Take your word for it that Djigirridjdjigirridj is onomatopoeic, Denise.
Haven't tried to pronounce it. But without doing so, without attributing
sounds to letters, the printed word somehow 'looks' like a W W's call.
Beaut!
Syd
> From: Denise Goodfellow <>
> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:30:54 +0930
> To: Christopher Watson <>, Birding Aus
> <>
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Re: Question...
>
> Kunwinjku people of western Arnhem Land have many bird names,
> for example Djigirridjdjigirridj, for Willie Wagtail. Other names relate to
> colour, eg Dalgerowgen, for Crimson Finch. However, my relatives do not
> appear to have such wonderfully descriptive names for birds of prey as the
> Western Desert peoples.
> Denise L Goodfellow
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