[1]
nauja paja he bird
Context:
bird of the male sex.
[2]
nania paja she bird
Context:
bird of the female sex.
[14]
paja palto bird track
Mythology:
where a muramura wandered about as a bird.
[15]
paja kunalkiri bird roost [or habitat]
Context:
i.e. [a place] where they sit down together in flocks.
[20]
paja marda bird stones
Context:
petrified eggs of the muramura.
[21]
paja jampa strange birds
Context:
that appear only from time to time.
[24]
paja ngankana to make birds
Context:
to request birds' eggs [at the increase ceremonies].
[25]
paja kungara whirring and screeching of birds
Context:
when a flock flies upward.
[28]
paja dijana to aim at birds
Context:
[with a boomerang].
[29]
paja mapana to gather birds together
Ethnography:
by means of an invocatory song.
[31]
paja jinpana to chase birds away, to scare birds away, to enchant birds
Context:
[to enachant by] a ngilbi
sorcerer
[34]
paja karkarkana to lure birds
Context:
to call birds forth by means of an invocatory song.
[36]
paja kuma bird death-call
Ethnography:
i.e. when a bird indicates by its call that someone has died somewhere.
[37]
pajajeri wapana to go about disguised as a bird
Context:
e.g. as a crow..
[38]
pajali kana kaukaubana for birds to warn (tell) people
Context:
e.g. by their noisiness to announce someone's approach.
[39]
paja ngapa kaukaubanietja for birds to indicate water in the neighbourhood
Context:
such as the tiwilitja. If one catches sight of these birds, there must be water in the vicinity, for they do not fly far away from it.
[40]
paja woldra kaukaubanietja birds that indicate hot weather
Context:
e.g. when the kurukuku and murlapara ascend high into the sky in the morning.
[41]
paja watara kaukaubanietja birds that announce an oncoming storm
Context:
the godagoda bird.
[42]
paja kutji kaukaubanietja birds that announce the devil to be in the vicinity
Context:
such as the kapakaparunga. If one of these cries out, the devil is certain to be near-by.
[43]
paja talara kaukaubanietja birds that announce [the approach of] rain
Context:
e.g. the tindritindri which say: "build your wurleys".
[44]
paja mardamamamalina for birds to take stones away from each other
Context:
when they happily twitter and hop around each other.
[45]
paja ngarimata kaukaubanietja birds that announce [the approach of] a flood
Context:
e.g. the kurubakula.
[46]
paja pinga kaukaubanietja bird that announces [the approach of] a blood-avenger troop
Context:
e.g. the milkiwari.
[47]
paja kapiri kaukaubanietja bird indicating [the presence of] a goanna
Context:
If a kirki is perched anywhere a goanna is sure to be in the vicinity.
[48]
paja ngura kaukaubanietja bird indicating [the presence of] a camp
Context:
e.g. the kutjikutji and the wipaburuburu. These birds live mostly in the vicinity of humans. When a person hears one of these calling, he may assume that there are people close-by.
[49]
paja nari kaukaubanietja bird that announces a death
Context:
e.g. carrion birds [or birds of prey] such as putandara wulu. If a search is being made for a dead man or for someone who has perished of thirst, and a putandara wulu is seen perched somewhere, one may [safely] assume that the dead body is in close proximity.
Mythology:
The following muramura wandered about as birds: Watapajirini, Ngardutjalpani,
Normally spelt "Ngardutjelpani".
Wonduwondu, Karawora, Murlapara, Kurukuku, Kawalka wulu, Kirki wulu, Kadnimandrani wulu, Waluwaluka, Putantara wulu, Kurawonparunga wulu, Tiritiriwulula, Papapana, and Milkiwari