kadaitcha
/kəˈdʌɪtʃə
/(also kurdaitcha)
noun Australian
1(Among Aborigines) a malignant spirit.
2 [mass noun] An Aboriginal mission of vengeance or punishment.
2.1The ritual accompanying kadaitcha.
2.2 (also kadaitcha man) [count noun] A man empowered to carry out vengeance or punishment.The victim is said to be frozen with fear and stays to hear the curse, a brief piercing chant, that the kurdaitcha chants....
- The Kadaitcha man's shoes were often made of emu feathers.
Origin
Probably from Arrernte.