Lemon Wood

Leiopotherapon unicolor

Kuyuwarn-ku ngurnalu manana lawa-ma nyila-ma. Bujij ngurnalu manana karnti. Tajkarra ngurnalu panana. Wananga-la walyawalyak ngurnalu yuwanana. Ngajik ngurnalu karrwarnana. Janga-ngka-ma warrkuj ngurnalu manana. Kamparnana ngurnalu boilim. Tarukap ngurnalu yuwanana, we burn ‘em mijelp bushes-jawung-kulu na.

Lawa is good for bones. We get the leafy branches. We pound it and put it in a bag. We keep it there for a while. When we’re sick, then we boil it. We bathe in it, and also put hot leaves on our skin.

Speaker: Violet Wadrill