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Table 4.4
Variation in bird name s across villages—data from the picture elicitation task
Keredimba
Nellikadiru
Ma:rigu
ḍi Mo
ṇakai A:repa:
ḷya
Red Spurfowl
(ka:
ḍa)kesa
ṭe
kesh
ṭe
kesh
ṭe
Rufous Woodpecker
maraku
ṭuka hakki
‘ woodpecker’
ka:ra
ĩyana hakki
‘Ka:ra
ĩya’s bird’
ka:ri hakki
‘calling bird’
sa:vakki
‘death bird’
Flameback woodpeckers
sa:vu hakki
‘death bird’
ka:ri hakki
‘calling
bird’
ka:ri hakki
‘calling
bird’
ka:ri hakki
‘calling bird’
sa:vakki
‘death bird’
Coppersmith Barbet
kammara ku
ṭru
‘blacksmith
ku
ṭru
’
kammara ku
ṭru
‘blacksmith
ku
ṭru
’
batta ku
ṭru
‘paddy
ku
ṭru
’
Indian Cuckoo
ke:sakki
ke:sanakki
ke:sã
ke:sanakki
ke:sakki
Greater Coucal
kembuti/kembuguti
kembuta
kembuta
kembuta
Brown Fish Owl
gumma
gumma
gumma
gumma
gubu
ḷega
ṇṇ
a^
Spotted Dove
totore
sore
male sore
‘mountain
sore
’
sorehakki
sorehakki
Laughing Dove
bu:jore
sore
na:
ḍa sore
guggalakki
‘solitary bird’
bu:jore
Black Eagle
ka:nakatale
‘darkness of the
forest’
hebbaddu
‘big
raptor’,
kuru
ḷaddu
‘ quail raptor’
ka:nakatale
‘darkness of the forest’
Red Wattled Lapwing
(ku
ṇḍ
u)bi
ḷuka
ṭh
ĩyã
ti:
ṭrigã
ti:
ṭigã
ṭĩya:nakki
Rufous Treepie
ara
ḍe
ara
ḍe hakki
ara
ḍe
mo
ḍeva:
ḷakki,
kurubigo:
ḍi
ara
ḍe
Scarlet Minivet
ma:di hakki
ma:di hakki
ma:di hakki
ma:dilakki
Asian Paradise Flycatcher
sa
ṭṭugaba:la
‘ladle tail’,
asagã
solegitti hakki
ma:dilammi hakki
nuthatches
mara e
ḷe hakki
‘tree-climbing bird’
maratotta
‘tree jumper’
maratotta
‘tree jumper’
maratotta
‘tree jumper’
maratonta
‘tree jumper’
(continued)
4.3 Solega Bird Nomenclature