kurdaitcha man

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Eastern Arrernte gadaidja.

Noun

kurdaitcha man (plural kurdaitcha men)

  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.

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