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PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

Keard : Bird (Nind 1831: 49)
Dyeeda : a bird: the generic term. (R M Lyon, 23/03/1833 – Language of Derbal)
Kierd : Bird (Oiseau) (Dumont D’Urville 1834: 4)
jee-da : small bird; sometimes used for a bird generally (Grey 1839:?)
Jida. : Bird, A Small (Moore 1842: 123)
Ji-da : bird (Symmons 1842: 3)
chert : Wood duck (Hossell, Knight & Spencer (Curr) 1886: 388)
Jeeda : Bird (generic) (Baaburgurt (Bulyen/George Eliot); Bates XII 2B, 13: 9)
Jēda : Bird (generic) (Balbuk; Bates XII 2B, 15: 9)
Jerda : Bird (generic) (Monnop, Ballarruk; Bates XII 2B, 24: 7)
jert : bird (generic) (Ngalbaitch; Bates XII 2B, 7a)
Jēda : Bird (generic) (Ngilgee; Bates XII 2B, 12a: 9)
Jē-da : Bird (generic) (Joobaitch aka Ngoorweel; Bates XII 2B, 14: 9)
Jerda : Bird (generic) (Kajaman; Bates XII 2B, 11: 9)
chirt , chert : bird, generally (Rae 1913: 1)
tyiärt : bird (generic) (Von Brandenstein 1988: 109)
tjert, djairt : bird (spec.or gen.) (Douglas 1991: 15)
djet : bird (E ) (Dench 1994: 184)
Jee-Da : Yellow-tailed Thornbill (“Birds of WA” by Serventy & Whittell – Perth District)
Cheit : Bird (Possible names for new Post Offices – supplied by the Native Affairs Department (date unknown))