puṯu

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See also: putu

Pitjantjatjara

Adverb

puṯu

  1. 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.