jeyeichö
Ye'kwana
[edit]| ALIV | jeyeichö |
|---|---|
| Brazilian standard | feyeichä |
| New Tribes | jeyeichä |
Alternative forms
[edit]- jüyeichö (Cunucunuma River dialect)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]jeyeichö
- cush-cush, a kind of yam, Dioscorea trifida
References
[edit]- Monterrey, Nalúa Rosa Silva (2012) Hombres de curiara y mujeres de conuco. Etnografía de los indigenas Ye’kwana de Venezuela, Ciudad Bolívar: Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, page 31: “jeyeichö”
- Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 224, 391: “*hüyeychö > *hüyeytchö > hüyey'chö 'mapuey' […] hüyei'chö - mapuey (a type of potato)”