waranta takamuna milaythina Palawa – We stand on Aboriginal land
The new palawa kani mural at Launceston TAC was a great way to get our youth and families speaking language while painting the mural. Many Palawa of all ages also put their handprints on the wall, and there’s a list of everyone’s names there too. This was one of the ways the TAC are celebrating the International Decade of Indigenous Languages.
pulana/star
wurangkili/sky
waranta/we
takamuna/stand
milaythina/land
Palawa/Tasmanian Aboriginal
yula/muttonbird
puna/clouds
malaki/white
panupiri/sun
tayta/jack jumper
mulapana/black
muka/sea
rruni/island
kuka/red
mayaluwira/waratah
pungkatina/bush
rimina/Christmas bells
waypa/man
nama/Kangaroo apple
liwaray/firestick
rri/hand
kanalaritja/shell necklace
luwuna/Dogwood tree
lutha/gum tree
manina/earth
rina/shell
nanalini/hill
tara/kangaroo
timita/possum
kaparunina/Tasmanian tiger
piripi/tree trunk
rraykana/emu
nimina/grass
