Kurdaitcha

Quick meaning: Kurdaitcha is a noun meaning An aboriginal evil spirit; a sorcerer.

Meaning

An aboriginal evil spirit; a sorcerer.

More Meanings

1. An expedition taken to heal or avenge someone afflicted by evil sorcery.
2. A man chosen to go on such an expedition.
3. The boots worn by someone on such a mission, typically made from emu feathers.

Example Sentences

The blacks crept up on their camp in their feathered kadaitcha boots to spear them.

Now Detective–Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte has solved his last case and laid away his kurdaitcha boots for ever.

‘[…]One day when he was going to a creek to catch fish he saw a Kurdaitcha man - one who was going out alone to kill an enemy, and he had shoes of a very strange kind.’

The “kurdaitcha” is a party consisting of a medicine-man and three others, sent by the elders of a local group to avenge a magically-caused death, the offender having been beforehand identified.

Word Forms

• kurdaitchas

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include kadaitcha, dukun, kachera, khuruud, karait, igqirha.

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