English Explanatory Dictionary

kurdaitcha man

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of shaman among Aboriginal Australians whose task it was to avenge a death, and who was supposed to have worn slippers made from the feathers of emus.

Word forms

kurdaitcha man kurdaitcha men kadaitja man kooditcha man

Etymology

From Eastern Arrernte gadaidja.

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