ayawaichudu
Appearance
Ye'kwana
[edit]ALIV | ayawaichudu |
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Brazilian standard | ayaawaichudu |
New Tribes | ayaawaichudu |
Alternative forms
[edit]- adhawaichudu (Cunucunuma River dialect)
Etymology
[edit]Derived from ayawa (“Protium heptaphyllum tree, torch, bodypaint”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ayawaichudu
- (Caura River dialect) bodypaint made from ayawa used to ritually purify a child when the stump of its umbilical cord dries up and falls off from the navel
References
[edit]- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “ayawaichudu”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon