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Meaning of "kurdaitcha" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF KURDAITCHA

kəˈdaɪtʃə


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF KURDAITCHA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Kurdaitcha is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES KURDAITCHA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Kurdaitcha

Kurdaitcha is a ritual "executioner" in Australian Aboriginal culture. The word is also used by Europeans to refer to the shoes worn by the Kurdaitcha, woven of feathers and human hair and treated with blood. The Indigenous name for the shoes is interlinia in Northern Australia and intathurta in the South. Other spellings of Kurdaitcha are Cadiche and Kadaitcha.

Definition of kurdaitcha in the English dictionary

The definition of kurdaitcha in the dictionary is the man with the mission of avenging the death of a tribesman Also: kadaitcha.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH KURDAITCHA

denature · dictature · expenditure · forfeiture · furniture · garniture · investiture · kadaitcha · legislature · literature · miniature · nature · nourriture · pitcher · portraiture · signature · stitcher · supernature · switcher · temperature

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE KURDAITCHA

kurbash · kurchatovium · Kurd · kurdaitcha shoes · Kurdestan · Kurdish · Kurdistan · Kure · kurfuffle · Kurgan · kuri · Kuril Islands · Kurile Islands · Kurland · Kurosawa · Kuroshio · kurrajong · kursaal · Kursk · kurta

WORDS THAT END LIKE KURDAITCHA

a la plancha · bacha · betcha · cancha · captcha · cha · cha-cha · cha-cha-cha · chicha · concha · cutcha · datcha · gertcha · gotcha · kutcha · kwacha · La Mancha · mocha · pacha · wotcha

Synonyms and antonyms of kurdaitcha in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «kurdaitcha» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF KURDAITCHA

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The translations of kurdaitcha from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «kurdaitcha» in English.
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kurdaitcha
1,325 millions of speakers
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kurdaitcha
570 millions of speakers
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kurdaitcha
510 millions of speakers
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kurdaitcha
380 millions of speakers
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kurdaitcha
280 millions of speakers
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kurdaitcha
278 millions of speakers
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kurdaitcha
270 millions of speakers
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kurdaitcha
260 millions of speakers
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kurdaitcha
220 millions of speakers
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Kurdaitcha
190 millions of speakers
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kurdaitcha
180 millions of speakers
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kurdaitcha
130 millions of speakers
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kurdaitcha
85 millions of speakers
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Kurdaitcha
85 millions of speakers
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kurdaitcha
80 millions of speakers
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kurdaitcha
75 millions of speakers
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कुर्दैच्छा
75 millions of speakers
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kurdaitcha
70 millions of speakers
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kurdaitcha
65 millions of speakers
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kurdaitcha
50 millions of speakers
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kurdaitcha
40 millions of speakers
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kurdaitcha
30 millions of speakers
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kurdaitcha
15 millions of speakers
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kurdaitcha
14 millions of speakers
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kurdaitcha
10 millions of speakers
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kurdaitcha
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about kurdaitcha

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KURDAITCHA»

Discover the use of kurdaitcha in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to kurdaitcha and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Native Tribes Of Central Australia:
Followed by the medicine manthe Kurdaitcha takes the leaduntil the enemy is sighted. Then themedicine man fallsinto the rear while the Kurdaitcha stealthily creeps forward towards his quarry and suddenly rising up, spears him beforehe is ...
Baldwin Spencer And F.J. Gillen, 2014
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Native Tribes of Central Australia
The bands are outlined with white down, and, as the pattern is a constant one, the Kurdaitcha man can always be distinguished from the medicine man. Both of the men wear the Interlinia or shoes which, when thus in use, are decorated with  ...
Baldwin Spencer, F. J. Gillen, 2010
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Across Australia
of men who claim to be true " Kurdaitcha ertwa " at various places in the Arunta tribe, and every one of them has had the toe of one foot, it does not seem to matter which, abnormally twisted outwards. Not only is this so, but the true Kurdaitcha ...
Baldwin Spencer, F. J. Gillen, 2010
4
Magic: A Sociological Study
The kurdaitcha whose mission has been sanctioned by the elders is always accompanied by a medicine man. The latter must himself have previously served as the leader of an avenging party and be qualified by having a little toe dislocated.
Magic
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Calling Your Will: A Story of Transformation
They must summons the Kurdaitcha, the ritual executioner – a bone pointer. ∞. The Kurdaitcha arrived from another clan and was having a discussionwith the Mooroops and some oftheelders. Every so often theypointed to Coolahwho was ...
Pat Grayson, 2013
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Drawn from the Ground: Sound, Sign and Inscription in ...
As she signs she says: |^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^| (5:03) Anteth map-arl-am kwertaty-el-arl aparlp.il-ek feather many-foc-emph kurdaitcha-erg-foc lose-pc ' The feathers that the kurdaitcha had lost.' (Quiz 2:41, CAn) The narrator completes ...
Jennifer Green, 2014
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Black Goth:
“I am the Kurdaitcha. Come to avenge the death of the one called Arnold.” “Who? ” said Thomas, “don't you know you can't mention the name of a dead person?” Nobody mentioned the name of a dead person for fear of their spirit hearing and  ...
D. J. Newson, 2013
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Curses And Jinxes
If the condemned man has fled from his village, the loaded bone is given to the kurdaitcha, the tribe's ritual killers. The kurdaitcha take their name from the special slippers they wear when hunting a condemned man. These are woven from ...
Vikas Khatri, 2007
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The Big Fig:
and thought he might be the Kurdaitcha Man. His older cousins scare him with all sorts of stories.” Brian sat Chris up on his knee and looked himin the eyes.“That oldfulla isn'tthe Kurdaitcha Man – he's a friend of Uncle Lawrence's. Isn'the ...
Graham Perrett, 2013
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Black the Night and Wild the Sea
'The Aborigines believe that certain men, called kurdaitcha men, have the power to kill others by magic. They have a special bone called a kundela that the kurdaitcha man points at the victim after he's tracked him down. The victim always dies ...
Vincent Smith, 2012

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KURDAITCHA»

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Whatever happened to the Pintupi Nine?
... was soon swept with rumours that these naked figures were kurdaitcha – the feared “featherfoot” whose spiritual powers could bring death. «The Australian, Oct 14»
2
Aboriginal monsters and their meaning
It has five Australian Aboriginal Chapters: Thurman on monsters in Litchfield National Park (NT), Yasmine Musharbash on jarnpa/kurdaitcha ... «ABC Online, Jun 14»
3
Cheap Tunes: Frustrator's 'Anther'
The Enemies List imprint is on some pretty impressive releases, including Mamaleek's cerebral Kurdaitcha (which topped my “Best Free ... «Forbes, May 13»
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Cheap Tunes: Dolores' 'Mt. Loreto'
I've stumbled upon some excellent bands through Anti-Gravity Bunny, such as San Francisco black metal project Mamaleek (whose Kurdaitcha ... «Forbes, Apr 13»
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In Rotation: A Reader critic, CHIRP Radio's founder, and Zapruder …
Mamaleek's Kurdaitcha: Here's something I never expected to hear from a pair of San Francisco bedroom musicians: a moving, visceral ... «Chicago Reader, May 11»
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Bird of the week – Kanpanparlala – Crested Bellbird, Oreoica …
The “pakupaku” bird of a 'kurdaitcha' man calls out like when it chirps incessantly loud and clear. It goes, “Pakpakpalala, pakapakpalala, ... «Crikey, May 09»
REFERENCE
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