test, trap

The term that is translated as «test» or «trap» in English is rendered in Natügu with the phrase “catch him in a net.” (Source: David Clark)

In Noongar it is translated with a derivative of «fish trap» (source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang).

In the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) it is often translate idiomatically as einen Strick drehen or «give him enough rope so he will hang himself.»

See also trap him by what he said / catch him in some statement.

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