Note 8 — How a Woman became a Lapwing1
H. (Henry) Parker translation
The words are an imitation of the rapidly-uttered alarm notes of the common Lapwing of Ceylon:—Haebāeda ridiyē, haebāeda ridiyē, daekkāda ridiyē, duṭuwāda ridiyē, dunnāda ridiyē, gattāda ridiyē, ridī tihayi, tihayi, tihayi. ↑