yawu

/ˈjawu/

gloss “stingray”

Fauna · fish

stingray. Long ago only old people were allowed to eat it, but now this isn't followed much. Spearing one will bring on thunder and rainstorms.

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Kuku-Yalanji Dictionary (1982)

The headword and meaning trace to the Kuku-Yalanji dictionary compiled by Henry and Ruth Hershberger with major Kuku Yalanji contributors.

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Major contributors include Toby Bloomfield, Roy Friday, Billy Roberts, Hector and Doris Sykes, Joe Walker, and people who lived at Jajikal in Ayton.

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Stingray; the prose records food taboos (formerly only old people could eat it) and a belief that spearing one brings thunder and rainstorms.

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