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Pitjantjatjara
Adverb
puṯu
- unsuccessfully, in vain
2010, Re-awakening Languages: Theory and Practice in the Revitalisation of Australia's Indigenous Languages, Sydney University Press, page 85:Mungaṯu nyangangku katjangku wangkangu, Ngunytjimalu wangkangu, "Maḻu anytjapiri mantjila", ka tjitji kutju kunyu puṯu kuliningi, "Nyaa, nyaa?" Puṯu alatjitu kuliningi anytjapiri.- Recently this person's son was saying, Ngunytjima was saying, "Get some whole kangaroo", and that child apparently couldn't understand , "What, what?" He couldn't understand anytjapiri at all.