boundary of a camp
Context:
[line of] outer wurleys in the camp.
- [23]
paratara-jelbi edge of a plain
Context:
verge or farthest limits of a plain.
- [24]
wondiri-jelbi edge of a boundary
Context:
quite close to a boundary.
ngaiani wondiri-jelbini ngamananto, wondiri tanani wata wokaribala
we boundary on the edge want to sit down, boundary their not to break off
we want to camp close to the boundary, so that we do not come inside their borders
- [25]
mita-kamaneli-jelbi extent of friendly territory
Context:
borders wherein one's friends are living.
- [26]
pariwilpajelbi skyline, horizon
Context:
also as far as the eye can reach.
pariwilpa-jelbi nauja worku parana karitjila wapaia
skyline he roundabout to lie is turning
the skyline extends all around
- [27]
palto-jelbi end of a road, end of a track
palto-jelbi ngapajelu parai
the end of the track extends as far as the lake
Context:
or: the track ceases right at the water's [edge].
- [28]
tidna-jelbi extent of footprints
Context:
the outer limits of where footprints are to be found, or the particular spot where footprints cease.
tidna-jelbini ngani wirarina warai
to the footprints-limit I walked about
I went out as far as where footprints are no longer to be seen
- [29]
poto-jelbi end of things
Context:
last of the bride-price, on the part of the bridegroom to the father of the bride.
poto-jelbi ngana jinkialu noamarali
last of the bride-price me give until husband and wife (or: with a wife)
give me the bride-price for the fact that you now have a wife
Thus says the young bride's father.
- [30]
buturu-jelbi beginning of a dust-storm
- [31]
kana-jelbi end of people
Context:
area-limit of where the last people live. In the main this implies the distance from water, over against waterless country where nobody can live [anyway].
Mythology:
This word originates from the legend of Katakuntjirina, the muramura, who coined the terminology for the various jelbi [words].