The Traditional Ecological Knowledge of the Solega A Linguistic Perspective

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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’

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4.3 Solega Bird Nomenclature

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