yellow-spotted monitor

Scientific Name
Varanus panoptes
Category
Reptiles

Called djanay in all dialects. Variant pronunciation djarnay.

Djanay ka-ni ku-midj.
The yellow-spotted monitor lives in a burrow.

Djanay is called djarnahdjarna in a children's morrdjdjanjno song which explains how djanay announces the clearing of the clouds at the end of the wet season. Here is the song text:

Koyek ka-berrengol, kakbi ka-berrengol, karri ka-berrengol, walem
ka-berrengol kumardidjdja kumaburdub kumardidjdja kumaburdub.

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Kunwinjku term
djanay
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Kundjeyhmi term
djanay
Kuninjku term
djanay
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Kune/Mayali term
djanay
Kundedjnjenghmi term
djanay

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