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Tjukurpa bore-munu tap kapi-tjara
(Bore-to-tap story – Amata)
Well bore pulkangku panya drillamilara puli palula-wanungku kapi kurtjananyi. Ka nganana kapi warpungkula rawangku kapi wilypungkula ma-wiyara ka kapi ngangkali pakantja wiya ngarala, ka puyinytja wiya ngaranyi, ka manta unngu ma-wiyaringanyi, (aquifer) kapi wiyaringkuku.
A large metal well, or bore hole, is drilled into the rocks to extract the water BUT if we use the water faster than the rain can put it back in the ground, the aquifer will run out of water.