purinjiti
Tiwi
editNoun
editpurinjiti m
- (archaic) A message stick used by news-bearers for safety when travelling into the territories of other peoples.
Usage notes
editThe term purinjiti can be used in modern times for modern communication, i.e. the presence of telephones, fax machines, etc.
References
edit- Mark Abley, Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages (2003)