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Definition of kurdaitcha in English English dictionary
- An aboriginal evil spirit
- The boots worn by someone on such a mission, typically made from emu feathers
The blacks crept up on their camp in their feathered kadaitcha boots to spear them.
- An expedition taken to heal or avenge someone afflicted by evil sorcery
- {i} (In Australia) Aboriginal sorcerer who avenges the death of a relative
- An expedition to perform sorcery taken by a kurdaitcha man
- The slippers made from the feathers of emus worn by such a man
- kurdaitcha man
- An aboriginal mystic who made an expedition to perform sorcery wearing slippers made from the feathers of emus
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() Origin unknown; perhaps compare Arunta|Arunta]] gadaidja.Resimler
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