djert, djerda

little bird, bird (generic)

Cheit : bird (generally (Hassell, E 1913: ?)

Cheit : Bird (Generally) (Hassell, E 1949: ?)

chert : Wood duck (Hossell, Knight & Spencer Curr 1886: 388)

chirt , chert : bird, generally (Rae, W.J 1913: 1)

Chitibin : place of the willy wagtail (chitty chitt (Glauert nd: 2)

Chitie chitie : willy wagtail (Coyne 1980: 3)

chitter chitter : willy wagtail (Hassell 1975: 232)

Chittering : place where the willy wagtail nests. (Glauert nd: 2)

djet : bird (E ) (Dench 1994: 184)

djɛrd : bird [any kind] (Laves 1931: 4)

djɛrǝ : thicket bird (Laves 1931: 4)

djida : bird (N) (Dench 1994: 184)

djidi djidi : willy wagtail (Anon n.d: 2)

djidi djidi : willy wagtail (Roberts; McCabe and Miniter 2001)

djidi djiti : willy wagtail (Harris; Thieberger 1986)

djididjidi : shepherd bird (Laves 1931: 4)

djidi-djidi : willy wag tail (Whitehurst 1992: 52)

Djidi-djidi : willy wagtail (Mippy Rooney 2002: 325)

djidi-djidi : willy wagtail, The Restless (Douglas 1991: 21)

djidi-djidi : willy-wagtail (Restless fly-catcher) (Douglas 1991: 34)

djidi-djidi : Willy-wagtail, the Restless Flycatcher (Scissors-grinder) (Douglas 1991: 29)

dJididjidi, minidjit, nyidangitj : wagtail (Dench 1994: 184)

djiti-djiti : willy wagtail (Serventy, p382) (Brown, H 2002: 1)

Jert : Bird (generic) (Bardeet; BATES XII 2B, 6 : 8)

Jert : Bird (generic) (Bardil; BATES XII 2B, 10 : 7)

Jert : Bird (generic) (Boordenam; Beereenan; Boongong; Werdabirt; Bates XII 2B, 4 : 9)

Jert : Bird (generic) (Deebungool Bates XII 2B, 1a 1912: 3)

Jert : Bird (generic) (Indar Joowel Baiungan Bates XII 2B, 1b 1912: 7)

Jert : Bird (generic) (Ngalbaitch; BATES XII 2B, 7a : 8)

Jert : Bird (generic) (Ngalbaitch; BATES XII 2B, 7b : 8)

Jert : Bird (generic) (Woorgomirt; Bates XII 2B, 5 : 8)

Jert : Bird (Kaiari; Wirijan; BATES XII 2B, 8b : 8)

Jert : Bird (Waienburt; Banyaitch; Bates XII, 2B, 21: 8)

Jert : Bird (generic) (Notum; Wirijan; Kaiar; BATES XII 2B, 8a : 6)

Jert, jerd : Bird (Jakbăm; Bumblefoot; Bates XII 2B, 3b : 7)

Jida : Bird (generic) (Binyunyu Bates XXII B, 2: 8)

Ji-da : bird (Symmons 1842:3)

Jida. : Bird, A Small (Moore 1842: 123)

Jida. : Bird, a small (Moore 1884: 91)

Jida. : Wren, Yellow-Tailed; Acanthiza Chrysorrhœa (Moore 1842: 170)

Jida. : Wren, yellow-tailed; Acanthiza Chrysorrhœa (Moore 1884: 118)

Jiddee jiddee : Flycatcher (Wagtail) (Bardil; BATES XII 2B, 10 : 7)

Jiddee jiddee : Flycatcher (Wagtail) (Beedagooroo; Bates XII, 2B, 19: 5)

Jiddee -jiddee, nyettungit : Flycatcher (Balbuk; Bates XII, 2B, 15: 9)

Jiddeejiddee : Flycatcher (Joobaitch (Ngoorweel); Bates XII, 2B, 14: 10)

Jiti jidi : Wagtail (Jakbăm; Bumblefoot; Bates XII 2B, 3b : 7)

Jiti-Jiti : Wagtail (Kaiari; Wirijan; BATES XII 2B, 8b : 8)

Jiti-jiti : Wagtail (Ngalbaitch; BATES XII 2B, 7b : 8)

Jiti-jiti : Wagtail, shepherd's companion (Ngilgi; Bates XII, 2B, 12b: 15)

Jittee jittee : Flycatcher (Monnop; Ballarruk; Bates XII, 2B, 24: 7)

Jittee jittee : Flycatcher (Wagtail) (Goolaara; Bates XII, 2B, 18:5)

Jittee jittee : Flycatcher (Wagtail) (Indar Joowel Baiungan Bates XII 2B, 1b 1912: 7)

Jittee jittee : Flycatcher (wagtail) (Kajjilgarra; Bates XII, 2B, 23: 5)

Jittee jittee : Flycatcher (wagtail) (Ngalbaitch; BATES XII 2B, 7a : 8)

Jittee jittee : Flycatcher (Wagtail) (Notum; Wirijan; Kaiar; BATES XII 2B, 8a : 6)

Jittee Jittee : willie wagtail (Davis n.d: 5)

Jittee-jittee : Flycatcher (Wag tail) (Deebungool Bates XII 2B, 1a 1912: 3)

Jittee-jittee : Flycatcher (Woorgomirt; Bates XII 2B, 5 : 8)

tjert : red robin (Brown, H 2002: 1)

tjert, djairt : bird (spec.or gen.) (Douglas 1991: 15)

tjiti-tjiti : fantail, black and white fantail, willy wagtail (Douglas 1968: 89)

tjiti-tjiti : willy wagtail, black and white fantail (Douglas 1968: 101)

Historical References

Jida. : Bird, A Small (Moore 1842: 123)
Jida. : Wren, Yellow-Tailed; Acanthiza Chrysorrhœa (Moore 1842: 170)
Ji-da : bird (Symmons 1842: 3)
Jida. : Wren, yellow-tailed; Acanthiza Chrysorrhœa (Moore 1884: 118)
Jida. : Bird, a small (Moore 1884: 91)
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)
Jert : Bird (generic) (Bardeet; Bates XII 2B, 6: 8)
Jert : Bird (generic) (Bardil; Bates XII 2B, 10: 7)
Jida : Bird (generic) (Binyunyu; Bates XII 2B, 2: 8)
Jert : Bird (generic) (Boordenam, Beereenan, Boongong, Werdabirt; Bates XII 2B, 4 : 9)
Jerda : Bird (generic) (Monnop, Ballarruk; Bates XII 2B, 24: 7)
jert : bird (generic) (Ngalbaitch; Bates XII 2B, 7a)
jittee jittee : flycatcher (wagtail) (Ngalbaitch; Bates XII 2B, 7a)
Jert : Bird (generic) (Ngalbaitch; Bates XII 2B, 7b : 8)
Jeeda : Bird (generic) (Ngalyart (Sarah Karil); Bates XII 2B, 9 : 9)
Jēda : Bird (generic) (Ngilgee; Bates XII 2B, 12a: 9)
Jēda : Bird (Ngilgi; Bates XII 2B, 12b: 15)
Jerd : Bird (generic) (Ngwoonbib; Bates XII 2B, 16: 7)
jert : bird (generic) (Notum, Wirijan, Kaiar; Bates XII 2B, 8a)
Jert : Bird (Waienburt, Banyaitch; Bates XII 2B, 21: 8)
Jidda : Bird (generic) (Woolberr; Bates XII 2B, 17: 7)
Jert : Bird (generic) (Woorgomirt; Bates XII 2B, 5 : 8)
jert, jerd : bird (Jakbăm, Bumblefoot; Bates XII 2B, 3b)
minnijet, minniyet, jiti jiti : flycatcher (Jakbum, Wabbinyet; Bates XII 2B, 3a)
jert : bird (generic) (Deebungool; Bates XII 2B, 1a)
jert : bird (generic) (Indar, Joowel, Baiungan; Bates XII 2B, 1b 1912)
Jē-da : Bird (generic) (Joobaitch aka Ngoorweel; Bates XII 2B, 14: 9)
jert : bird (Kaiari, Wirijan; Bates XII 2B, 8b)
Jerda : Bird (generic) (Kajaman; Bates XII 2B, 11: 9)
Cheit : bird (generally (Hassell, E 1913: ?)
chirt , chert : bird, generally (Rae 1913: 1)
Cheit : Bird (Generally) (Hassell, E 1949: ?)
tyiärt : bird (generic) (Von Brandenstein 1988: 109)
tjert, djairt : bird (spec.or gen.) (Douglas 1991: 15)
djet : bird (E ) (Dench 1994: 184)
djida : bird (N) (Dench 1994: 184)
Cheit : Bird (Possible names for new Post Offices - supplied by the Native Affairs Department (date unknown))

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